Return to Home Base

THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY SPRING 2013

RETURN TO HOME BASE Alumni share inspiring stories at annual reunions Exploring PAGE 12 a common World War II heritage PAGE 6 Taking the classroom to the airport PAGE 8 A boost for promising Eagles PAGE 24 FROM THE PRESIDENT

In this issue of Lift, you will ﬁ nd many stories of alumni Volume 9, No. 1 Lift, the alumni magazine of Embry-Riddle who have returned “home” to reconnect with the faculty Aeronautical University, is published twice annually (spring and fall). and friends who have helped shape their lives. Their stories Copyright ©2013 of personal and professional success are a testament to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Florida/Arizona/Worldwide that special connection that happens when a university 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, Fla. 32114 and its alumni come together to celebrate lifelong dreams All rights reserved made real. Vice President for External Relations That bond between the university and its alumni is one Bernadine Douglas Executive Director of Development of the things that makes Embry-Riddle special. Both our university and alumni Steven Bobinsky have a unique and deep connection with one another: we are bound by a shared Executive Director of Alumni Relations Bill Thompson (’87, PC) sense of purpose to make a difference in the world of aviation and aerospace. Senior Director of Development Communications/Donor Relations Embry-Riddle is making that difference every day, working tirelessly to serve Anthony Brown our students, our alumni and our industry. On every campus, at every level, we are Editor Sara Withrow building the future progress and prosperity for all in the Embry-Riddle family: Communications Specialist Kelly Cuculiansky Pratt

At Daytona Beach, we are At Prescott, we are adding At Worldwide, we just CONTRIBUTORS adding Ph.D. programs, innovative programs in established a new College Tori Carta, Athletic Business Manager building world-class cyber intelligence and of Business to meet Yoon Choi, Associate Director of Annual Giving facilities and making security, astronomy and the growing education Keith Deaton (’05, ’12, DB), Associate good progress on our software engineering, with demands from the Director – Outreach, Alumni Relations Aerospace Research and plans to launch a Master aviation, aerospace and Rebecca Douglas Technology Park. of Science in Security related industries around Robert Lecky (’88, DB) Debbie McNerney, Graphic Designer and Intelligence Studies the globe. Kevin Montgomery, Archivist beginning in the Richard Nicols, Executive Director of fall of 2014. Student Academic Support Edmund Odartey (’04, ’10, DB), Director Alumni Relations, Daytona Beach These are just a few examples of how we are addressing the evolving needs of Kimberly Venema (’11, DB), Annual Giving our students, our alumni and our industry. For alumni in particular, we are also Communications Assistant Jim White, Development Database Manager enhancing our communications with the new Lift design you see here. Its bold Published by McMurry/TMG, LLC images and clean lines aptly represent our clear-eyed commitment to keep you Senior Content Editor informed about—and inspired by—the amazing things your university and fellow Tom Weede Design Director alumni are doing. Marc Oxborrow Production Manager I don’t think there has ever been a more exciting time to be a part of the Embry- Tanya Clark Riddle family. I hope you will share my enthusiasm for our future as you read these Production Technology Specialist Julie Chan pages and join our efforts to write the next great chapter in Embry-Riddle’s history. Account Director Paul Peterson

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LIFT sPrIng 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORg 1 NEWS & NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF EMBRY-RIDDLE Airlines, Embry-Riddle CHATTER Examine Projected Pilot Shortage

An actress/reporter discusses the progress Representatives of 14 major of construction at U.S. airlines and regional carriers ‘Starship City.’ joined Embry-Riddle faculty and staff for a one-day Pilot Supply Summit on Nov. 8 at the Daytona National Exposure Beach Campus. “The need for qualifi ed pilots in ALTIMETER: Daytona Beach Campus cast suffi cient numbers has never been HIGH POINTS AT as ‘Starship City, USA’ greater in this country,” says Cape EMBRY-RIDDLE Air President and Chief Operating For the 13th consecutive year, mbry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus provides the Offi cer Dave Bushy. the annual “Best Colleges” setting for Starship City, USA—and its students, Recent reports, including one guide published by U.S. News faculty and staff serve as extras—in National by Boeing, forecast nearly 460,000 and World Report ranked pilots and more than 600,000 Embry-Riddle’s undergraduate Geographic channel’s Evacuate Earth, which aired aircraft maintenance technicians aerospace engineering pro- nationally in December. The speculative science will be needed glob- gram No. 1 in the nation. program portrays a neutron star explosion that ally during the next The men’s and women’s Ethreatens life on Earth, and explores the possibility of 20 years. In the soccer teams at the Prescott creating a giant spacecraft to save the human race. meantime, Congress Campus—fi rst-year rook- has mandated more Produced by Atlas Media, the show highlights ies in the California Pacifi c stringent standards for Conference—both won 2012 Embry-Riddle laboratories and campus landmarks, such pilots; namely, that fi rst offi cers will Cal Pac Championships. as the Jim Henderson Administration and Welcome hold an Airline Transport Pilot cer- Under an agreement with the Center, which was under construction at the time (pic- tifi cate, which requires 1,500 hours Canaveral Council of Technical tured above). of fl ight time, as opposed to the Societies, Embry-Riddle will Jason Kring, assistant professor of human factors and current requirement—a commer- digitize and catalog a unique cial pilot certifi cate that requires archive of space-focused systems, is featured as an expert source throughout the only 250 fl ight hours. The proposed technical papers from more two-hour special. According to Kring, the show’s general rule has yet to be fi nalized by the than 40 years of annual Florida premise is sound. “If we detected a stellar remnant on Federal Aviation Administration. Space Congress conferences dating back to 1966. a collision course with Earth and we had 50 to 100 years “The new rules regarding to plan, it’s likely we could build a vessel that could save fi rst offi cer qualifi cations make it imperative that Embry-Riddle, as a percentage of the population,” he says. the leader in professional pilot edu- The show generates a sense of urgency for continued cation, join the leaders of the airline space exploration, Kring notes. “As they say, ‘Necessity industry in fi nding joint solutions is the mother of invention.’” to the pilot supply problem,” says Tim Brady, dean of Embry-Riddle’s College of Aviation at the Daytona Beach Campus. According to Brady, Embry- PARTNERSHIP CREATES ONE-STOP SHOP FOR RESEARCH Riddle is part of a stakeholders group that is pursuing all means Embry-Riddle and Advanced Aerospace Solutions (AdvAero) have taken a long- to mitigate the impending pilot standing relationship to the next level with the signing of a partnership agreement shortage. Members of the group in October. recently traveled to Washington Embry-Riddle President and CEO John P. Johnson says the collaboration D.C. to meet with the Government represents a milestone for Embry-Riddle in attracting high-tech, high-profile Accountability Offi ce (GAO) and John companies to work with the university and help grow its developing aerospace with representatives of the Aviation Maris research and technology park, located adjacent to the Daytona Beach Campus. Subcommittee of the U.S. House “What we are doing here is bringing together the best of both of our sets of capabilities in order of Representatives. “We’ve asked to provide a unique, one-stop shop for aerospace and defense companies who need to realize the GAO to conduct a study to their aerospace ideas and products on-time and within budget,” says John Maris (‘83, DB), CEO of determine the dimensions of the Marinvent Corporation, a founding partner of AdvAero. problem and to suggest some

AdvAero has committed its Flying Avionics Test Bed and Research Simulator to the venture. solutions,” Brady says. MEDIA ATLAS OF COURTESY PHOTO

2 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG by T h E nuM b ERs Funded Research Revenue from private and public sources supporting research at the university has more than doubled in the last six years. ALTIMETER (conTInuE d) College of 0.15% Business Colleges Employees Ken Fukayama (dB only) 12.82% of Aviation (‘06, PC) and Allen Hedgepeth Colleges of were named Flight Instructor engineering 13.32% of the Year and Maintenance Colleges Technician of the Year, respec- 15.82% of Arts & Sciences tively, by the Federal Aviation Mary Rose McCaffrey Administration for the state of Arizona. The Study Abroad Air Traffic university* 57.89% ‘ O n e of our most Management program offered through the Daytona Beach Campus was recog- serious challenges’ nized with The Institute of Prescott Campus hosts a national International Education’s 2013 Heiskell Award Special ToTAL**: $16,984,500 symposium on cyber security threats Recognition: Internationalizing *Includes Federal avIatIon admInIstratIon the Professions. FlorIda nextGen test Bed admInIstratIon and WorldWIde campus. **t otal reFlects Funds receIved By all three he Eighth Annual National Security & Intelligence Embry-Riddle President and campuses, July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Symposium held Oct. 25-26 at Embry-Riddle’s CEO John P. Johnson was campus in Prescott, Ariz., brought together leaders honored with the Community Foundation of Volusia and from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Flagler Counties’ 2013 Herbert WoRldWide CAMPuS Bureau of Investigation and Arizona InfraGard to M. Davidson Memorial AddS College oF discuss issues of cyber security. Award for Outstanding Community Service. BuSineSS InT her keynote address, CIA Director of Security Mary Embry-Riddle President and Rose McCaffrey admitted that while anything related to Jonathan Snively, assistant professor of engineering CEO John P. Johnson and maintaining people’s safety is her No. 1 concern, cyber physics at the Daytona Beach John Watret, chancellor of the security keeps her up at night. President Obama has Campus, received the National Worldwide Campus, announced acknowledged cyber threats as “one of our most serious Science Foundation’s Faculty in October the establishment of Early Career Development the Embry-Riddle Worldwide challenges,” says McCaffrey, who is the first female secu- grant. The five-year award College of Business to replace the rity director at any U.S. government intelligence agency. will support his continued current Worldwide Department The CIA director maintains the best defense is to research on gravity waves of Business Administration. understand the offense—through the ongoing collection and their effect on the earth’s Kees Rietsema, former chair upper atmosphere. and examination of human intelligence. “We have to of the Department of Business Aerospace engineering Administration, is the dean of focus on people; because in the end, it’s the people who professor Richard “Pat” the new college. put the keystrokes,” McCaffrey says. Anderson was named the Business programs at To view C-Span coverage of McCaffrey’s address, visit Carnegie Foundation for the Worldwide currently serve www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309069-1. Advancement of Teaching 2012 more than 4,000 undergradu- Florida Professor of the Year. ate and 2,500 graduate students in eight degree programs. I n TELLIg E ncE offI c ERs nEEd E d According to the “As business degree pro- Office of the Director of National Intelligence, an estimated grams, faculty and the overall 40,000 intelligence jobs currently exist with large corporations, academic footprint continue and another 84,000 new intelligence-related jobs are projected to expand at Embry-Riddle in the next several years. To fulfill this need, the Prescott Campus Worldwide, we are responding will launch this fall undergraduate degrees in Cyber Intelligence by creating a more formal struc- and Security and Software Engineering with an emphasis in Cyber ture to provide quality support Security. A Master of Science in Security and Intelligence Studies for this growth,” says Watret. will be offered beginning fall 2014.

LIFT SPRing 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORg 3 COMMENTS AND OPINIONS FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS FEEDBACK

FROM THE EDITOR

ou spoke and we listened! Thanks to the comments and sugges- terminal. I have a special place in my heart for those fi elds, and the memory is usually tions from an alumni focus group and a 2012 readership survey triggered after wolfi ng down a bowl of chili. sent to 6,300 subscribers, the Lift magazine you’re reading repre- Somehow heartburn stimulates the same part of my gray matter that recollects fi re sents an exciting new direction for our fl agship publication. With ant bites. eight additional pages and several new departments, the new Here’s wishing the ERAU Eagles a suc- Y cessful 2013 season. Make us proud, and Lift is designed to accent your pride in being “Forever an Eagle.” It also beware of the fi re ants. Mark L. Berry (‘85, DB) includes an opportunity to share your feedback (this page)—which we B.S. Aeronautical Science hope you will do often. In fact, why not help kick off the department by letting us know what you think of the new design? First or second largest drone We hope the new Lift gives you a greater sense of pride in your I’m not sure that the crash landing of a 727-212 aircraft [“Flight Path: Picture- alma mater and strengthens your Perfect Crash,” fall 2012] can be described as the world’s larg- connection with the university est successful drone fl ight. In and the global Eagle Network. December 1984 NASA and the FAA conducted a controlled crash Let us know how we’re doing: of a 720 aircraft (weight at crash email [email protected]. approximately 200,000 pounds). It was remotely controlled from — SARA WITHROW, EDITOR take-off through crash, whereas it appears that the 727-212 was man- ually fl own for much of its fl ight. Adriano Ponso with Brazilian President Getulio Vargas, The program is documented in FAA Brazilian Air Minister J.P. Salgado Filho and John Paul Riddle. report DOT/FAA/CT-87/10 9 available online at ntrs.nasa.gov. It’s a small Embry-Riddle world I do not know the weight of the I am from Brazil, so “Wings of Legacy: The Ode to Eagle Baseball 727-212 aircraft at impact, but I sus- Brazil Connection” [fall 2012] caught my Twenty-fi ve years of Embry Riddle pect it is probably less than that of the FAA eye. I would be curious to know if Adriano athletics—wow! Back in my day (1983– 720 aircraft. Ponso came up while you were digging into 1985), prior to ERAU’s inclusion as an NAIA Ian Whalley (‘03, WW) the history of the school in Brazil. He was member, the baseball team was technically M.S. Aeronautical Science my great-uncle and was good friends with a student club. We bought our uniforms and John Paul Riddle in the 1940s. My father provided our own transportation to our few had a picture of the two of them with the self-scheduled road games. We enjoyed president of Brazil, while they were putting such lavish club benefi ts as 30 free pho- TALK TO US the school together. My dad said he gave tocopies per month, and we were allowed We invite your feedback on Lift the pictures to Embry-Riddle back in 1998. to hoist a giant paper banner inside the content or topics related to the uni- It is because of my uncle that I ended up University Center any week we had a home versity. Letters may be edited for at ERAU. game. Once, we pushed the envelope a bit, style, length and clarity. Submission Mikhael Ponso (‘03, ‘12, DB) painting a jockstrap on our banner with the does not guarantee publication. B.S. Aeronautical Science; M.S. Aeronautics slogan: We Need Supporters. Our humor- EMAIL: [email protected] ous attempt to attract a larger audience WRITE: Lift Editor EDITOR’S NOTE: Several photos of Adriano earned us a stern verbal warning, and our ERAU Alumni Relations Ponso are displayed in Embry-Riddle’s meager privileges were put on probation. 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. online archive. The one you refer to is Back in the mid-80s, we practiced and Daytona Beach, FL 32114 pictured here. For more: played many of our games on sandlot www.eraualumni.org/archives. ball fi elds near Runway 16 by the airport

4 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG IN OTHER WORDS

A Soulful Presence In memory of Father Kenan Morris, Embry-Riddle Chaplain Emeritus June 24, 1922–Nov. 30, 2011

