Name: Max D Hopper

Born: November 4, 1934, in Lufkin, Texas USA

Death: January 25, 2010 (Age: 75)

  • American IT manager, who served as the CIO of Bank of America, the SVP Information Services of American Airlines, and chairman of the Sabre group.
  • Recognized as a 20th century technology pioneer and considered the “father of airline automation in travel agencies.”

Honors and awards

  • Leadership Award for Collaborative Innovation, Computerworld Honors Program (2000).
  • Named one of the decade’s 12 most influential information system executives, CIO Magazine (1999).
  • Infomart’s Information Hall of Fame (1997).
  • Named one of the 25 greatest contributors to the field of Information Systems, Computerworld Magazine (1992).
  • Society for Information Management Partners In Leadership Award for his contribution to InterAAct (1991).