PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT JULY 1, 2018 – JUNE 30, 2019 generation of professionals who SENIOR ADMINISTRATION will keep us safer, create smarter Senior Vice President of Philanthropy infrastructure, expand our mobility & Alumni Engagement CONTENTS and communications and take us Marc Archambault ANNUAL REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY | JULY 1, 2018 - JUNE 30, 2019 back to the Moon … and onward Executive Director of Philanthropy to Mars. Steven Bobinsky 08 ELEVATING BUSINESS The National Academy of Executive Director of Philanthropy Trustee David B. O’Maley takes College Engineering defined 14 Grand Donald Hale of Business to greater heights with gift Challenges, representing the Executive Director of Philanthropy for to integrate business education across world’s most critical technological Presidential and Special Initiatives the curriculum Stephanie Kenyon research challenges. Embry- PRESIDENT’S Riddle is conducting research Executive Director of 10 BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE MESSAGE Alumni Engagement The Reuben H. Fleet Foundation at P. BARRY BUTLER — and training researchers — to Bill Thompson (‘87) the San Diego Foundation establishes meet many of these challenges. EDITORIAL scholarship for flight students Our graduates will develop hen I delivered the new energy sources, secure Executive Director of Communications Anthony Brown 12 A STRONG CONNECTION 2019 State of the cyberspace, enhance virtual Concorde Battery provides a jolt University Address, reality, and engineer new tools for Senior Director of of support to alumni programs and Communications/Editor we displayed recent scientific discovery. Sara Withrow Embry-Riddle students WEmbry-Riddle headlines. These Thanks to the growing Assistant Director of Communications were points of pride from the participation of alumni, friends, Melanie Stawicki Azam 20 EYE-OPENER past year: competitions won by faculty and staff, we provide the Assistant Director of Digital Longtime employee Sharon Amick our students, grants earned by resources and opportunities that Engagement & Philanthropy discovers small gifts make a faculty members, top rankings make us a powerful magnet for Alan Marcos Pinto Cesar difference, and keeps on giving for our programs, and more. talent. We are attracting more DEVELOPMENT SERVICES You are a big part of the story students, with higher grade- 22 THE RIPPLE EFFECT Executive Director of Philanthropy behind those headlines. point averages, than ever. We With a historic flight log and gift and Alumni Data Services 2019 Boeing Scholar In championing the work that are collaborating on research or John Neff Irvin Espinoza to the Eagle Impact Fund, Corinne we do, as an ambassador who workforce development programs Smith’s love of air and sea touches PUBLISHING & DESIGN the lives of Embry-Riddle students shares our story or as someone with virtually every leader in who advances our future with aerospace. Our professors are Casual Astronaut 24 SCHOLARSHIPS TURN a donation, your support allows distinguishing themselves by Creative Director 14 REACHING NEW HEIGHTS Marc Oxborrow DREAMS INTO REALITY us to explore and excel. Even earning grants and awards from The Boeing Company creates a Funding has major impact a modest gift that adds to a the National Science Foundation, Chief Client Officer Paul Peterson $3 million endowed scholarship on student success scholarship fund or puts new NASA, the Department of Energy to support the next generation of technology in our classrooms and the Department of Education. aviation and aircraft maintenance 26 A SECURE INVESTMENT and labs can have a life- Embry-Riddle is the right professionals Parents Bruce and Mary Harvey changing impact on students. place at the right time with f lOFFICE o r i d a OF | a AL r iUMNI z o n a EN | GAw oGEMEN r l d w iT d e support Embry-Riddle’s mission to Through philanthropy, you the “right stuff.” Your gift to us become a leader in cybersecurity Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University make an immediate difference. has more impact than ever — Departments education and research is a tax exempt, independent, nonprofit, We are grateful for your immediately, and is an investment nonsectarian, coeducational university. confidence in us and for your in breakthroughs to come. Nonprofit ID: 59-0936101. 01 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 28 THE POWER OF PLANNED GIVING generosity toward the students Thank you. © 2019 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 02 REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY Helen Wessel’s planned gift University. All rights reserved. provides transformational we serve. Ensuring student 04 LIFETIME & LEGACY DONORS success is our top priority. Sincerely, This report reflects contributions in cash, stock support to the aerospace and other gifts-in-kind received between July 1, 32 MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS physiology program What is easy to overlook is 2018, and June 30, 2019. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report and the that by advancing our mission, related online donor recognition lists at givingto. ON THE COVER: Shaddi Abdala is one of 19 inaugural Boeing Scholars. See story on page 14. (PHOTO BY DAVID MASSEY) you make a long-term difference, P. Barry Butler erau.edu/donor-recognition. Please accept our apologies for any errors or omissions. Contact as well. You help shape the next President the Impact Reporting unit at 800.362.9285; or email [email protected] with any corrections, We hope you enjoy these stories of how philanthropy can change lives. questions or address changes. INSPIRED? If you are inspired to give, please visit givingto.erau.edu and “Make a Gift” or email [email protected]. DARYL LABELLO DARYL