BY ROBERT LECKY (’88, DB) of visiting parents, who marveled at the frankness of his age-appropriate It was my honor and pleasure to lectures and the ease with which their bring the U.S. flag presented at Father sons and daughters attended. Morris’ funeral back to Embry-Riddle I remember watching the Space for his memorial service this past Shuttle Challenger explode as I was October. My friends and I often walking to class on that cold January spoke about his time there with us day in 1986, and the shock and dis- and of the guidance and peace that belief that immobilized our campus. he brought to our lives. Fr. Morris immediately set up an inter- Very few people knew of his faith healing service and life resumed days in Vietnam as a chaplain in again on campus. the U.S. Air Force and the dangers Embry-Riddle always held a he faced while looking for downed special place in Fr. Morris’ heart. I pilots with Special Forces rescue IN MEMORIAM was with him when the local parish teams. He witnessed an enemy Join others touched by the life and closed and he appealed eloquently sniper kill a young soldier who ministry of Fr. Morris with a contribution to the Franciscan Friars Provincial was heading home after his tour to beneﬁ t the Campus Ministry and Administration in New York [in 1995] to of duty. The soldier was shot just Interfaith Chapel at the Daytona Beach remain in retirement in Ormond Beach as he was boarding his flight and Campus. Contact Kathleen.Hennessy@ and continue his campus ministry. His Fr. Morris was there to hear his final erau.edu for information or make a first concern was never for his own confession. Very few people knew gift at givingto.erau.edu. comfort, but instead for the students of the $50,000 price that the North who depended on his spiritual leader- Vietnamese army placed on Fr. Morris’ head for his work ship. His plea went unheeded and Fr. Morris reluctantly with Catholic nuns who were helping build orphanages relocated to the Franciscan Friars Retirement Residence for Amerasian babies. When we would talk about his in Boston, Mass. sacrifice over a meal at the University Center, Fr. Morris It was a proud moment when I flew back with him would brush off anything that sounded like praise and to Embry-Riddle in early 2005 to witness the university say that the bishop in the same region was imprisoned honor him as Chaplain Emeritus for his role in making in an underground cell for years and never once com- the Interfaith Chapel a reality. This public recognition of plained to his captors. Suddenly, my problems in this the importance of our multi-faith campus and the need world seemed minor and I became a little more grateful for a stable ministry was one of his proudest moments. for what God had given me. He led a life that would have made St. Francis proud. I remember heading out with friends to the Dorm It is a life that continues to inspire my family. II parking lot on a Friday evening following a grueling week of studying and flying, only to hear a deep, know- EDITOR’S NOTE: Lecky earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronau- ing voice boom from the balcony above reminding us tical science from Embry-Riddle. He is a client services rep- all to “Be good!” Father was the watchful conscience, resentative for Jet Aviation Holdings at Teterboro Airport in friend and example to the students, urging us to do no New Jersey. A memorial service for Fr. Morris, a Franciscan harm to ourselves or others. His Sunday homilies were friar and Catholic priest who served the Embry-Riddle especially on target and left us in deep reflection, long Daytona Beach Campus for 16 years, was held on Oct. 13, after we left the mass. I especially enjoyed the reactions 2012, at the Interfaith Chapel he helped establish.

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‘Mac’ McDonald It’s at No. 5 BFTS where David and Ronald’s stories parallel. While Ronald was not yet born, his late father, Riddle Field Raymond Bankston “Mac” McDonald, came to Riddle Field in the spring of 1943 to train pilots for the war. Chance meeting revives memories of On June 17, 1943, Mac was officially inducted into the U.S. Army’s Air Corps Enlisted Reserve to be an No. 5 British Flying Training School instructor and squadron commander at No. 5 BFTS. “My Dad’s diary talked about his move to Florida,” Ronald says. “He recalled vividly the scent of Florida orange blossoms. He said you could smell them from the air.” Prior to his move, Mac was instructing Army By Sara WithroW Air Corps pilots at Cannon Airport in Charlotte, N.C., under the U.S. Civilian Pilot Training program. avid Smith (’45, BFTS) of Litchfield, Conn., and Ronald McDonald of Tampa, Fla., are RAF Cadet miles and years apart, literally. David, 87, is David earned his RAF Wings and an officer’s commis- a retired horticulturalist. Ronald is 30 years sion at Embry-Riddle’s No. 5 BFTS. He began pilot his junior and makes a living as an aircraft training in late August 1944, but does not recall having mechanic. Before 2012, the two men had Mac as an instructor. “We had a swimming pool, can- never met. But when they came face to teen, flying control tower and barracks for 200 to 300 face on Oct. 13 at Embry-Riddle’s Alumni people,” he says of the facilities. Weekend in Daytona Beach, they discov- One of David’s fondest memories was a week- ered a common heritage that dates back long break over the Christmas holiday, which followed to the 1940s and Embry-Riddle’s No. 5 British Flying his completion of primary flight school. “Two of us hy TrainingD School (BFTS). hitchhiked from Clewiston to Tampa, Fla., and stayed P In 1941, Embry-Riddle started training military pilots in one of the nicer hotels there,” he says. Their trip

at Carlstrom Field, in Arcadia, Fla., for the U.S. Army included stops in St. Petersburg, Orlando, Daytona hotogra P Air Corps and the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force Beach and Miami. (RAF). In 1942, the training of RAF cadets moved from “We were in North Miami on New Year’s Eve. The Carlstrom Field to the newly constructed Riddle Field people in the street below our hotel room were tip- in Clewiston, Fla., known as No. 5 BFTS. An official ping over cars celebrating. In the morning, the news training site for RAF pilots during World War II, the boys were talking about the Funnies in the paper. And school was operated by Riddle-McKay Aero College, at the same time, The Battle of the Bulge was at its

one of Embry-Riddle’s six divisions at the time. worst. I’ll never forget that,” he says. giese tony by Photo bottom

6 LIFT SPriNG 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg Left, David Smith is pictured with Miami to Arcadia, Fla. “We grew up with that, not RAF cadets enrolled in the No. 5 BFTS knowing what happened to Dad,” he says. “It was a Course 22, circa 1944-45; top, Raymond huge mystery in Costa Rica. They even dropped leaf- ‘Mac’ McDonald, center, takes a break with fellow BFTS instructors; bottom, lets in the jungle.” Ronald McDonald, left, and David Smith In August 1980, Ronald fi nally learned of his reminisce at Embry-Riddle’s Alumni father’s fate. “I got a call from my brother saying a Weekend with photos of Ronald’s father. Pan Am worker had phoned and told him the wreckage had been found.” Mac, who in 1960 was a check pilot for National Closure Airlines, had traveled to Costa Rica to pick up a No. 5 BFTS closed at the end of the war in 1945. repaired DC-4. “Believe it or not, they were outsourc- Mac was discharged from the Army Air Corps in ing back then,” Ronald says. “Dad was waiting for July 1945 and took a job with National Airlines them to fi x an oil leak on the plane and had a two-day NO. 5 BFTS (acquired by Pan Am in 1980). David returned to layover in San Jose [Costa Rica].” BY THE England in April 1945, but was immediately made Piecing together the details, Ronald says his NUMBERS redundant, due to a reduced demand for pilots. He father and a co-worker, Leon Blanks, were invited became a physical fi tness offi cer for the RAF Central on Sept. 8, 1960, to fl y to a plantation on the coast 1942 1945 Flying School, and was discharged in 1947. In 1949, with two American businessmen living in Costa Rica, opened closed he joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve; he fl ew train- Merrill Hire and George Brundage. Signs from the ing missions for the reserve until it was phased out wreckage indicated that the aircraft ran out of fuel 2,500-acre site near in 1952. Pursuing a love of gardening, David worked before crashing. Clewiston, Fla. for a large English nursery, and in 1954, moved to “We went down to Costa Rica on Sept. 8, 1980, Connecticut to become director of horticulture for 20 years to the day that Dad went missing. We drove $2 million White Flower Farm. He retired in 1989, but continues up into the mountains and hiked for four hours into cost to build to lecture and consult on horticultural matters and the jungle to the wreckage,” Ronald says. Mac’s 1 of 7 is a dedicated member and past president of the shoes, credit cards, dental work and pocket watch British Flying Connecticut Horticultural Society. were recovered. “The watch was still in good shape Training Schools in after 20 years in the jungle.” the United States The Twist Longing for the time with his father that he will during World War II Unfortunately, Mac never got the chance to share never have, Ronald continues to seek out others who 60 aircra his memories of No. 5 BFTS with his son, Ronald. may have known him. It’s this quest that led him to fl eet at opening In 1960, the single-engine Piper Tri-Pacer, in which Embry-Riddle and to David Smith. he was a passenger, disappeared over the jungles 20 of Costa Rica. “He was missing and presumed dead EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1945, Britain awarded Embry- Stearman PT-17s for 20 years,” Ronald says. “We never heard another Riddle’s founder John Paul Riddle and business 20 word from him.” partner John McKay, who became Embry-Riddle’s Vultee BT-13s Amidst rumors of foul play and hostage theories, president in September 1944, with the Member of Ronald, 4 years old at the time, his twin brother and the British Empire medal for their contributions to 20 AT-6A Texans two older sisters moved with their mother from the training of pilots during World War II. 1,800 Royal Air Force (RAF) cadets trained Are you an Then here’s your chance to show us your stuff! Enter our Mystery History Contest for a chance to 1,325 RAF cadets graduated Embry-Riddle win a copy of Forever an Eagle, a pictorial history of history bu Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. 23 ? RAF cadets died during training TO WIN: Search the University Archives online (www.eraualumni.org/archives) for the correct answer. SOURCE: Send your answer to the email link on the page and Craft, S.G. & Bender, A.R. Wings of Legacy: The History your correct response will be entered into a random of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical drawing held after April 20. University, 2010. Jonathan Prohaska (’01, DB) of New Hampshire is the winner of the fall 2012 Mystery History Contest. Prohaska correctly identified the name of the starlet, Elizabeth Taylor, and boy, Emelio Salgado, in the 1944 photograph. Embry-Riddle’s University Archives department is At which Embry-Riddle facility was the flag in this picture displayed? dedicated to preserving the memories and artifacts Also provide the name of at least one belonging to the university’s rich history. Explore person in the photograph. Embry-Riddle’s past at www.eraualumni.org/archives.

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By reBecca douglas

arl Newman (’11, WW) has a wide variety of accomplishments to his credit: playing college football, working for the Phoenix Police Department and coaching women’s fast-pitch softball for the Junior Olympics, to name a few. But he ranks earning a Master of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle at the top of his long list. C“It’s one of the best things I ever did,” he reflects enthusiastically. “It was hard work—really hard—but so worth it.” Newman attended classes at the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Campus at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where he worked in facilities and airside operations before being promoted to assistant aviation director of the city’s multi-airport aviation department. “Getting a master’s degree is something I always knew I should do, and something I wanted to do,” he notes. “But life gets in the way. Embry-Riddle Higher Learning Carl Newman (’11, WW) expands Embry-Riddle’s serving more than 19 million passengers per year. Newman’s reach through airport-based campus responsibilities span five terminals, five runways, 17 passenger airlines, 11 cargo airlines and more than 700 daily departures. And just as it did at Sky Harbor, his graduate degree is made it convenient to fit [postgraduate work] into proving its worth at IAH. everything else I had going on with my family and job.” “The curriculum translates very well into the ‘real After more than 30 years at Sky Harbor, Newman world,’” he relates. “Asset management is a big focus ascended in 2012 to an even bigger job: general here in Houston: determining life cycles for facilities, manager at George Bush Intercontinental in Houston establishing replacement intervals for major systems. (IAH). “I left one wonderful airport for another won- I wouldn’t have had a clue about it, if we hadn’t cov- derful airport,” he explains. His graduate work at ered the subject so well at Embry-Riddle.” Embry-Riddle, he adds, was invaluable for the tran- Coursework addressing reliability maintenance— sition. IAH is among the top 10 busiest airports in balancing standard manufacturer guidelines with

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8 LIFT sPrINg 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg Carl Newman was instrumental in initiating the Embry-Riddle Management Development Program at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. He hopes to bring a similar program to George Bush Intercontinental in Houston (IAH), where he serves as general manager. He is pictured here at IAH.

been particularly beneficial. “We use the concepts covered in class literally every day to manage and optimize the airport’s two trains, and other systems, too,” he says. “The knowledge I gained is applicable across the entire airport.”

Education Evangelist Given the high value Newman places on his own Embry-Riddle degree, his determination to offer similar assets to “ We use the concepts covered in class employees makes perfect sense. While literally every day to manage and optimize at Sky Harbor, he personally championed the airport’s two trains, and other systems, the Management Development Program, an Embry-Riddle curriculum designed too. The knowledge I gained is applicable especially for airport employees that also across the entire airport.” qualifies for the city’s generous tuition reimbursement program. The 15-month, 18-credit program covers six main areas: sessions and graduations, and often visited the aviation legislation, aviation law, airport classes. He knew everyone by name and encouraged development and operations, airport man- them personally to continue their education.” agement, airport planning and design, and Newman is especially proud of the balance the airport administration and finance. program strikes between academic breadth and prac- The program helps build professional- tical applications. Each class is punctuated with a field ism among the Sky Harbor workforce. trip—often at Sky Harbor, but also to other airports. “In airports, people know their specific jobs “They study a topic in class, then they see it in action in their specific silos, but they often don’t on the field or in the terminal,” he explains. “We visit know about the larger organization or indus- fixed-based operators, have them spend time with try,” Newman explains. “They have a good domestic and international carriers, expose them to understanding of their role, but little about the law enforcement and aircraft rescue and firefight- why they do what they do, or how it helps ing side, have them tour a cargo hauler. … We do achieve broader objectives.” everything we can to show them the bigger picture.” The program also creates opportunities Sending students to other airports, Newman says, for career advancement. The unique mix of helps broaden their horizons. “They come to really students—everyone from frontline staff to understand the saying: ‘You’ve seen one airport, division heads—is what makes the course- you’ve seen one airport.’ That’s a great perspective work so special, Newman says. “They all learn about for any employee.” the industry and each other. By working on projects Newman is so passionate about the Management together for class, they form relationships and friend- Development Program at Sky Harbor that he started ships that translate to the workplace later. The pro- plans for a similar program at Houston Intercontinental gram builds real esprit de corps.” just months after he arrived there. To date, more than 120 Sky Harbor employees have Once again, he sees Embry-Riddle as the ideal part- completed the program since its inception in 2002. ner. “They make it so easy by bringing great instructors More than 30 have also earned Certified Member right into the airport,” he notes. “I can’t say enough designation from the American Association of Airport about how great they are to work with.” Executives. Still others have enrolled at Embry-Riddle to earn full bachelor’s or master’s degrees. Nancy Zeman, director of academic support at Interested In AIrport MAnAgeMent? Embry-Riddle’s Phoenix Sky Harbor campus and For more information about the Embry-Riddle originator of the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Airport Worldwide Airport Management Certificate of Management Certificate of Completion, says she Completion, visit www.worldwide.erau.edu; appreciates the personal touch Newman brought to select “Degrees & Programs”; “Certificate the program. “He always spoke at the orientation Programs”; and then “Undergraduate Certificates.”

