Dwane Wallace, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President and Chairman of the Board of the Cessna Aircraft Company
Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1911
Place of Birth: Belmont Township, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 21-Dec-1989
Profession: aerospace engineer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Dwane Wallace
- Dwane Leon Wallace (October 29, 1911 – December 21, 1989) was an American aviation businessman and aircraft designer.
- He served as the President and/or chairman of the board of the Cessna Aircraft Company from 1935 until the 1970s, having then continued on the board as a director and consultant into the 1980s.
- He is generally credited with leading the company from a minor role in the aviation industry to overwhelming dominance—ultimately the world's largest and most diverse general aviation manufacturer with the highest volume of aircraft production.
- Wallace later became known as the "Quiet Giant of Aviation", and was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2012.
- He was included in the Flying Magazine list of the "51 Heroes of Aviation", placing at number 11.
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