Samuel Joseph Solomon was born in Washington, D. C. and was educated in Washington Public Schools. He received a scholarship to Lafayette College, but did not use it due to World War I. He worked for Treasury Department from 1919-1923, finally heading the unit in Liberty Loan Division of Treasury. He resigned to enter the real estate and building business. In August, 1933 he entered the air transport business with Amelia Earhart and Paul F. Collins, forming National Airways, predecessor to Northeast Airlines. He resigned as Chairman of the Board in 1945 for the purpose of organizing Atlantic Airlines. From 1933 to 1941 he was Vice-President of National Airport Corporation and Manager of Washington Airport, combining Washington Airport and Hoover Field. He was the only person in the United States who was an active officer of an airline and also manager of a commercial airport independent and separate from the airline. He became President of Northeast Airlines in 1941. While President of Northeast Airlines in 1942 he was drafted by the airlines of the United States to be President and Director of Training of the Airlines War Training Institute, training all types of personnel engaged in the contract operations the airlines were conducting for the Army Air forces. The airlines created a committee known as the Airlines Committee for United States Air Policy, and Solomon became the committee's first Chairman and continued as a Member of the Executive Committee and as Treasurer of that Committee.
From the description of Samuel Solomon papers, 1932-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77006424