LIFT sprIng 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg 9 Nigel Stanley and his children enjoy Embry-Riddle’s Wings and Waves Air Show. Not pictured, Wendy Stanley (’09, DB).

Fred Laemmerhirt (’85, DB) still proudly carries his Embry-Riddle The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds student identiﬁ cation card. light up the Daytona Beach sky.

Embry-Riddle’s Wings and Waves Air Show attracted large crowds.

A couple takes a Cheryl Stearns (’78, break at the alumni ’85, WW), 23-time U.S. tent at Embry-Riddle’s Women’s Parachuting Education Zone at Champion, opens the Daytona Beach the air show with a Bandshell. spectacular display of the American ﬂ ag. An Extra-Special Alumni Weekend Graduates from across the country came “home” to the Daytona Beach Campus on Oct. 1214 for an exciting series of events and Embry-Riddle’s Wings and Waves Air Show. Embry-Riddle students joined alumni, faculty and staff at EagleNIGHT.

Wings and Waves Air Show performers included a number of Embry-Riddle alumni. Pictured from left, front: Matt Chapman, Lt. Col. Christian Lawlor, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Maestre (’08, WW), Capt. Ryan Riley (’11, WW), Maj. Tom Cervini (’98, DB), Lt. Col. Jason Koltes (’02, WW), Steve Salmirs (’80, DB). From left, rear: Tech. Sgt. Don Smith, Capt. Lucas “Luke” Buckley (’10, WW), Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Roehm, and Maj. J.R. Williams (’01, PC)

Jim Huntoon (‘93,(’93, DB; ‘10,’10, WW) posts his picture on the alumni photo board.

David Rodriguez (’12, DB) and Jennifer Pavone (’12, DB) mingle at EagleNIGHT.

10 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG The Embry-Riddle Jet Dragster driven by Marisha Falk (‘08, ‘10, DB) was a crowd-pleaser at the ﬂ y-in and static display event. 2012 PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

Alumni joined with faculty and staff to support Prescott Athletics at the annual golf tournament.

EagleNIGHT was a hit at the Fire House Kitchen restaurant in Prescott.

Stephen Blanchette A memorial service honored two alumni who (’86, PC) and Michelle died in 2012 serving their country: former Petty Day (’91, PC) Ofﬁ cer/Navy Seal Glen Doherty (’06, WW) and Chief Warrant Ofﬁ cer Suresh Krause (’06, PC).

Where the Heart Is Alumni of all ages returned to their roots

David Gustafson for a three-day OctoberWest celebration (’90, PC), a program held Oct. 46 at the Prescott Campus. manager for MD Helicopters, brought a company aircraft to the static display.

Left, Golden Eagles fl ight team Coach Thad Short Left to right, Rob (’09, PC) and assistant professor and fl ight team Fenton (’82, PC), Tony adviser Jack Panosian (’79, ’82, DB). The fl ight team Walsh (’83, PC) and received its NIFA SAFECON championship rings Brian Peters (’82, PC) Students and alumni during OctoberWest. reunite at the fl y-in. celebrate at EagleNIGHT.

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG 11 NAVIGATING

HOMEALUMNI SHARE PERSONAL JOURNEYS OF CHALLENGE AND SUCCESS AT ANNUAL REUNIONS DOMINO EFFECT Aerospace engineer Jody Davis (‘03, PC) falls into place at NASA The stories in this section highlight the personal and professional journeys of four of our alumni Jody (Fisher) Davis (’03, PC) liked to draw triangle- shaped houses as a child. By the third grade, she who attended either the 2012 Homecoming/Alumni was drawing fl oor plans. “I loved design,” she says. Weekend in Daytona Beach, Fla., or OctoberWest When she turned 13, a new infatuation was born. in Prescott, Ariz. For some of them, this was their “I saw the movie Apollo 13 six or seven times in the theater,” Davis says. “I developed an obsession with fi rst visit to campus since graduation; for others, space and NASA.” the pilgrimage “home” is an annual tradition. A family friend, commercial airline pilot Lisa All alumni are encouraged to attend homecoming Wagner (’94, ’02, PC), now deceased, introduced Davis to Embry-Riddle and helped her discover the activities this year on Oct. 3–5 in Prescott and perfect marriage of both her passions: aerospace Nov. 7–9 in Daytona Beach. For more engineering. The epiphany set her on the path to a lucrative and fulfi lling career. Now a fl ight mechanics information visit the eaglesNEST: technical lead for another project at NASA Langley, www.eraualumni.org/homecoming. Davis was an integral member of the entry, descent and landing team for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)/Curiosity rover. At 10:32 p.m. on Aug. 5, 2012 BY SARA WITHROW PDT, it was Davis who announced “Tango Delta Nominal” from the war room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology— the fi rst of three fi nal steps confi rming Curiosity’s touchdown on the surface of Mars. “I was nervous and super excited,” she says of the “seven minutes of terror,” a phrase coined by NASA

representing the time it would take Curiosity to enter PHOTOGRAPHY MOMENT A STORYBOOK BY PHOTO

12 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG between NASA and the European and Italian space Jody Davis visited NASA’s retired F-104N Starfighter at the agencies that launched an orbiter and probe to Titan, Prescott Campus last October. Saturn’s largest moon. The probe landed on Titan in January 2005. “It sent images back to Earth of pools of methane. The theory is that Titan is in the beginning stages of where Earth was before life began,” she says. Davis was recognized with an achievement award by the NASA Engineering and Safety Center for her contribution to the modeling of the entry, descent and landing of the Huygens Probe on Titan. Ron Madler, dean and professor for the College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus, says Davis’ accomplishments are no shock to him. “She was that model student who you like to teach—the

“ Yo u work on it so long, that it’s almost surreal when it happens. You’re thinking, ‘Did we really do this?’ You feel the team effort and you appreciate everyone that worked on it.”

kind that listens, works hard, asks questions when she needs to and is there to learn,” he says. According to Davis, it was Madler who opened her eyes to space mechanics and to the NIA fellowship program. “I consider him my Embry-Riddle mentor,” she says. “Dr. Madler encouraged me to apply for the Mars’ atmosphere and descend to the planet’s sur- fellowship, which led to my job at NASA, my involve- face. “It almost felt like a wedding day. You’ve planned ment with Curiosity and my marriage to Brian. My life and planned down to the hors d’oeuvres on the table has really been a domino effect that started at Embry- and the candles, so that it’s just right,” she says. Riddle.” Davis’ husband was also an NIA Rising Star Following verification of the landing, Davis says the Fellow; he works for NASA as a structural engineer. war room and nearby mission control center exploded Madler says one of the most rewarding parts of with shouts of joy, handshakes and hugs. “I worked being an educator is when graduates like Davis return on MSL for seven years, which is a long time to me; to campus to share their knowledge and success. ‘Tango DelTa but you see these other guys who worked on it from “It makes us feel good about our jobs, because the beginning, when they were drawing the design we’re helping to make a difference in our profession,” nominal’ on a napkin, and they were just sobbing.” he says. “As a young person, she’s doing exactly LISTEN to Jody Davis what I wanted to do. We’re living vicariously through make her historic Perfect Progression our students.” announcement The road to Curiosity’s Mars landing wasn’t traveled reporting Curiosity’s overnight, but for Davis the journey followed a rela- Space Advocate touchdown on Mars: tively straight line. Graduating cum laude from Embry- Davis has traveled back to her alma mater at least tinyurl.com/a7v2sqb. Riddle’s Prescott Campus with a Bachelor of Science in twice since graduation. Each time, she has taken the LEARN more about Aerospace Engineering in 2003, the Minnesota native opportunity to speak with and inspire Embry-Riddle the team’s challenges applied and was accepted into the National Institute students. In 2005, she and Jeremy Shidner (’04, during the “seven of Aerospace (NIA) Rising Star Fellowship program at PC), an NIA Rising Star Fellow who also worked on minutes of terror”: NASA Langley Research Center. The fellowship allowed Curiosity’s entry, descent and landing team, gave an tinyurl.com/6obbkou. Davis to complete a Master of Science in Aerospace in-depth presentation to the preliminary design classes and Mechanical Engineering from the University of about their work at NASA. “It’s great to see alumni giv- Virginia, while earning a stipend and hands-on experi- ing back to their alma mater in this way,” Madler says. ence as a graduate assistant at NASA Langley. As for the future, Davis says she will be involved in Davis says the experience was invaluable and reconstructing Curiosity’s entry, descent and landing, resulted in her attaining employment with NASA’s in order to improve the flight mechanics simulation Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems Branch imme- for additional missions. She also plans to be a spokes- diately after completing her graduate degree in 2005. person for NASA as a member of its community out- It was a logical next step for the aerospace engi- reach program. neer and for NASA. After all, her graduate work had “I’m an advocate for exploration. I will be happy prepared her for the challenge. The focus of Davis’ if I’m always an advocate for exploration and NASA,” thesis was Cassini-Huygens, a collaborative mission Davis says.

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg 13 Kelly and Allison Austin enjoy Embry-Riddle’s 2012 Wings and Waves Air Show with their sons, Aiden and Ethan.

“Higher education is a vehicle for greater opportunity,” he says. “For me, it’s a vocation of helping others to find whatever they want out of life.” Already making a difference at Penn State Schuylkill, Austin has tripled the school’s scholarship dollars; attained a “military friendly” status from G.I. Jobs magazine—a designation enjoyed by the top 15 percent of 12,000 Veterans Affairs-approved schools (including Embry-Riddle); and restored the annual homecoming celebration after a hiatus of more than 10 years.

First Generation When Austin’s classmates started considering college, he did too. His mother and stepfather were supportive, but because no one in the family had attended college before, they had no frame of reference with which to guide him toward his educational goals. “I had no idea how I would go, or how I would afford it,” Austin says. When he arrived at Slippery Rock State University in Pennsylvania, Austin says he felt like the proverbial fish out of water and his financial situation hit him full force. “The first six weeks I didn’t have money for textbooks or toiletries. I’d borrow books from my classmates and retype the chapters. I kept thinking they were going to pull me out and say, ‘You can’t afford this,’” he says. Bootstrapping accomplishment With the help of grants, loans, on- and off-campus jobs and the “toughness First generation college student Kelly Austin (‘04, DB) beats the and relentless work ethic” that he cul- tivated in his teens, Austin completed odds, becomes one of nation’s youngest university chancellors his undergraduate degree in business administration in 1998. He earned a master’s degree three years later, and Raised in an economically challenged neighbor- shortly thereafter accepted his first professional job hood on the outskirts of East Pittsburgh, Pa., Kelly at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus as assis- Austin (‘04, DB) says he learned as an adolescent tant director of student activities and adviser to the that hard work could open doors of possibility and Student Government Association. diminish the pains of poverty. At age 12, he got a During a five-year period at the university, Austin newspaper route. By 14, he got a job at Joe’s Butcher was promoted to education specialist/academic Shop and kept it until he graduated from high school. adviser for First Year Programs and then to coordina- hy “Joe had an eye for detail and an outstanding work tor of the First Generation Student Program, which he P ethic,” Austin recalls. “He would buy me shoes when developed to enhance achievement for first genera- hotogra

I needed them. He was just one of those people in tion college students like himself. P life that you don’t forget.” “Kelly was instrumental in putting together a Now chancellor at Pennsylvania State University at proposal to the Boeing Corporation, which provided Schuylkill, Austin applies the lessons he learned from a two-year $30,000 grant that helped launch the pro- Joe and others to positively impact those within his gram,” says Richard Nicols, executive director of stu-

sphere of influence. dent academic support at Embry-Riddle. “He acted giese tony by Photo

14 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg as the First Generation Student Club’s fi rst adviser Giving Back and was integral to its early success, due in no small Austin credits his accomplishments in part to the part to his passion for the program and its students.” encouragement he received along the way. “I was The program continues to fl ourish, Nicols adds. very fortunate to have people support and help me “In fact, it’s been recognized as one of the strongest in my life when they didn’t have to. At any time, the retention initiatives on campus.” difference they were making could have been the While at Embry-Riddle, Austin also completed a make-or-break point that allowed me to continue to Master of Business Administration-Aviation degree the next step.” and served as an adjunct faculty member. In 2006, Austin’s wife, Allison, whom he met while attend- he accepted a director of student union/student activi- ing Slippery Rock State University, was one of these ties post at the University of Pittsburgh at infl uential people. “Allison has stood by Johnstown. By 2008, he had worked his me throughout most of my educational “I had holes way up to vice president of fi nance and NAVIGATING and professional journey,” he says. “She in my shoes administration. Austin was named chancel- has pushed me to realize goals that once and we didn’t lor of Penn State Schuylkill in January 2012 seemed impractical. She is and contin- and offi cially took the helm in May. ues to be the foundation of any success always have Acknowledging his fast track to suc- HOME that I achieve.” food. I got a cess, the 35-year-old advises those climb- Having benefi ted directly from the ing the career ladder to “be ready for generosity of others as well as from paper route so your moment.” social programs as a child, Austin says giving back is I’d be able to Developing a strong professional network is also very important to him. “It’s fully integrated into my important, he says. Over the years, Austin stayed everyday thinking,” he says. buy my own connected with Embry-Riddle through the Alumni Austin and his family are active in their church and clothes, which Association and relationships with colleagues, volunteer for a number of nonprofi t organizations, including Mike Williams (‘85, ‘88, DB), dean of local food banks and retirement homes. Taking his allowed me Embry-Riddle’s College of Business. A mentor and spirit of volunteerism one step further, he recently to t in.” former professor of Austin’s, Williams served on the established a weeklong observance at Penn State dissertation committee for his Ph.D. in Administrative Schuylkill, during which students, faculty and staff are and Policy Studies, which Austin earned in 2011. urged to join in one of 10 university-sponsored com- “Kelly was noticeable as both a student and a munity service projects. member of the adjunct faculty,” Williams says. “He was very energetic and positive, and a natural teacher EDITOR’S NOTE: The Alumni Association named Austin in the classroom.” Williams attributes his former its 2012 Outstanding Young Alumnus (see related student’s high level of professional achievement—at article on page 31). He accepted the award on such a young age—to his outgoing personality and Oct. 12 during Wings and Waves/Alumni Weekend passion for learning. “To be a chancellor at his age is in Daytona Beach. Kelly, Allison and their sons, really a big deal,” he says. Aiden, 7, and Ethan, 5, reside in Orwigsburg, Pa.

