TOM MAKURAT 1949 - 1963 STATION AGENT, SALES REPRESENTATIVE, DIRECTOR OF SALES ABQ SLC DEN Life is full of many strange things. I was transfered to Kansas City as Regional Sales Manager, January 1965. I was involved in setting up Board of Director meeting in KC, our first ticket office in the Muehlebach Hotel, first jet service, setting up the sales operation in St. Louis along with a ticket office. It was my suggestion for the new B-727s name of Arrow Jet. It was great working for Lew Dymond (the best president Frontier ever had), Paul Burke, Larry Sills, Ken Smith and Tom Makurat. -Herb Schmidt (8/1/05) Jim Montgomery sent me a message in Sept. 1950 to report to SLC to replace Tom Makurat who had been drafted. Lou Berets was the Stn. Mgr. And Red Davis, Regional Mgr. -Duane Phelps (2/6/06) TM Makurat Station agent seniority date 1-14-49 per FL system seniority list dated 11/1/55 -Jake Lamkins (2/6/06) TOM MAKURAT DEN Dir. of Sales DOB 9/9/28 DOH 1/14/49 Per Feb 1960 Frontier Personnel Roster -Jake Lamkins (5/11/11) TOM MAKURAT, WHO WAS DIRECTOR OF SALES, AND HIRED ME IN SALES IN JULY OF 1959, LEFT FRONTIER TO GO TO TWA AS DSM IN NYC IN LATE 1961 OR EARLY 1962. -HERB SCHMIDT (5/23/11) MAKURAT, THOMAS Born 09 Sep 1928 Died May 1984 Age 55 At 07110 Nutley, NJ SSN issued in Wisconsin -SSDI (5/23/11) It appears Tom Makurat died sometime ago. I found this and it matches his birthday on the 2/60 FL Roster. MAKURAT, THOMAS Born 09 Sep 1928 Died May 1984 Age 55 At 07110 Nutley, NJ SSN issued in Wisconsin per the SSDI -Jake Lamkins (5/23/11) THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ON TOM MAKURAT. I WAS AT LONG ISLAND FOR A WEEK LONG MEETING IN OCTOBER OF 1982 AND VISITED WITH TOM FOR AN HOUR AND HALF. I DIDN'T REALIZE HE DIED TWO YEARS LATER. TOM AT THE TIME WAS DSM FOR ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES (TWA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR START UP). I RECEIVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS A CHRISTMAS LETTER AND UP DATE AND SENT CHRISTMAS CARDS TO HIS FAMILY AND THEN THEY STOPPED COMING. TOM WAS A GREAT GUY AND STARTED AS AN AGENT WITH FRONTIER. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP AND WAS A GREAT DIRECTOR OF SALES. HE GROOMED LARRY SILLS FOR THE POSITION WHEN LARRY TOOK IT OVER. I WAS ALWAYS THANKFUL TOM HAD ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN ME TO HIRE ME IN SALES AFTER ONLY 5 MONTHS WITH FRONTIER IN JULY OF 1959. TOM WAS ORIGINALLY FROM MILWAUKEE AND HIS WIFE LEE WAS A GREAT PERSON. THEY HAD THE SALES STAFF OVER EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTMAS IN THEIR HOME. THE TYPICAL FRONTIER FAMILY GET TOGETHER AND WE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO IT. WHEN HE WENT TO TWA HE LIVED IN NUTLEY, NJ (BY THE WAY, MARTHA STEWART WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NUTLEY). -HERB SCHMIDT (5/24/11) Mary Elizabeth Abele Weds Michael Makurat At St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Oceanside, L.I., Mary Elizabeth Abele, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Abele of Baldwin and Southold, L.I., was married yesterday to Michael David Makurat, the son of Mrs. Thomas M. Makurat of Harwich, Mass., and the late Mr. Makurat. The Rev. Thomas F. Sinnott performed the ceremony. Kathryn Devine was the matron of honor for her sister, and Thomas McFadden the best man. Mrs. Makurat, a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, graduated from the University of Rhode Island. Her father retired last year as a vice president of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, where he was the executive editor of The Merrill Lynch Market Letter. The bridegroom, who graduated from Syracuse University, is a land acquisition specialist in East Brunswick, N.J., for Bradgate Associates, a real-estate development company. His father was the North American sales manager for Ethiopian Airlines. -The New York Times on May 1, 1988 (5/23/11) Hi Herb, I show Tom's seniority date in 1949. Do you know whether he started with Monarch or Challenger? -Jake Lamkins (5/27/11) I'M ASSUMING IT WAS MONARCH AS I KNEW TOM WORKED IN ABQ AS A TICKET AGENT AND ABQ WAS IN THE SYSTEM IN 1947. I KNOW TOM AND VERN CARLSON HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME WHEN I WORKED FOR VERN AND WHEN INTERVIEWED FOR THE SALES JOB WITH TOM AND VERN THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT. -HERB SCHMIDT (5/29/11) Subject: New memorial webpage TOM MAKURAT 1949 - 1963 STATION AGENT, DIRECTOR OF SALES ABQ SLC DEN http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Tom_Makurat.html Post your remembrances of Tom. Still need an obituary. -Jake Lamkins (5/29/11) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Tom Makurat ABQ SLC DEN sales manager Tom Makurat's memorial webpage has been updated at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Tom_Makurat.html About ten items added and the webpage overhauled. Post your remembrances of Tom. Still need an obituary for him. -Jake Lamkins (5/22/18)