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2012 BUDGET7Washington Dulles International Airport50th AnniversaryThe opening of Dulles International 50 years ago promised to lift us intothe jet age. On November 17, 1962, a modernist Airport, designed byArchitect Saarinen, would take flight, known today as Washington DullesInternational Airport (Dulles International). Dulles International wasnamed <strong>for</strong> John Foster Dulles, <strong>for</strong>mer President Eisenhower’s Secretary ofState. Dulles International was going to trans<strong>for</strong>m Washington into aninternational gateway. In 1987, <strong>for</strong>mer President Ronald Reagan signed abill transferring administration of Dulles International to the MetropolitanWashington Airports Authority.The Washington Magazine, December 2011 Issue

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