Empowering Achievement Kelly Austin started the First Generation Student Program, which has proved to be one THE FIRST GENERATION STUDENT PROGRAM AT EMBRY-RIDDLE of the strongest retention initiatives at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. See RETENTION RATES* GRADUATION RATES* chart at right. 1 Year 2 Years [Fall 2006 Cohort] a er entering ERAU a er entering ERAU [Fall 2006 – Fall 2010 Cohorts] [Fall 2006 – Fall 2010 Cohorts]

100 100 100

80 80 80 83.6% 60 73.0% 60 73.6% 60 63.0% 71.7% 40 40 40 57.4%

20 20 20

0 0 0

■ Active First Generation Program students ■ All other students

* Retention rates include student cohorts that entered the program/university in fall 2006 through fall 2010. Data for graduation rates is typically reported based on the percentage of students graduating within a six-year period, so this data only reﬂ ects the fall 2006 student cohort.

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG 15 twisting fate Mark Dickey (‘90, PC) turns obstacles into Golden Eagles Raised in rural Kansas by a father who was one part achievements in the air and on the land farmer and one part air show boss, flight was a positive outlet for Dickey from a young age. He earned his private pilot’s license in high school, learned aerobatic flying from the renowned Duane Cole, and spent Mark Dickey (’90, PC) knows tragedy as well summers flying agriculture aircraft and performing in as triumph. air shows. In 1986, he survived an automobile accident Not surprisingly, the pilot’s time at Embry-Riddle that took the life of his high school sweetheart was defined by his involvement with the Golden Michelle (Shelly) Lynn. “My girlfriend was driving Eagles. “My junior year [1989], when the flight team my car when we hit unmarked construction,” he won third place in nationals, was probably more says. “The car flipped and I got pitched out of the important to me than getting a diploma, because that moon roof. … Shelly died five or six minutes later was our lives. We lived it every day,” he says. holding my hand.” The flight team was a support system for its mem- A freshman at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus bers, Navarrete says. “We were our family away from at the time and a new member of the Golden our family. For Mark, the flight team was his therapy.” Eagles Flight Team, Dickey suffered a broken neck and a crippled spirit from the wreck. But neither Flight Plan kept him down for long. Dickey has woven a patchwork-like career, but there’s “At first, I didn’t want to go back to school; been one constant thread: aviation. For the past 20-plus but when my flight team coach and professor years he has owned and operated Mike-Delta Aviation, Ben Beagle called me several weeks later, just to an aircraft design, assembly and testing business; see if I was OK, I thought, ‘If I have a and until three years ago, he was still per- professor and a coach that cares that forming aerobatics. In 2009, Dickey trans- much about me, there’s something navigating ferred his business acumen from wings to special about this school and I need wheels, literally, becoming manager and to be there,’” Dickey says. Returning partner of The Hub Bicycle Shop in Hays, to campus mid-semester, he threw Kan. “After all, the Wright Brothers owned himself into his studies. “The excellent hoMe a bike shop,” he says. faculty, excellent staff and the best Recently, he started a new endeavor. friends you could ever have helped me He moved back to Prescott to become pull through.” lead salesperson for InMotion Simulation, owned by Gabriel Navarrete (’88, PC), a former college fellow Embry-Riddle alumnus Mark Barry (’90, PC). This roommate of Dickey’s and a fellow member of the spring, Dickey and Barry joined with Dustin Mosher Golden Eagles, says his friend was a “focused and (‘12, PC) to create Blue Eagle Flight Simulation, an driven” student. “When we became roommates in offshoot of InMotion that will design and produce full “ I never seem the fall of 1987, Mark opened up about the accident,” motion and static flight simulators. Navarrete says. “He recalled the details of the crash Dickey is known for his aerobatic feats, but his to do things quite vividly; it was a very traumatic experience. I academic accomplishments are equally commend- the easy way. know Mark had a lot of pain, but he hid it well.” able. Pursuing a lifelong interest in the workings of Nearly 12 years later, in 1998, disaster struck the mind, he earned a master’s degree in clinical If it’s easy, it’s again when Dickey fell and hit his head on concrete psychology in 2010. His research includes a study just not right.” in a freak accident. “When I could finally start talk- correlating friendship quality and self-esteem, a ing, the doctor said, ‘You’ll never walk again, you’ll subject with which he has had firsthand experience. never drive and you’ll never fly,’” he says. “I needed Dickey credits the lifetime friendships that started at that. He told me I couldn’t, so I did. When someone Embry-Riddle with his ability to overcome an intense tells me I can’t do something, I say, ‘Watch me.’” period of grief and self-examination that followed his tion

When the doctors advised him that his head girlfriend’s death. A injury could require up to 20 months of hospital Supported by his Embry-Riddle friends, Dickey care, Dickey took it as a personal challenge. “I was funneled his can-do attitude into achieving progres- out in less than three months,” he says. sively greater heights, despite his personal loss. “I On the positive side, the incident revealed a gave 125 percent to whatever I was doing. I wasn’t

thyroid gland issue. Treatment resulted in a growth happy with doing as good as everyone else; I had to Alumni Associ tudent spurt for Dickey. “It sounds wrong to say this, but do better than everyone else,” he says. s falling down and hitting his head was the best thing Navarrete says he admires his friend’s perseverance. that could have happened to him,” says Navarrete “I think most people in Mark’s situation would have with a chuckle. “When I knew him at Prescott, he hung it up and gone home, but he didn’t,” Navarrete

passed for a 12-year-old at the movie theater.” says. “I’m really proud of what he’s done.” Prescott by Photo

16 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg Fun times: Gabriel Navarrete gives college roommate and fellow Golden Eagle teammate Mark Dickey a lift at OctoberWest 2012.

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg 17 bring on the thunder While his time with the Thunderbirds has “exceeded Maj. J.R. Williams (’01, PC) perseveres every expectation I’ve ever had,” Williams says his combat service was the most memorable. Stationed through storm, turns dream into reality at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, he flew an F-15E in support of ground troops for nearly five months during Operation Enduring Freedom. “We were there as What does airsickness have in common with a presence,” Williams says. “Occasionally, the troops being a successful fighter pilot? The answer: would get pinned down in a firefight and we would U.S. Air Force Maj. J.R. Williams (’01, PC). Oddly, the fly the jets over as a show of force. That was usually Embry-Riddle alumnus overcame his propensity to enough to get the fighting to stop.” become airsick not before, but after he was commis- The aircrew’s proximity to ground operations pro- sioned as a second lieutenant and selected for a pilot vided a notable psychological benefit for the troops, slot. It was during pilot training at Sheppard Air Force as well. “Just us talking to them over the radio would Base (AFB) in Texas that he finally conquered his body’s help calm them down,” Williams says. “It’s about “urge to purge” in flight. hearing their voice when you check in and gunfire is According to Williams, it was touch and go for the going off in the background; and then hearing their first several months of training. “I was getting airsick voice when you’re done and it’s all quiet. It was really every day,” he says. “I was one flight away rewarding to me, and really humbling at from going before the medical review board the same time.” and basically being told that it may not be in navigating the best interest of the Air Force for me to Homecoming be a pilot.” Williams returned to his alma mater Fortunately, the Behavioral Airsick last October for Embry-Riddle’s 2012 Management program he was participating hoMe Wings and Waves Air Show in Daytona in started to take effect. Administered by Beach, Fla.—one of his last perfor- ft and center); sara withrow (right) withrow sara and center); ft

John Pittner, a clinical neuropsychologist, mances as a Thunderbird. Although he le the program involved daily motion therapy sessions. completed his degree at the Prescott Campus, he “Had it not been for him, I would not have gotten my says the Florida university feels like home, too. “You wings at all,” Williams says. see all these students looking skyward, and that’s The physiological control techniques he learned at still me,” he says. During his visit, Williams took time Sheppard AFB stuck. To date, Williams has enjoyed to meet with members of the Embry-Riddle Student a 12-year career with the Air Force piloting F-15s and Alumni Association and the U.S. Air Force Reserve F-16s. Highlights include two combat tours, a two- Officer Training Corps (ROTC). year stint with the Thunderbirds that ended in 2012 The pilot says youth outreach is one of his

and the accumulation of more than 2,000 flight hours. favorite parts of being an Ambassador in Blue. ( e. reid jr., usaf larry ssgt. by Photos

18 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg At Embry-Riddle, student questions ranged from to sacrifice his passion in the short term for a what to expect at Air Force Pilot Training to Williams’ long-term payoff, he rerouted his focus. “School Left to right, Maj. J.R. Williams, lead solo No. combat experiences and how he landed a slot on is work and I wanted to fly airplanes. I didn’t want 5, performs the reflec- the Thunderbird team. to write computer code,” he says. In time, how- tion pass with Capt. Becoming a Thunderbird was never a part of his ever, he learned to compartmentalize his desire Blaine Jones, opposing solo No. 6; Williams plan, Williams says. If fellow Embry-Riddle alumnus to fly. “I was able to concentrate on a goal of not meets a young fan fol- Maj. Aaron Jelinek (’01, PC) hadn’t suggested it, only earning a degree from an amazing institu- lowing an air show performance in the United he says he would not have applied for the post. The tion, but doing well enough to earn a pilot slot,” Kingdom; Williams’ college friends reconnected in 2010 at Nellis AFB he says. smile shows he is ‘at in Las Vegas, where Jelinek was assigned to the College friends, including Jelinek, who could home’ on campus. commiserate with his situation, helped him per- “ T h e biggest single thing severe. “By going to Embry-Riddle, I surrounded myself with people who had similar interests, that I experienced at goals and aspirations as myself,” Williams says. Embry-Riddle was that “There’s no way I would have even finished college had I not had a group of people pushing and everyone was looking up, egging me along.” just like I was.” The boy from Marfa, Texas, who as a child took Dramamine to avoid getting sick on flights in his father’s single-engine Bonanza, has admit- Thunderbirds, and Williams was flying the F-15C as tedly come a long way. an aggressor pilot. “I knew if I didn’t try to fly fast, upside “Aaron explained the Thunderbirds’ mission and down, I’d always wonder if I could have done it,” how they represent the best in the Air Force and Williams says of his once dream of becoming a all that’s good in it,” Williams says. “It’s hard not to fighter pilot. He’s not wondering anymore. want to be a part of that. … To find the best in your- self is very rewarding.” New Horizon By 2011, Williams and Jelinek were perform- In April, Williams separated from active duty with ing together at air shows across the country and the Air Force to spend more time with his wife, around the world as opposing solo No. 6 and lead Kara, and their daughter, Danielle, 2. He plans solo No. 5, respectively. When Jelinek completed to continue to serve his country in the Air Force his two-year tour with the Thunderbirds in 2011, Reserve or Air National Guard, and to transition to Williams moved to the lead solo position. civilian employment. He already has one job offer: working this summer for his wife’s family busi- Code for Sacrifice ness, the Diamond D Ranch in Stanley, Idaho. “I Williams knew he wanted to be a pilot, but the had to consider what was going to matter to me ROTC scholarship he needed to fund his education in 20 or 30 years from now. The opportunity to at Embry-Riddle had openings for computer sci- be there year-round with my family was my first ence majors—not aeronautical science. Choosing priority,” he says.

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Riding on Real Estate Mike (’86, DB) and Joyce (’81, DB) Pepin transfer MBA–A knowledge to home sales

By sara withrow He convinced Joyce to join him in 2003, first as his assistant and hen Mike (’86, DB) and Joyce (’81, DB) ultimately as a buyer’s agent and Pepin sell a home, they don’t exchange the broker for their company, Pepin high-fives or fist bumps. They simply Realty Inc., which opened in 2008. share a knowing smile and pass the The husband-wife team has check around the table. “I like to see developed a proven formula based the check,” Mike says. “Each sale rep- on complementing each other’s resents countless hours of effort.” strengths. “We’re opposites,” Joyce Mike and Joyce, who each hold a says. “I’m a numbers person and Master in Business Administration– Mike is a true marketing guy.” Aviation, agree that the real estate pro- Mike says strict time manage- fession is a nontraditional track for most Embry-Riddle ment and professional coaching graduates,W even those with degrees from the College also contribute to their success. of Business. However, they say that their current Early on, he aligned himself with the Mike Ferry Organization, a real estate consulting firm. Mike The Pepins are also unofficial believes the ongoing assessment, spokespersons for the university. advice and accountability the firm provides give him an edge over the When Joyce takes prospective clients competition. “There’s no secret, I just work,” he says. on tours of the community, she never The couple also took some pointers from their individual experiences at General Electric, where fails to introduce Embry-Riddle. Joyce was a manager trainee, program administrator and finance manager for 19 years, and Mike worked success is directly attributable to the management for two years in product support and contract admin- and entrepreneurial principles they learned at Embry- istration. Their time at the global manufacturing leader Riddle and honed in previous careers in the aerospace ingrained in them a solid business sense and instinct industry. Based on sales volume, Mike consistently for best practices. hy performs among the top 1 percent of the highest real “You don’t design and build simulators and not P estate producers in the country. know what you’re doing,” Mike says. “The efficiencies

at GE are excellent, and we’ve carried that example hotogra P Power Couple into our real estate company.” Recognizing his talent for sales and marketing, Mike took the leap into real estate in 1990, becoming an Eagle Advocates agent for Hayward Brown in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Pepins’ business survived the recent economic

(now operating as Adams Cameron and Company). recession, which hit Florida markets in 2008—the dgmassey by Photo

20 LIFT sPriNG 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg year they launched Pepin Realty— The Pepins attribute their After a postgraduation hiatus, thanks in part to their business savvy business success and during which they raised their two and a substantial savings account. “It ability to survive challenges children, Mike and Joyce reconnected in the real estate market to was tough there; we were living on a their education, industry with their alma mater. They began prayer and a wish and worked harder background and hard attending alumni and athletics events than ever,” Joyce says. On the bright work. The couple leads and offering their services to relocating the Embry-Riddle Daytona side, she says she believes the local Beach Alumni Chapter. faculty and staff. The couple are co- real estate market has “bottomed out” leaders of the Daytona Beach Alumni and demand and prices are beginning Chapter and members of the Eagles to climb in some areas. Athletic Association; and Mike is a member of the Continual education is an important element in the Alumni Advisory Council. Pepins’ professional toolbox. Joyce is an Accredited The Pepins are also unofficial spokespersons for Buyer’s Representative, and Mike, a Certified the university. When Joyce takes prospective clients Residential Specialist, holds 75 percent of professional on tours of the community, she never fails to introduce designations available to Realtors. “Having the MBA Embry-Riddle. “I get to drive them by Embry-Riddle is a big plus,” Joyce adds. “I always want to be more and tell them it’s the greatest aeronautical university qualified than anyone else in my field.” in the world,” she says. “That makes me proud.”

