Facts: - employer: boeing company - birth name: boise , idaho - death date: 1 july 1986 - birth date: 26 august 1910 - name: edward curtis wells - death place: bellevue , washington Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edward curtis wells .
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'' ed wells redirects here .for the baseball player , see ed wells -lrb- baseball -rrb- '' edward curtis wells -lrb- august 26 , 1910 -- july 1 , 1986 -rrb- was senior vice president and served on the board of directors of boeing company .he helped to design the boeing 747 .he was known as the '' elder statesman of aviation '' .