“Embrace goodness and fairness in your decision-making.”
My ambition from university days was to see the world. Then Trans World Airlines came calling. This gallery of memories and current experiences serves to illustrate in a meaningful way the many moments of a life traveled and a world seen firsthand.
Me as president of AirCal in 1985.
Dedicated AirCal conference room at AA operations center.
On Sunday, October 25th, 2015, the occasion of her 60th birthday, Michelle Anne Hussey became engaged to David Aloysius Banmiller, surrounded by select family and friends. The Ashford Castle in County Mayo, Ireland, provided the perfect romantic setting for this special occasion.
Me and Michelle in Hong Kong.
At my Irish citizenship party, my twin brother Brian and me with a photo of our grandfather
and our brothers.
Jim Nabors—entertainer and good friend.
Certificate from travel agent and friend Thom Nulty on my first paid ticket:
“He’s known as a mover and a shaker by the whole industry,” said Thom Nulty, former President of Navigant Travel and SVP, Marketing at Aloha. “He doesn't let moss grow on any rocks. He was constantly in the L.A. Times then and was known for his ability to stir things up in a positive way.”
“Certainly the board considered (Banmiller’s) background with bankruptcies when they hired him,” Nulty said. “However, they also considered his experience and his track record of being able to attract good people and get high visibility.”
Visiting Pompeii.
Left to right: My twin brother, Brian; his wife, Jennifer; former mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown; my wife Michelle; and me. Taken at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
Michelle and I at Royal Ascot 2013 with the Queen in attendance.
South African safari—sleeping lions like quiet creditors.
My Villanova valedictory speech at the Philadelphia Conference Center, May 1966.
Michelle and me on a morning camel ride in Abu Dhabi.
Me in an old AA MD-80 cockpit.
Villanova pictures of Blue Key members from yearbooks of 1935 and 1966, my father on top.
Birthplace of my grandfather Patrick O’Brien in Kiltimagh, Ireland, born in 1874.
A letter and signed photo of himself on the moon from astronaut Charlie Duke, who I met on a flight.
A picture of me with fellow Villanova grads Ron Delany (middle) and Senator Eamonn Colgan (right) during a Villanova event in Dublin, Ireland. Ron was an Olympic gold medal winner in the 1500 meters and Eamonn was an olympian and 5,000 meter world champion called the “Chairman of the Board" for his indoor track records.