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Doctors’ Remedy

Drs. Chuck and Beth Duva will work hand in hand with leading aerospace companies, many of which will ultimately take up residence help revitalize community at Embry-Riddle’s developing 90-acre-plus Aerospace Research and Technology Park, Mirmirani says. with fellowship gift “When it comes to the technology park, I think the opportunities are limitless,” Chuck says. “Once one hy

organization comes, I think many more will follow and P it will be a huge boon to the area.” hotogra P By Kelly CuCuliansKy Pratt Meeting the Need The Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Duva Endowed ntrigued by the sights and sounds of a flight school Fellowship in Aerospace Engineering will support liv- located near his childhood home in Miami, it ing stipends for two Ph.D. candidates per year. “The would be nearly a half-century later before Charles fellowship will provide much-needed financial support Photo by tony giese tony by Photo “Chuck” Duva, M.D., would cement his connection with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. As a teenager in South Florida, Chuck wanted to learn to fly, but couldn’t afford flight lessons. When he and his family moved to Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1964, he put his goal of becoming a pilot honoring to rest. As fate would have it, the then Embry- their support Riddle Aeronautical Institute followed him to Daytona BeachI just one year later. Chuck went on to pursue The Jim W. Henderson a career in medicine, but continued to watch from Administration & the sidelines as the school flourished and became a Welcome Center world-class university. Banquet Hall at the Now a successful business and medical leader, Daytona Beach Campus he and his wife, Elizabeth “Beth” Duva, who holds a was named in honor of Ph.D. in holistic nutrition, solidified their relationship Drs. Beth and Chuck with Embry-Riddle in 2012 by establishing the first Duva, in recognition of aerospace engineering fellowship to support doctoral their support of graduate students. For the Duvas, the $400,000 gift will not level research and edu- only help students reach the top level of their field, cation at Embry-Riddle. it’s also an investment in their hometown. “We’re strong supporters of education and we really want to see our local community thrive,” Chuck says. College of Engineering Dean Maj Mirmirani says Embry-Riddle’s new Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering is among the catalysts spurring new growth at the university. “The Duvas see how fast the university is growing and they want to be a part of this exciting enterprise,” Mirmirani says. “Education is their passion and, of course, education has an impact on economic growth.” The doctorate in aerospace engineering, which debuts fall 2013, aligns with Embry-Riddle’s emphasis on becoming an entrepreneurial university and a solutions-provider for industry. Student researchers

22 LIFT sPrinG 2013 WWW.gIvIngTo.ERAu.EDu to allow students to devote the necessary time to medicine for 20 years, until he was seriously injured their studies without having to worry about how to in a motorcycle accident. Transitioning to administra- make ends meet,” Mirmirani says. Doctoral candi- tion, he completed a graduate degree in medical dates can expect a research workload as rigorous as management from Tulane University in 1997, and a full-time job, he adds. established DuvaSawko, a medical coding, billing, Recognizing how fortunate she and her husband accounts receivable management and software have been, Beth says establishing the fellowship is an development company, with business partner William opportunity to help others achieve their career aspi- Sawko, M.D. rations. “We were very blessed with being able to The Duvas’ investment in the community starts work, take out loans and pay for our school,” she says. with DuvaSawko, which employs about 250 people “It wasn’t always stress-free, so it is our hope that in Daytona Beach and conducts business for doctors’ maybe someone else will have an easier time.” practices in 10 states. Chuck is also a former vice president and co-owner of Fish Hospital in Deland, ‘You Can’t Have Too Much Education’ Fla., and has ownership interests in Emergency “ We talked about The investment in higher education reflects the Duvas’ Medicine Professionals, a physician staffing company it for a long time own academic pursuits. “Based on just looking at to support emergency departments, and PrimeCare both of us, you really can’t have too much education,” Urgent Care Centers, a walk-in clinic with two loca- and this was Chuck says. tions in the Daytona Beach area. This spring, he plans something we In addition to having her doctorate, Beth is a to launch a new business, Edge Physician Services, registered nurse, holds bachelor’s degrees in spe- a physician recruiting company. really wanted to cial education and sociology and a master’s degree do: contribute in teaching. For 15 years, the North Carolina native Leaving Their Mark and give back.” worked as a special education language arts teacher As education advocates with no children, Beth says in Tennessee, before relocating to Florida. she and Chuck often asked themselves what their After completing a bachelor’s degree in biology, legacy should be. “We said, ‘Where would the need Chuck earned a Doctor of Medicine degree. As a be? Where could we be helpful?’ We talked about medical doctor and fellow of the American College it for a long time and this was something we really of Emergency Physicians, he practiced emergency wanted to do: contribute and give back,” she says. They also view their involvement with Embry-Riddle as a way to support an Drs. Beth and Chuck Duva’s gift to the industry that’s captivated their interest for university supports the creation of two almost as long as healthcare. In fact, Beth fellowships for students enrolled in the new Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering might have pursued a career in aviation, program. They are pictured outside the had she not met Chuck. In between jobs Lehman Engineering and Technology Center/College of Engineering building in the mid-1990s, she was waiting to hear on the Daytona Beach Campus. back about a flight attendant position with Delta Air Lines, when Chuck hired her as a health educator at a wellness center he owned. Beth’s background in education, weight management and competitive body building made her a great fit for the job, he says. While education and business success have driven the couple, so has adventure outside the classroom and workplace. Both Chuck and Beth are avid mountaineers. While Chuck typically climbs to altitudes of roughly 11,000 feet or less, Beth pushes the envelope a bit higher. Having already conquered the Andes, her latest exploit is reaching the 19,340-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. When asked what’s next, the Duvas say new heights of another sort may be in store for them—possibly in the pilot training that piqued Chuck’s interest so long ago.

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LIFT SPRING 2013 www.GIvInGTo.ERau.Edu 23 Alumni in Action

Helping Eagles Fly

Jim Huntoon (’93, DB; ’10, WW) alumni to make another sweeping grab for the 35 awards distributed annually through shares knowledge and NBAA’s Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarship (TRACS) program. opportunities with students In response to Huntoon’s 2012 classroom presentations, Embry-Riddle students submit- ted a record-setting 17 applications and won 10 scholarships valued at more than $100,000— the most for any one school. The awards provide By Kelly CuCuliansKy Pratt funding for model-specific aircraft engine and avionics training courses. im Huntoon (’93, DB; ’10, WW) is not a teacher in the traditional sense, but in January Part of the Culture hy he visited eight Embry-Riddle classrooms in Huntoon’s classroom visits are just one way he sup- P one day, imparting life lessons to help fellow ports his alma mater and its graduates. He is a mem- hotogra

Eagles advance in their careers. ber of Embry-Riddle’s Alumni Advisory Council and a P A member of the Maintenance Committee past participant in Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK), for the National Business Aviation Association a program that originated in the 1990s to assist in (NBAA), Huntoon had the same agenda he recruiting talented students to Embry-Riddle. did the first time he spoke to Embry-Riddle Helping Eagles achieve their career aspirations is J classes in 2012. He expects students and part of the Embry-Riddle culture, whether it’s providing dgmassey by Photos 24 LIFT sPrinG 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg Huntoon also offered him advice on how to submit Jim Huntoon is pictured with six of the 10 Embry-Riddle NBAA 2012 TRACS a strong application, and he has remained in touch award recipients. Counterclockwise with Hopp and several other scholarship applicants are Michael Deeb (‘13, DB), Mark Repanshek Jr. (‘11, ‘12, DB), Christopher ever since. Piccone (‘11, DB), Huntoon, Casee Penrod (‘14, DB), James Sullivan Encouraging the Next Generation (‘14, DB) and Cody Hopp (‘13, DB). Huntoon’s enthusiasm for helping students isn’t new. As an ASK program participant in the 1990s, he was a frequent volunteer at high school college fairs, a job or a training lead, being a mentor, or encour- encouraging prospective students to consider Embry- aging a high school student to continue his or her Riddle. He is looking forward to interacting with education at Embry-Riddle, Huntoon says. It’s a phi- potential students again, when a revised version of losophy that comes from firsthand experience. ASK is launched later this year. “The reason I’ve had a successful career is Huntoon fondly recalls one of his success sto- because of my foundation at Riddle, but also because ries: a teenager he connected with in 1997, while of alumni who reached out and helped open doors volunteering for ASK at a college fair in Fort Worth, for me. That’s what we do,” says Huntoon, who Texas. Sensing the teen’s enthusiasm for aviation, Jim Huntoon’s has worked in corporate aviation maintenance and Huntoon offered him a flight in a Level D simulator at classroom presentations in 2012 inspired students service sales for 20 years, and in December joined SimuFlite, where he worked at the time. Eleven years to apply for and earn Aircell-GoGo, an inflight telecommunications and later, the young man contacted Huntoon through a scholarships that totaled broadband company. social media website to thank him for showing an more than $100,000. Below: In January, he Thanks to a networking relationship built through interest in his future. Huntoon saved the note, which revisited Embry-Riddle the Embry-Riddle Dallas Alumni Chapter, Huntoon reads: “You gave a certain youngster his first taste of to encourage students to received a job interview in 1999 at Gulfstream what it would be like to fly a Cessna Citation and the apply for 2013 awards. Aerospace. Shortly thereafter, he moved from CAE Hawker, and it was a dream fulfilled. That youngster SimuFlite, where he had worked for seven years as regional sales manager, to a maintenance sales position at Gulfstream. Later, he expanded his work experience as vice president of sales at Comlux-The Aviation Group, and most recently at Dallas Airmotive, where he specialized in representing Rolls-Royce Spey and Tay engine products and several other engine lines. A beneficiary of Eagle goodwill himself, Huntoon says he is honored to be in a position where he can help Embry-Riddle students and alumni achieve their career goals. “These [TRACS] scholarships can change lives,” says Huntoon, who resides with his wife and two children in Deland, Fla. Cody Hopp, who plans to graduate this May, is quick to agree. Hopp learned about the NBAA TRACS opportunities through Huntoon and took home the largest single award in 2012—a $40,000 scholarship to attend the Gulfstream G550 Initial Maintenance Course. “ T h e reason I’ve had a successful career is “When I got the news, I was just elated,” says Hopp, a veteran Army sergeant who is earning a because of my foundation at Riddle, but also Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics with a minor in because of alumni who reached out and avionics line maintenance. Hopp plans to attend the Gulfstream course this helped open doors for me. That’s what we do.” summer, and believes the training will set him on the path to his dream job as a corporate aircraft mechanic went on to your old alma mater [Embry-Riddle] and at Gulfstream. “Rather than a company having to pay got a job as a 135 freight dispatcher. And that young- for me to go to that school, I’ll already have the expe- ster was indeed me.” rience,” he says. “It definitely puts me a leg above It is a message Huntoon won’t soon forget. anyone else graduating at the same time.” “Eagles have a camaraderie that opens doors, and Like others in Embry-Riddle’s Aviation Maintenance it’s my hope that the next generation continues that Science program, he wasn’t familiar with NBAA and reciprocity,” he says. thought he had exhausted his scholarship search. It’s a guiding principle that he is working to instill “I had looked for scholarships; however, most of them in new graduates. So when Hopp and other NBAA- weren’t available to me because I was getting VA TRACS winners say things like, “How can I thank you?” [Veterans Affairs] benefits. When Mr. Huntoon came Huntoon has an answer at the ready: “Once you get in and spoke to our class about NBAA and their schol- established and get going in your career, you can do it, arships, it really opened my eyes,” Hopp says. too. Give back and open that door for someone else.”

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Message froM the aluMni association

am excited to be leading the Embry-Riddle Alumni Association as its newly named executive director. We have a great team in place and a number of alumni events and activities already scheduled for the coming year. For up-to-date information, visit the eaglesNEST at www.eraualumni.org/events. If we have never met, I would like to introduce myself. I am a 1987 graduate of the Prescott Campus, and for the past three years, I have served as Prescott’s director of Alumni Relations. In all, I have worked for Embry-Riddle for more than 18 years. During that time, I’ve worn a lot of hats, including director of Admissions and Enrollment, director of external/community relations, and in my iearly years, assistant director of Alumni Relations. Essentially, I’ve pro- gressed from searching the world over Please contact me for some of the best student talent for with your suggestions recruitment purposes, to searching for Embry-Riddle alumni so that I can recon- at William.Thompson nect them with their alma mater and @erau.edu. share their success stories with others. I also have a background in the aerospace industry. After graduating with a degree in aviation business administration, I worked for Northrop Aerospace Company in El Segundo, Calif. I was also a small business manager/owner for a few years, before I returned to Embry-Riddle in 1994. Eagles Rally for For more than 20 years, the Embry-Riddle family has been my family. In May, my daughter, Chelsea, will join our growing alumni network. One of Their Own Am I proud? You bet! Our excellent Alumni Relations staff, which includes fellow Eagles ‘We Are 1 Run’ supports Edmund Odartey (’04, ’10, DB), director of Alumni Relations at Daytona alumna’s fight against cancer Beach, and Keith Deaton (’05, ’12, DB), associate director of outreach for Alumni Relations, is at your service. We look forward to working with our BY TORI CARTA Alumni Advisory Council—and all of you—as we continue to enhance our programs and services and engage alumni all over the United States Members of the Phi Gamma Delta International and the world. Fraternity (FIJI) and the Embry-Riddle community took turns this January biking and running a 200- Forever an Eagle! mile stretch of road to support Kate (Schwikert) Bill Thompson (’87, PC) Waidmann (‘02, DB) in her fight against cancer. Executive Director Described as a “once in a lifetime experience” by several of the participants, the “We Are 1 Run” started at

9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, at the Embry-Riddle Daytona dkison a e

Beach Campus and ended at noon the following day C at Northwood University in West Palm Beach, Fla. facebook.com/ERAUAlumni twitter.com/ERAU_Alumni Waidmann, who played for the Eagles’ women’s Search Embry-Riddle “Join the Nest”: soccer team in 1999 and 2000 , was diagnosed with Aeronautical University www.ERAUalumni.org Stage III colon cancer in September 2012. She endured Canda by Photos Official Alumni Group

26 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg Alumna Kate (Schwikert) Waidmann is running the Steven Hennigan demonstrates race of her life: a battle against Stage III colon cancer. the firefighting equipment at Embry-Riddle Athletics, FIJI fraternity members, Denver International Airport. faculty, staff and students participated in a fundraising run in January to help offset her medical costs.

an aggressive chemotherapy treatment last fall and invasive surgery on Jan. 30. “You would never know in talking to her the depth of what she has been through and what she will be going through in the future,” says Sam Bohon, Embry-Riddle women’s soccer coach. “I definitely see an athlete mentality in Kate and an impressive competitive drive to overcome this challenge.” “We Are 1 Run” participants were divided into three groups, with each covering 60-80 miles of the route that largely followed U.S. Hwy. 1. All three groups joined together for the last half mile to the entrance of Northwood University chanting “We Are One” in unison. Waidmann was there to take Airport Exclusive in the scene, feel the energy and receive a check Chapter enjoys behind- in the amount of $4,500 to assist with her medi - the-scenes tour of Denver cal expenses. The check was presented by Corbin International McKeon, president of Embry-Riddle’s newly estab - lished FIJI fraternity. The Alumni Chapter in Denver Waidmann, an aeronautical science graduate gathered for a tour of and and pilot, says the “We Are 1 Run,” organized by FIJI behind-the-scenes look at the Denver International is and Embry-Riddle Athletics, couldn’t have come at Denver International Airport known for its efficiency with a better time. Already looking forward to the next regard to snow removal. Embry-Riddle gathering, she says she hopes to (DEN) on Sunday, Sept. 23, attend the Daytona Beach Campus Women’s Soccer 2012. The outing included a briefing on the Denver Alumni Weekend on April 19-21. Waidmann and her Fire Department Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting husband, Greg, reside in Delray Beach, Fla. equipment, new multifunction snow equipment, and a general tour of the non-movement area. Chapter leader Steve Hennigan (‘97, PC), airport aviation operations manager at DEN, organized the activity. “Steve did an amazing job putting this event together. The alumni enjoyed every second of the tour,” says Keith Deaton (‘05, ‘12, DB), associate director of outreach for the Alumni Association. “Not only did we learn that DEN is the fastest in the nation at removing snow, but we also got to take aim with the fire hose and take a ride 100 feet into the air in the fire truck bucket.”

