Collett E. Woolman

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Collett Everman Woolman (October 8, 1889 – September 11, 1966) was the founder of Delta Air Lines.

Woolman was born in Bloomington, Indiana, USA but grew up in Urbana, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois, where he received a B.A. in agriculture. Woolman married Helen H. Fairfield (d. 1962) in 1916 with whom he had two daughters. They moved to Louisiana by 1920. Woolman was 76 years old when he died in Houston, Texas in 1966.