Herbert D. Kelleher is the co-founder, Chairman Emeritus, and former CEO of Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines

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 (based in the United States

United States

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).
Kelleher was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey

Haddon Heights, New Jersey

Haddon Heights is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population is 7,473....

, where he graduated from Haddon Heights High School

Haddon Heights High School

Haddon Heights Jr. Sr. High School is a six-year comprehensive junior high school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Haddon Heights School District.Haddon Heights High School...

. He has a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

 where he was an Olin Scholar and where his major was English and his minor Philosophy, and a Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

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 from New York University

New York University School of Law

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 where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar. At Wesleyan he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon

Delta Kappa Epsilon

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 fraternity.