‘We Are 1 Run’ participants stride to the finish line at Northwood University in West Palm Beach, Fla., chanting ‘We are one.’

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg 27 Celebrating in Style Recent gR aduates join alumni and fR iends foR Puget s ound cR uise

New graduates of the Four years later on Embry-Riddle Worldwide Zack and Corrinne Oct. 16, 2012, Corrinne (Borsman) McKenna opened her first wed- Campus in Seattle, Wash., ding anniversary card joined alumni and friends from Zach. A note on Sept. 30, 2012, for a inside informed her of his plan to retrieve cruise across the Puget Where it all started “their bench” and bring it back to their apart - ment in Pensacola, Fla. “I thought it was the Sound. The newly minted Bench commemorates couple’s meeting place at Embry-Riddle coolest gift ever,” says Corrinne, who will add graduates joined the an associate degree in graphic design to her alumni network just one By Kelly CuCuliansKy Pratt resume this spring. day earlier at their com- After learning that the Alphabet Soup A week after their first wedding anni - classrooms were slated for demolition, Zach mencement ceremony, versary, Corrinne (Borsman) (’09, DB) contacted Embry-Riddle about the bench and held at Seattle’s Museum and Zachary “Zach” McKenna (’10, DB) began arranging the surprise nearly six months of Flight. returned to the Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach before their anniversary. Considered no longer Campus in search of the exact bench where in usable condition and awaiting disposal, staff Thomas Brown (‘10, their love story began on a summer day dur - members were happy to give the bench to the WW), who was on board ing their sophomore year in 2007. couple. A handful of old benches, each identi - with companion Pam “We met in front of Alphabet Soup—right cal to the next, awaited their choice at a storage Murray, says the cruise in front of the A building,” Zach says, referring site, where Corrinne and Zach jokingly took to the Lindbergh Academic Complex that was a seat on a few in an attempt to identify their provided a great net- demolished in April 2012 to make way for a bench from the others. “This one feels right,” working opportunity with new College of Arts and Sciences building. says Corrinne, eliciting a smile from Zach. a scenic backdrop. “Pam “We had an aviation history class together The bench is now proudly displayed on the and I hope to attend that semester. I had seen her in class during couple’s patio. Corrinne says it makes a great the first week and I knew I wanted to get to conversation piece and shows the softer side of many future Embry-Riddle know her a little better.” Zach, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps alumni events, as this was A mutual friend introduced the couple. who is training to fly a TH-57 helicopter at Naval a day to be remembered,” Corrinne, a member of Tri Sigma, was sitting Air Station Whiting Field and will soon be train- with their friend at the black metal bench ing on the C-12 King Air and V-22 Osprey. says Brown, president of wearing her sorority jersey, when Zach “I love bragging about it any chance I get,” Dragoda, a global telecom- approached in his Naval Reserve Officer Corrinne says. “With Zach being in the Marines, munications company. Training Corps uniform. we meet new people all the time. When we have people over for dinner and make our way outside, our guests will sit down, realize what they’re sitting on and say, ‘Whoa.’” For Zach, the bench is a significant piece of the couple’s history. It’s fun to share the story ratt with new friends who are curious about the P odd piece of furniture, he says. He also looks forward to sharing it with future McKenna family members. “It will be great to tell our kids the story; and they will have a tangible piece of what brought their parents together,” he says. Photo by kelly cuculiansky kelly by Photo

28 LIFT sPrinG 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg MARK YOUR CALENDARS Embry-Riddle’s 2013 Industry/Career Expos Oct. 3 Boris Tonev Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus, (‘03, WW), left, and Amyr Qureshi Ariz. (‘85, ‘86, DB) Oct. 9 Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Campus, Fla. Guest Speaker Richard Zaher, CEO of Paramount Business Select candidates may be asked Jets, right, Oscar to return to campus for an inter- Garcia (‘04, DB), left, Samantha Wilson visits with Erik view the day after the Industry/ and Jeffrey Gutowski Dielschneider (‘03, DB), center, and (‘85, WW) another guest at the alumni reception. Career Expos. For additional information and job resources visit: http://careers.erau.edu. Industry leaders, alumni gather for NBAA 2012 ey industry leaders gathered in October Alumni Association. Guests had the opportu- for one of the biggest aviation events nity to meet representatives from the Embry- of the year. Held in Orlando, Fla., the Riddle Student Alumni Association and the National Business Aviation Association’s NBAA Ofﬁ cial Student Group from the Daytona (NBAA) 65th Annual Meeting & Convention Beach Campus. attracted more than 25,000 attendees, Featured speaker Richard Zaher (‘99, DB), KOct. 30 through Nov. 1. Kicking off the conven- CEO of Paramount Business Jets, discussed tion, Embry-Riddle shared news of a milestone the importance of persistence in a challeng- partnership ﬁ nalized with Advanced Aerospace ing aviation industry, and how he successfully Solutions (AdvAero) (see related article page 2). launched his company in 2005 with the help of After a full day at the convention, approxi- 25 Embry-Riddle students. Zaher received the Tyler Grinnell (’08, DB), launch engineer mately 125 alumni and friends gathered on Embry-Riddle Eagle of Excellence award during for SpaceX, visits with an Embry-Riddle Oct. 31 at the nearby Rosen Centre for a the reception for his contributions to the Alumni student at a recent Industry/Career Expo Halloween-themed reception hosted by the Association and the aviation industry. at the Daytona Beach Campus.

EVENTS ON THE RADAR

Meet with fellow Eagles and MAY 4 JULY 29-AUG. 4 kickoff for the year-long representatives of your Alumni Worldwide Campus Commencement, Experimental Aircraft Association 25th anniversary celebration of Association at these upcoming Daytona Beach Campus, Fla.; and AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wis. the Women in Aviation International events. Visit the eaglesNEST at Prescott and Worldwide Campuses AUG. 12-15 Conference, Prescott, Ariz. www.eraualumni.org/events Commencement, Prescott Campus, Association for Unmanned OCT. 18 for additional details, updates and a Ariz. Vehicle Systems International Alumni Network International full list of networking opportunities. MAY 7 Conference, Washington, D.C. Eagle Day - community service Daytona Beach Campus events, worldwide locations APRIL 9-14 SEPT. 28 Commencement, Daytona Beach, Fla. Worldwide Seattle Campus OCT. 22-24 SUN ‘n FUN, Lakeland, Fla. MAY 19-22 Commencement, Seattle, Wash. National Business Aviation APRIL 16 American Association of SEPT. 29 Association’s Business Aviation Embry-Riddle’s Fifth Annual Airport Executives Conference Seattle Alumni Network and friends Convention & Exhibition, Las Vegas, Veterans Appreciation Day, & Exposition, Reno, Nev. Puget Sound cruise, Seattle, Wash. Nev. featuring Maj. Gen. Margaret JUNE 17-23 NOV. 7-9 Woodward (’97, WW) and retired OCT. 3-5 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, Paris, Embry-Riddle’s Alumni Weekend, Brig. Gen. Daniel Woodward (’80, Embry-Riddle’s OctoberWest/ France Daytona Beach Campus, Fla. DB), Daytona Beach Campus, Fla. Wings Out West Air Show and

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG 29 AWARDS

Left to right, Alumni chapter lead- Celebrating ers Lindsay and Jonathan Seitz (Atlanta); Roberta Zimmerman (Washington, D.C.); and Jackie Excellence and Steve Abreu-Hill (Houston) Alumni standouts recognized

CALLING ALL ALUMNI he Alumni Association Do you know an outstanding hosted its biennial cel- graduate of Embry-Riddle? ebration of outstanding The Alumni Association alumni achievement on is accepting nominations Oct. 5 during home- for its 2013 Alumni Awards coming festivities at through July 31. For OctoberWest in Prescott, information, visit: www. Ariz., and on Oct. 12 Mary C atherine Tennant D. Keith Mosing and Alice Mosing eraualumni.org/awards. during Alumni Weekend in Daytona Beach, Fla. Alumni award recipients are nominatedT by their peers and university representatives and selected by a committee consist- ing of members of the Alumni Advisory Council, alumni at-large and university staff. Several Alumni Chapters and their leaders were also recognized for their consistent efforts throughout the year at strength- ening the Eagle Alumni Network. They include: Atlanta Chapter, led by Jonathan (‘03, DB) and Lindsay (‘03, DB, Non-degree) Seitz; Washington, D.C. Chapter, Capt. Lou Németh and family led by Angie Hernandez (‘05, DB), Ron Baker (‘01, DB) and Roberta Additionally, at the Oct. 12 endowment level last year with Zimmerman (‘02, DB; ‘11, WW); event, the inaugural Alumni gifts from the Daytona Beach and the Houston Chapter, led by Association Endowed Scholarship Campus Senior Class Council Steve (‘04, ‘09, DB) and Jackie award was presented to Alejandra and the Council of 100, an alumni (‘06, ‘08, DB) Abreu-Hill. Mary Restrepo, a junior studying aero- giving club dedicated to building Catherine Tennant (‘88, PC) was nautics at the Daytona Beach the scholarship fund. Members honored as well, for her volun- Campus. A scholarship fund cre- of the Council of 100 were also teerism and leadership of the ated in 2011 with initial contribu- honored at the award ceremo- Prescott Area Alumni Chapter tions from the Atlanta and New nies. Congratulations to all of our from 2008 to 2012. York chapters, the fund grew to award winners!

30 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG Philanthropy Award a chairman and co-chairman, careers in aviation. The nine-year Military Achievement D. Keith Mosing (‘97, WW) respectively, for two interna- veteran of the U.S. Navy is also Award B.S. Professional Aeronautics tional and U.S. Congressional credited with founding the Tau Col. Gary Anderson (‘71, DB) Chairman and CEO of Frank’s Committees on Aviation Safety. Gamma Chapter of the Alpha Phi B.S. Aviation Management International, Frank’s Casing Crew and He is also a noted industry Alpha Fraternity at Embry-Riddle. U.S. Marine Corps (retired); Governance Rental Tools, Antelope Oil Tools and author and speaker. Advisor for the U.S. State Department Western Airways Alumni Service Award for a Provence in Afghanistan Alumni Volunteer Award Roberta Zimmerman Recognized for his high level of Xavier Samuels (‘96, DB) (‘02, DB; ‘11, WW) Recognized for his outstanding commitment to the university B.S. Aeronautical Science B.S. Aeronautical Science; success in the military, Anderson through philanthropic contribu- First Offi cer, Continental Airlines M.S. Aerospace Science is a retired U.S. Marine Corps tions and involvement in the Senior Multi-Discipline System Colonel with 29 years of direction of these gifts, Mosing Recognized for his contribu- Engineer at The MITRE Corporation distinguished service. Career is a U.S. Army veteran, a 2003 tions to the aviation/aerospace highlights include: assisting Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of industry and his community Recognized for her selfl ess com- with contingency operations the Year and a strong believer in at-large through the volunteer- mitment and enthusiasm for her during the 1989 Philippine Coup the power of education. Along ing of his time and talents, alma mater, Zimmerman is co- Crisis at Subic Bay; serving with his wife, Alice, he cre- Samuels created the Pilots and leader of the Washington, D.C. as military liaison offi cer in ated two student scholarships Professionals in Schools pro- Embry-Riddle Alumni Chapter; 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia; at Embry-Riddle: The D. Keith gram at Continental Airlines. The has co-led the Embry-Riddle commanding Camp Hansen in Mosing Family Scholarship and award-winning program coordi- Alumni softball team for the Okinawa, Japan; and serving the D. Keith Mosing Business and nates classroom visits of pilots past six years, and started a as a United Nations observer in Management Fellowship Fund. and business professionals, who D.C.-area Alumni volleyball team Lebanon and Israel. Upon retiring The couple are also members speak with students about their in 2012. She is a member of from the military, he became of the Legacy Society at Embry- experiences and the importance Women in Aviation, Women in the fi rst executive director of Riddle, having included a gift for of education. Over the last seven Aerospace, Aircraft Owners and the Center for Emerging Threats the university in their estate. years, the program has touched Pilots Association, Society of and Opportunities at Quantico, more than 50,000 students. As Aviation and Flight Educators, Va. A member of the Marine Alumni Achievement a member of the Organization of and Friends of Beacon Field. Corps Association, he serves Award Black Aerospace Professionals, Zimmerman also volunteers as on the executive committee Capt. Lou Németh (‘76, DB) Samuels also helps organize stu- a docent at the Smithsonian of the National Institute for B.S. Aviation Management dent events and summer camps, National Air and Space Museum, Urban Search and Rescue and Vice President of Training Services and where youth are introduced to Udvar-Hazy Center. on several Defense Advanced Chief Safety Offi cer for CAE; Founder Research Projects Agency and Managing Member of Training Xavier Samuels panels and is a lifelong member Innovations Group, LLC; and Embry- of Alpha Eta Rho International Riddle Trustee Aviation Fraternity. Anderson continues to serve his country Recognized for his exceptional as a civilian governance advisor commitment to the aviation and in Afghanistan. aerospace industry through his personal and professional suc- Outstanding Young cess, Németh has led a storied Alumnus career. Prior to his involvement Kelly Austin (‘04, DB) at CAE, he worked for 27 years M.S. Business Administration - Aviation for US Airways. Career high- Chancellor at Pennsylvania State lights also include: fi ve years Roberta Zimmerman University at Schuylkill as director of fl ight operations for Flight International, during Col. Gary Anderson Austin is recognized as a which time the business grew young graduate (within the past from seven to 60 aircraft; adviser decade) who has excelled in to the FlightSafety Academy; his fi eld of endeavor, achieving and chairman and co-founder professional success above and of KIVALO, Inc. A former prac- beyond his peers; and who has titioner trustee for the Council served his community selfl essly. on Aviation Accreditation, and At the age of 35, he is one of the committee member for the Air youngest university chancellors Transport Association and the in the nation. See related article, Federal Aviation Administration, page 14. Németh currently serves as Kelly Austin

