Timothy E Hoeksema
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1947 –
Who is Timothy E Hoeksema?
Timothy E. Hoeksema was the chairman of Midwest Air Group who transformed the air fleet of the Kimberly Clark paper mill company into Midwest Airlines. He retired in July 2009 after the company was sold to Republic Airways Holdings after running into financial trouble.
Hoeksema was a flight instructor at the University of Illinois at Champaign in 1968. Hoeksema joined Kimberly-Clark in 1969 serving as first officer of the company's air fleet -- the same year that Kimberly-Clark started its K-C Aviation subsidiary. He graduated summa cum laude from Western Michigan University in 1972 with a bachelor of science in aviation engineering technology.
In 1974 he became chief pilot for Kimberly-Clark. In 1977 after receiving a master’s degree in business administration while on a Kimberly-Clark scholarship to the University of Chicago Executive Program. he was named director of air transportation for the company and president of K-C Aviation.
In 1984 he was responsible for transforming K-C Aviation into a commercial company Midwest Express which started out with two DC-9 planes.
In 1988 he was named head of Kimberly Clark's transportation sector.
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- Born
- Jan 25, 1947
- Also known as
- Timothy E. Hoeksema
- Timothy Hoeksema
- Education
- Western Michigan University
- Employment
- President, Midwest Air Group
- Chairman, Midwest Air Group
- Chief Executive Officer, Midwest Air Group
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on July 23, 2013
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