Putnam, former Delta chairman, dies

Carleton Putnam, former chairman of Delta, died March 5 in Charlottesville, Va. He was born in 1901. In 1953, he merged Chicago and Southern airlines into Delta and became chairman. He remained on the board until his death.

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