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Chancellor Launches Prescott Alumni Hall of Fame

Honoring alumni for their signifi cant contributions to Engineering and Siebe Systems, John W. Markham (‘96, PC) their profession, the community, the Prescott Campus before joining Ball Aerospace in B.S. Electrical Engineering and the university, the fi rst Prescott Chancellor’s Hall 1990. He has received numer- Director of Programs, Cobham ous honors, including the 2010 Avionics–Communications of Fame awards were presented by Chancellor Frank Space Foundation Achievement Ayers on Oct. 5 at the Alumni Awards Dinner held during Award; eight NASA Achievement A U.S. Army OctoberWest on the Prescott Campus. Awards; the NASA Silver Snoopy; veteran, “These inaugural inductees represent the highest and U.S. Air Force Offi cer of the Markham’s caliber of alumni and community representatives of Year. LaPole is a member of the career includes Prescott Campus Board of Visitors stints as a Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus,” and a strong advocate and sup- computer num- Ayers says. Selected at the chancellor’s discretion, the porter of the Tracy Doryland Wind erical control awards acknowledge the leadership roles of graduates Tunnel naming campaign. machinist, an organ trans plant involved nationally with successful projects across coordinator, and an electrical engi- diverse industries. Katie A. Pribyl (‘00, PC) neer and draftsman. In 2002, he B.S. Aeronautical Science joined Wulfsberg Electronics as Vice President of Communications, a senior principal software engi- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association neer; and by 2005, he had worked (AOPA) his way up to vice president of Hall of Fame Honorees Visitors and a commencement engineering. With the integra- speaker. She also led the fun- Prior to join- tion of Wulfsberg into Cobham Margaret (Peg) S. Billson (‘84, PC) draising campaign, along with ing AOPA in Avionics in 2008, Markham B.S. Aeronautical Engineering her classmates, to name the 2012, Pribyl became director of programs. President, Ontic wind tunnel lab at the Prescott was director He has maintained an ongoing Campus in honor of professor of commu- involvement with Embry-Riddle, Billson began Tracy Doryland. nications for facilitating intern and scholarship her career the General opportunities for students and at Douglas Mark G. LaPole, Ph.D. (‘84, PC) Aviation Manufacturers graduates, and serving as a mem- Aircraft B.S. Aeronautical Engineering Association, where she led ber of the board of visitors. Company, Director Advanced Imaging, communications and public before Ball Aerospace affairs initiatives affecting general Jody (Fisher) Davis (‘03, PC) moving to aviation manufacturers around B.S. Aerospace Engineering Honeywell, where she ascended At Ball the world. Communications isn’t Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley to vice president and general Aerospace, her only fi eld of expertise. For Research Center manager of air frame systems. LaPole man- more than four years, Pribyl was She moved on to become chief ages a variety a pilot/fi rst offi cer for Atlantic Davis was a operating offi cer of Eclipse of electro- Coast Airlines and Independence part of the Aviation and in 2009, she joined optical and Air. She is a certifi ed fl ight entry, descent Ontic, an arm of BBA Aviation. robotic sys- instructor; and a member of the and landing She serves on the Board of tems projects for NASA and the Lindbergh Foundation Board, the team that Directors of SkyWest; and intelligence communities; and Board of Senior Advisors to the planned and has also supported her alma he led the team that serviced National Intercollegiate Flying implemented mater as an alumni representa- the Hubble Space Telescope. Association, Embry-Riddle’s the safe landing of NASA’s Mars tive to Embry-Riddle’s Board A U.S. Air Force veteran, he Alumni Advisory Council and Science Laboratory/Curiosity of Trustees, a member of the worked at Eastern Space and the Prescott Campus Board rover on Aug. 5, 2012. See Prescott Campus Board of Missile Center, Seatronics of Visitors. related article, page 12.

32 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG CLASS NOTES

To share your Class Notes with Lift and your fellow He and several members of DFCS were Shelley Rossell (‘94, DB), former honored in September 2012 at The ambassador and president of the Embry- alumni, join eaglesNEST, the online community Wings Club in New York. The DFCS is Riddle Student Alumni Association, met founded on fraternity and fellowship the organization’s current president, created exclusively for graduates of Embry-Riddle. among past and present military fl yers Sammi Foy, during the Alumni Awards Visit www.eraualumni.org/join today; or submit your from all fi ve U.S. armed services and of Dinner at Embry-Riddle’s Homecoming all ranks and genders, who have been festivities in Daytona Beach in October announcements via email to [email protected]. awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. 2012. Rossell is now vice president for technology solutions at TD Bank in Debbie Martinez (’87, DB) was among Mount Laurel, N.J. the “Top Hispanics in Computer Science and Computer Engineering” in the spring Maj. Pete Reddan (’95, DB), a C-17 2012 issue of Hispanic Engineer & pilot at Charleston Air Force Base enrollment services at Lehigh Carbon Information Technology. Martinez is a in South Carolina, wrote a military Career News Community College and director of deputy project manager for Atmospheric ballad called “Off to War.” A mutual student affairs at the Pennsylvania Environment Safety Technologies and friend connected the songwriter Academy of the Fine Arts. In addi- System-Wide Safety and Assurance with Nashville, Tenn., producers and 1970s tion to her Bachelor of Science in Technologies at NASA’s Langley songwriters Dave McAfee and Greg Aeronautical Studies, she also earned Research Center. Perkins, and the resulting collaboration Charles McMahon (’72, DB) was an Associate of Science in Aviation was recorded by artist Brad Anderson. featured in a National Geographic Management at Embry-Riddle. In the “Off to War” is a tribute to the men special titled, Inside the Vietnam War, aviation fi eld, she was a dispatcher and women of the U.S. Armed Forces which aired Dec. 28, 2012. McMahon and fl ight coordinator for 10 years, and 1990s who regularly deploy into harm’s served as a rifl e squad leader for the holds a private pilot’s license. She also way. The song is available on iTunes U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. earned a master’s degree in business Brent Carter (’91, DB) published a and YouTube. He completed his tour of duty and communication/leadership and infl uence revised edition of his book on leadership military service in 1968 at the age of from Jones International University titled, Untamed Leadership: A Journey Veronique Balsa Koken (’96, WW) 19. Ironically, his name is listed on the and a bachelor’s degree in advertising Through the Instincts That Shape Us. celebrated her 50th birthday on Aug. 28, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in and graphic design/art history from Carter, who specializes in the psychol- 2012, by scaling the summit of Mount Washington, D.C. The listing, however, Moravian College. ogy and social dynamics of teams, Kilimanjaro. The summit, named Uhuru represents a soldier who shared his began writing this book while providing Peak in Swahili, which translates to name and home state (Massachusetts), J. Bruce Huffman (’87, WW) is a leadership development consulting to “Freedom Peak,” stands at 19,340 feet. who was killed in action in 1975. director of The Distinguished Flying the military and corporate institutions. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain Cross Society (DFCS) Board and presi- In 2005, he started AspenRed Consulting, in Africa and the tallest freestanding dent and CEO of Flight Assurance, an a company based in Colorado Springs, mountain in the world. Balsa Koken, aircraft operational compliance consult- Colo., that focuses on creative and president of Aurora Aerospace in 1980s ing fi rm located in Upper Jay, New York. divergent-thinking practices. Oldsmar, Fla., says it was a fantastic experience. “It’s worth every step up Mike McElvaney (’82, PC) is vice that glorious mountain! This is as high president of operations for New Doha as I got so far on my two feet and I still International Airport in Qatar. want to get my astronaut wings, so stay posted!” Capt. Rick Muir (’83, PC) was selected as the Houston, Texas, chief pilot for Andrew Broom (’97, ’00, DB) is divi- United Airlines. He has served as a sion director of corporate communica- Boeing 737 assistant chief pilot in M.J. Caro Shelley Rossell tions and marketing at Honda Aircraft Houston since 2009; and most recently, Company in Greensboro, N.C. Broom as project manager for aircraft rede- Maj. Pete Reddan ployment and operational reliability. Muir resides in Kingwood, Texas, with his family. CAMPUS LEGEND MC Miami Campus M.J. Caro (’84, DB) is director of DB Daytona Beach, Fla. Records and Registration at Embry- PC Prescott, Ariz. Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, WW Worldwide Campus effective September 2012. She previ- Veronique Balsa Koken ously worked as assistant director of

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.ORG 33 previously worked for three years as Maj. Kevin Brown (’01, PC) was where he will focus on fuel performance Michelle Brooke (Cummings) vice president of communications for the awarded the Bronze Star in May 2012 and design for light water reactors. He Valente (’03, DB) was named head Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. for actions that occurred at U.S. Air will also continue to serve as a consul- coach of the women’s golf program He is co-chair of the Embry-Riddle Force bases in Iraq and Kuwait from tant for the U.S. Department of Energy. at Samford University in Birmingham, Alumni Advisory Council. February 2011 through February 2012. Ala., in June 2012. A former team The citation applauds Brown’s response Pascual Alvarez (’03, WW) was captain for Embry-Riddle women’s golf Johnny Goodrich (’97, DB), a former to a rocket attack on the Joint Base promoted in June 2012 from manager of in 2002 and 2003, she led the Eagles Embry-Riddle baseball player (1995–96), Balad Air Force Theater Hospital, which airport services to director of administra- to 15 tournament titles and National was named the 2012 MaxPreps National allowed the hospital to resume full oper- tion for American Airlines at the Miami Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Coach of the Year after leading the ations within 36 hours. The citation also International Airport hub. “Not only am I conference and regional championship Spruce Creek Hawks (Fla.) to their first commends Brown for leading civil engi- excited and looking forward to the chal- titles. “I could not be more excited baseball state championship this past neers during decommissioning of Joint lenge, but I am extremely thankful for to pay forward the knowledge, skills season. Goodrich adds the national Base Balad and commanding more than everything that Embry-Riddle has done for and relationships that have been honor to three other honors he received 170 airmen in the reopening of a dor- my career,” he says. “Without the prin- invested in me to the women’s golf in 2012, including the Daytona Beach mant base in Kuwait. The former Embry- ciples, ethics, ambition and most certainly program at Samford University,” she News-Journal Coach of the Year, Florida Riddle ROTC cadet was commissioned the tenacity that I gained in my years at says. “I’ve had a longtime mentor in Dairy Farmers Baseball Coach of the to full-time duty in December 2001. He Riddle, I would not be where I am today.” Coach Maria “Loopy” Lopez. She has Year and Class 8A Coach of the Year. and his wife, Katie, reside in Stuttgart, stood by me through every part of the “What I do is no different than what Germany, where he serves in the head- Michael Croley (’03, DB) is the head growing process towards becoming a we did at Embry-Riddle when I was quarters for U.S. Africa Command. coach for the Truett-McConnell College head golf coach. I am forever grateful there,” Goodrich says. “I had some great Bears baseball program in Cleveland, to the Embry-Riddle family for setting influences in Greg and Todd Guilliams. Capt. Aaron Noble (’02, PC) is part of Ga. The former Embry-Riddle Eagle a high standard of excellence for an I try to emulate what they’ve done, the the Royal Canadian Air Force crews hon- baseball player and assistant coach athletic department.” way they coach, how professional they ored on Oct. 23, 2012, with The Guild was most recently an assistant coach were, how they treated players, and Award for Gallantry by the Guild of Air for Sun Conference member Savannah Oscar Garcia (’04, DB) was the respect they had for us as student Pilots and Air Navigators. Recognized College of Art and Design in Savannah, appointed to the Commercial Space athletes. If I hadn’t had the experience for their courage and devotion to duty Ga. Croley helped the Eagles advance Transportation Advisory Committee for of playing at Embry-Riddle, I wouldn’t in the air, on Oct. 27, 2011, the crews’ to the Avista-National Association of a two-year term by U.S. Department of be where I am today.” members rescued two hunters who Intercollegiate Athletics World Series Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. were stranded off an ice floe near after capturing both the Florida Sun The committee’s recommendations Keanan Guillory (’97, PC) works for Igoolik, Nunavut, in northern Canada. Conference and Region XIV champion- enhance the department’s regulatory the Campbell Soup Company. He and Aboard a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter, ships in 2003. and safety functions, in addition to his wife, Michelle, live with their five aircraft commander Noble and his first the competitiveness of the U.S. com- children near Paris, Texas. officer completed the 18-hour operation Mikhael Ponso (’03, ’12, DB) won the mercial space transportation industry with no crew changes and just three intermediate glider category champion- in the international launch market. Mario Irizarri (’97, DB) was hired rapid fuel stops. The crews’ collective ship at the 2012 U.S. National Aerobatic Garcia, a member of the Alumni through the Delta Air Lines Inc. flight efforts ensured the safe recovery of the Championships held at Denison/Sherman, Advisory Council, is chairman and CEO superintendent (aircraft dispatcher) class hunters, search and rescue divers and a Texas, Sept. 22–28. He flew a Swift S-1 of Interflight Global Corporation and in August 2012. Irizarri resides with his fallen comrade. glider and won in the same category resides with his family in Miami, Fla. wife, Josie, in Lawrenceville, Ga. in 2010. He is Embry-Riddle’s chief Jonathan Webb (’02, PC) completed test pilot at the Eagle Flight Research Jesse Romo (’04, DB) was named Javier Quintana (’99, DB) is the his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering and Center and president of the univer- one of Airport Business magazine’s owner and chief engineer at Aerospace recently accepted a job as a nuclear sity’s Eagle Sport Aviation Club at the Top 40 under 40. He is a manager Designworks, an aircraft interior engineer with Areva in Richland, Wash., Daytona Beach Campus. of state and federal affairs for the engineering firm established in 2007 Kansas Department of Transportation in Dallas, Texas. In 2011, he led his Mikhael Ponso Aviation Division. team of engineers in the development of a new aircraft concept, the C87A Wesley Allin (’07, ’12, WW) and his Liberator. The concept features an ultra- wife, Kim, created a three-flag display luxurious interior and was highlighted in for the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Campus the September 2012 issue of Business in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The American, Jet Interiors International. U.S. Marine Corps and Embry-Riddle flags featured in the display were flown in a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during Operation Enduring Freedom 2000s Maj. Kevin Brown (pictured in Afghanistan. Allin, a maintenance with Gen. Norton Schwartz) control chief for the U.S. Marine Corps, Brent A. Terwilliger (’00, DB; ’05, received a Master of Aeronautical WW) is a full-time, tenure track, Oscar Garcia Javier Quintana Science in 2012 and took classes at all assistant professor of aeronautics, six Embry-Riddle Worldwide campuses specializing in unmanned aircraft, for in Hawaii during his deployment. the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Campus. He presented a whitepaper, “Effects of Daniel Thurber (’07, DB) and Terra Visual Interaction Methods on Simulated Shanti Merriman (’07, DB) recently Unmanned Aircraft Operator Situational joined JetBlue’s flight crew as first Awareness,” at the 2012 Interservice/ officers thanks to the Gateway Program, Industry Training, Simulation and a training collaboration with Embry- Education Conference in Orlando, Fla., Michelle Brooke Riddle, JetBlue Airways, Cape Air and in December 2012. (Cummings) Valente the University of North Dakota.

34 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg Heidi De Hoogh (’08, WW) is the Cody Westmoreland Damin Kirk (’11, WW) is a Boeing director of safety and security and a flight services program management first officer for the Boeing-737 for Sun specialist in Renton, Wash. “For years, Country Airlines. She flies scheduled Boeing was my No. 1 target for employ- travel and leisure service and charter ers that I most wanted to work for. operations out of the Minneapolis-St. Having a master’s degree in aeronauti- Paul Airport and ensures Sun Country cal science from Embry-Riddle greatly operations are safe and adhere to FAA enhanced my chances of achieving my and TSA requirements. “I really like goal. Thanks Embry-Riddle!” the flexibility that my dual role affords me. Not everyone can make a differ- Staff Sgt. Nicholas Carver (’12, ence in an office setting and then pick Chelsea Iwig, left WW), formerly of the 97th Medical up a flight.” She was recently profiled Support Squadron at Altus Air Force on the STEM-Works website, which is Base in Oklahoma, began Officer David Wolfe Connor Von Pinnon working to increase science, technology, Training School at Maxwell-Gunter Air engineering and mathematics skills in Force Base in Alabama in January. America’s youth. Jonathan Oaks (’12, WW) was Capt. James Kareis (’08, DB) was involved in commercial construction publicly applauded for acting as a prior to completing a master’s degree liaison between a private aircraft in in aeronautical science. He was hired distress and air traffic controllers in by Kissimmee Gateway Airport as an Houston this past December. An instruc- airfield coordinator, and recently took tor pilot for the T-6A Texan II in the U.S. an operations specialist position in the Air Force, Kareis was on a routine flight commercial airport segment at Orlando when he intercepted the troubled pilot’s International Airport. “The combina- communication. Kareis continued to tion of management experience, flight relay the pilot’s coordinates to ATC staff training and general aviation serves throughout the ordeal, which ended with me well as I continue with Orlando the pilot landing safely in a field. International,” he says.

John Mello (’08, WW) is a senior Taylor Richards (’12, WW) was Hawker pilot at Starbase Aviation. an airport management intern in the operations department at the Tampa David Wolfe (’09, DB) is chief International Airport during the summer mass properties engineer for Space of 2012. Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, Calif. His job involves developing mass properties for research and production launch vehicles and Heidi De Hoogh Nicholas Bartolotta and Matthew Falkler spacecraft, testing flight and development hardware, and creating estimates an instrument-rated commercial multi- on Mars, provided the perfect setting Family News for undeveloped hardware in process. engine-rated pilot, managed operations for Iwig and her team to perform vari- Wolfe was one of many engineers and customer relations for Frontier ous research projects. Iwig’s research instrumental in the successful May 22, Airlines at the Dallas/Fort Worth focused on optimizing crew cohesion 2000s 2012, launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket International Airport. during long-duration space flights. and the subsequent berthing of the Cory Von Pinnon (’01, PC) and Ann Dragon spacecraft with the International Nicholas Bartolotta (’11, DB) and Lt. Joseph May (’11, DB), Lt. Peter Marie (Kelly) Von Pinnon (’05, PC) Space Station. “It is both humbling Matthew Falkler (’11, DB) are domes- Steinmaker (’11, DB), Lt. Lazir welcomed their son, Connor, into the and extremely exciting to know that tic pricing analysts for United Airlines in Ablaza (’11, DB) and Lt. Michael world at 8:07 a.m. on Dec. 22. The I am involved in projects that range Chicago, where they specialize in set- Warzinski (’11, DB) graduated from couple married on May 28, 2008. Cory is from delivering cargo to and from the ting airfares and developing executive Air Force pilot training at Columbus Air a pilot at Avantair; and Ann Marie is a International Space Station, to eventu- competitive strategies in various mar- Force Base in Mississippi on Sept. 7. pilot at Express Jet. The family resides ally transporting people to space aboard kets. Falkler and Bartolotta are pictured They are graduates of the Specialized in Littleton, Colo. an American spacecraft. This experience holding an Embry-Riddle T-shirt at the Undergraduate Pilot Training Class definitely wouldn’t have been possible Nov. 4 commemoration of Flight 1116, 12-14. After training more than a year Capt. Patrick Westmoreland (’10, without the education I received at the first commercial flight of a Boeing together, they went their separate WW) and his wife, Shelley, gave birth Embry-Riddle,” Wolfe says. 787 Dreamliner for United Airlines, ways. May was assigned to Hurlburt to a son, Cody, on July 3, 2012. Cody which is also the first carrier in the Field in Florida flying the U-28. joins his older sister, Hannah, 6. Patrick United States to receive the aircraft. Steinmaker was assigned to Beale is a UH-60A/L pilot with the 77 Theatre Air Force Base in California to fly the Aviation Brigade and an associate 2010s Chelsea Iwig (’11, DB), a graduate MC-12, and will ultimately transfer to instructor for Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide student in the Human Factors and flying the C-17 out of Charleston Air Campus at the Little Rock, Ark., Air David Eyerly II (’10, DB) and his Systems department at Embry-Riddle’s Force Base in South Carolina. Ablaza Force Base Learning Center. brother, Wade Eyerly, co-founded Surf Daytona Beach Campus, served as crew was assigned to fly the F-16 out of Air, a membership-based private air commander of seven other students dur- the Tucson Air National Guard Base in Jorge Irribarra (’12, WW) is a product service that launched in April 2012 to ing a two-week span in January at the Arizona. Warzinski was assigned to fly line manager at Kellstrom Industries provide cost-effective luxury travel for Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. the KC-10 from the McGuire Air Force in Miramar, Fla. His daughter, Miranda frequent flyers. Prior to Surf Air, David, The station, which simulates conditions Base in New Jersey. Joanne Irribarra, was born April 2, 2012.

LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUmnI.oRg 35 Mark L Berry Mikel (Fitterman) for Piramal Critical Care. His duties and Alison Leston Krochmal and David involve overseeing and advising the Krochmal research and development of new anes- thesia delivery devices. He and his wife live in Orchard Park, N.Y. In Memoriam

David Krochmal (’07, DB) and Mikel (Fitterman) Krochmal (’07, DB) met through the Women in Aviation Club 1940s while they were students at the Daytona Beach Campus. They were married May Donald E. Williams II (’43, MC) 6, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. Mikel is an A320 Aug. 29, 2012 Jorge and first officer for Spirit Airlines and David Miranda Joanne Irribarra is a C402 captain for Cape Air.

Lindsay Martin and Robert Parrish and Robert McLaughlin (’08, PC) and 1950s Robert McLaughlin Kristine Anthony Lindsay Martin (’09, DB) were married on Nov. 7, 2012. The couple are both Sherman R. Ellington (’59, MC, employed with Lockheed Martin as flight Non-degree) service specialists. Dec. 11, 2012

Kristine Anthony (‘10, ‘12, PC), an instructor pilot at the Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus, and Robert Parrish 1960s Gianluca (‘10, PC), an engineer with The Boeing Puliti and Company, were married on Oct. 15, Frank J. Miller (’66, DB, Non-degree) Miriam Reyes 2012, in South Lake Tahoe, Nev., on the Nov. 13, 2012 eighth anniversary of their first date in high school. Frank D. Riley (’68, WW) July 26, 2012

Wilson A. Thorpe (’68, DB) Nov. 23, 2012 Other U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kelley (Sloan) Marcell (’93, DB), U.S. Air Force Lt. 1970s Col. Ann (Bunton) Halle (‘95, WW; ‘96, DB), U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Fred R. Cabanas (’74, DB, Katharine (Combs) Yingst (’96, WW), Non-degree) U.S. Air Force Retired Capt. Louise Jan. 15, 2013 (Sabelstrom) Reeves (’96, WW), U.S. Air Force Col. Kelly (Neal) Goggin William J. Navin Jr. (’74, DB) (’96, WW) and Coast Guard pilot Susan Jan. 19, 2012 (Ator) Maitre (’00, WW) were featured in Military Fly Moms, a coffee-table book James M. Newcombe (’75, DB) published in April 2012 by Tannenbaum. Aug. 19, 2012 The book showcases 71 female military Lt. Joseph May, Lt. Peter Steinmaker, Lt. Lazir Ablaza, and Lt. Michael Warzinski, pictured left to right aviators who are also mothers. A portion Dale E. Popik (’75, WW) of the profits from each book sale ben- July 13, 2012 efits Girls With Wings Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping girls George E. Bell (’77) in St. Louis. She is also the voice of achieve their aspirations. Nov. 6, 2012 “Lindy” on Berry’s audiobook, “Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun,” available as a Bryan Anderson (’03, DB), Richie Lt. Col. Kenneth G. Nielsen (’77, WW) free podcast audiobook on iTunes. Cormier (’06, DB), Steve Ortman Jan. 17, 2013 Marriages/ (’11, DB), Corey Bevis (’10, DB), Engagements Colin Gray (’08, DB), Francis “J.R.” Reginald N. Smith (’77, DB) Schuhmann (’07, DB), Dan D’Antonio Jan. 13, 2012 2000s (’04, DB), Mike Liberatore (’03, DB), Cory Davids (’11, DB), Ryan Vigue Chief Warrant Officer Chester J. 1980s Gianluca Puliti (‘06, DB) and Miriam (’12, DB), Brad Bauknecht (’02, DB), Fromm (’78) Reyes were married on June 16, 2012, Robbie Ratliff (’02, DB) and six other Dec. 31, 2012 Mark Leonard Berry (’85, DB) and at St. Paul Catholic Church in Tampa, former student athletes reunited at the Alison Leston, M.D., Ph.D., became Fla. Puliti recently received his doctorate Daytona Beach Campus for an alumni Joseph H. Marley (’78, DB) engaged on Aug. 18, 2012. Elopement in mechanical and aerospace engineer- baseball game on Nov. 3, 2012, at June 26, 2012 plans are in the works for late 2013. ing from the University of Notre Dame, Sliwa Baseball Stadium. This was the Berry is an MD80 captain for American and is currently working as a research Blue and Gold team’s second baseball Michael K. Van Doren (’78, DB) Airlines and Leston is a neurologist and development mechanical engineer reunion since 2010. Feb. 12, 2012

36 LIFT SPRING 2013 ERAUALUMNI.oRg Col. Richard W. Lewis (‘84, WW) Jan. 7, 2012

Judith Hendrickson (’87, DB) Dec. 4, 2011 1990s

Michael A. Farmer (’90, WW) June 1, 1998

Senior Master Sgt. William H. Bagwell (’97, WW) Sept. 14, 2011

Perry F. Vick (’97, WW) Sept. 5, 2011

Kevin J. Dwyer (’98, ’99, WW) April 17, 2012

James R. Petosa (’98, DB) Oct. 11, 2011 Gertrude Dayton Worthington from a tiny seed, Embry-Riddle started from noth- TrusTee emeriTa • aug. 21, 2012 ing more than one hangar building. Now [it is] a world-class university.” 2000s For nearly 40 years, Gertrude Dayton Worthington A graduate of Wittenberg University in played a vital role in the progress of Embry-Riddle. Springfield, Ohio, she served as the vice president Glen A. Doherty (’06, WW) As a trustee, member of the board of visitors of Howard Dayton Hotels from 1941 to 1969. She Sept. 11, 2012 and longtime contributor, Worthington continu- then was a partner in Howard Dayton Enterprises ously demonstrated her commitment to lifelong from 1970 to 1987. Chief Warrant Officer 2 learning and providing students with the highest- Worthington was the recipient of multiple Suresh N. Krause (’06, PC) quality education. honors and distinctions throughout her career. Aug. 16, 2012 Over her many years in different leadership Highlights include being named a member of Who’s Robert M. Helton (’10, DB) roles at Embry-Riddle, she championed the Who Among Students in American Universities; July 13, 2012 improvement of the university’s residential librar- and being listed as one of the Two Thousand ies, dedicating hundreds of thousands of dollars Women of Achievement in 1970 and in Who’s to their construction and enhancement. She Who of American Women from 1966 to 1974. In also contributed to the development of the 1989, she was honored with the Champions of Others Interfaith Chapel on the Daytona Beach Campus Higher Independent Education Award from the Shiv Aggarwal (former faculty and and regularly supported scholarships and the Independent Universities of Florida. chair of the Mathematics and Physical athletics program. “Gertrude had a positive effect on the growth Sciences Department, DB) In a 2007 interview, Worthington, who was an of the university,” says Embry-Riddle President and Jan. 12, 2013 avid gardener, likened her years of involvement with CEO John P. Johnson. “Her vision and generosity Embry-Riddle to watching a blade of grass sprout have left a lasting legacy at Embry-Riddle that can Ronald N. Borrieci (former faculty, DB) and prosper: “… like that blade of grass that came still be felt on our campuses today.” Jan. 18, 2013

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Frank W. “Billy” Hulse Albert L. Martin (’78, ’81, WW) Capt. Lee C. Morris (’80, PC) Alfred C. Williams (’82, WW) (former university trustee) Feb. 6, 2012 Oct. 2, 2012 Oct. 1, 2012 Sept. 21, 2012

James A. McNair (’81, DB) James L. Delk (’83, DB; William A. Neese (former faculty, DB) 1980s March 5, 2012 former faculty) Oct. 16, 2010 Oct. 13, 2012 Raymond A. Kuley Jr. (’80, DB, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Cmdr. Donald “Don” E. Smith Non-degree) Mary C. Smalley (’82, ’85, WW) Lt. Walter I. Hall (’83, WW) (professor emeritus, DB) Oct. 5, 2012 June 14, 2012 May 21, 2012 Jan. 13, 2013

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