2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 1 Total Philanthropy $1.8 STRENGTH IN $26,502,184 MILLION DONOR-FUNDED Faculty/Staff Estates $168,542 $165,257 Cash & SCHOLARSHIP Faculty Support Equivalents AWARDS WERE NUMBERS Programs/Outreach $71,609 Trustees Alumni Parents Pledges $9,972,630 $12,139,623 $1,518,940 $510,834 $174,538 $7,725,698 MADE TO EMBRY- n fiscal year 2019, Embry-Riddle RIDDLE STUDENTS. supporters set a new standard of Private I Foundations generosity, contributing more than $911,703 $26.5 million to the university — the Scholarships/ Corporations most raised in any one year in university history. BY Fellowships BY BY TYPE 38 $4,982,588 Alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends also PURPOSE $12,119,659 SOURCE OF GIFT NEW SCHOLARSHIPS came out in unprecedented numbers for the fourth WERE CREATED year in a row, with a record 5,655 donors stepping TOTALING MORE up in support of the university and its programs. In-Kind That’s especially good news for our students. $1,455,075 THAN $3.9 MILLION. Donors contributed $12.1 million to scholarships, Friends Planned Gifts General/Unrestricted Facilities/Equipment ensuring that talented Eagles with financial need $18,069,782 $7,348,781 $639,901 $1,531,392 will have more options to fund their dreams. These gifts will also empower the university with $1,000 additional resources to recruit and retain the kind WHEN COMPILED, of difference makers for which Embry-Riddle has INDIVIDUAL become well known — like Francisco Pastrana and Emily Taylor [see page 28]. CONTRIBUTIONS And once students like these arrive at Embry- OF $1,000 OR Riddle, they will find innovative new programs Total Number of Donors LESS ADDED UP Embry-Riddle Endowment and services at the ready, thanks to $12.1 million TO $835,757 TO $159,623,000* in contributions to strengthen academic and 6,000 BENEFIT STUDENTS student success programs. With these vital AND PROGRAMS AT philanthropic investments, the university is creating an environment personally tailored for student 5,000 THE UNIVERSITY. success. From the exciting developments in our

aerospace physiology program made possible by 5,655 Helen Wessel’s transformational planned gift [see 4,000 page 32], to our current efforts to expand student 238 advising, counseling and diversity programs, ACTIVE 3,000 Embry-Riddle is raising the bar on creating SCHOLARSHIP academic, professional and social experiences that FUNDS AT

address the needs of the whole student. 3,564 3,448 2,000 3,378 EMBRY-RIDDLE. Our collective philanthropy in support of 3,233 3,111 3,028 3,000 2,989 2,947

students continues to rise as well. Individual 2,942 2,712 contributions of $1,000 or less to benefit students 2,732

1,000 2,301 2,295

and programs at the university — added up to 2,160 *The total value of the university’s

$835,757, up 8.1% from the previous year. 1,857 long-term investment portfolio A record fundraising year, coupled with a strong 1,640 includes endowed funds and other Record-breaking number of donors Record-breaking long-term investments. Factors 0 1,309 investment strategy and financial market, helped such as investment return, contributions and distributions raise Embry-Riddle’s endowment to an all-time (i.e. scholarship awards) high of $159,623,000. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 determine the market value.

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Through their support and enthusiasm for the Embry-Riddle mission and Alumni and Friends Edward T. Bedford Foundation Link Foundation Michael (’69) their passion for philanthropy to the university, members of the Leadership Matthew Andersson (’78) Braniff Silver Eagles Charitable Lockheed Martin Corporation and Jacqueline Fitch Gift Societies continue to build the legacy that is Embry-Riddle. Estate of Farshad K. Babazadeh Brown & Brown Insurance MAG Aerospace William* and James* and Essie Barfield* Cessna Foundation Marmot Foundation Betty Jane* France The lists below reflect cumulative lifetime and planned gifts to the university as of June 30, 2019. Theodore (’82; ’89) Cobb & Cole Mead Witter Foundation Rudy and Lucille Frasca and Muriel Beneigh Combined Federal Campaign The Miami Foundation George and Helen Gallaspy J. Powell and Nancy Brown Command Medical Products Mission Air Support Albert and Toni* Helfrick Lee Noe Robert* and Jennifer Crouch Computer Presentations Northrop Grumman Corporation Thomas Higgins Jr.* LEADERSHIP GIFT SOCIETIES Jack R. Hunt Society David and Karen O’Maley Gary (HonDoc ’69)* and Training Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund John and Lynda Hodgson David (H ’18) and and Else Cunningham Consolidated-Tomoka Procter & Gamble Company Louis* and Dava Hoffman Corporations and Foundations Andrea Robertson Tine (HonDoc ’69)* Land Company Professional Food Russell Holderman (HonDoc ’74)* Jack R. Hunt Airbus Services Company S. Harry (HonDoc ’72) and Eunice* Davis CSG Enterprise Service Management Daniel and Diane Izard Named for Embry-Riddle’s first The Boeing Company and Linda Robertson Andrew Deas (’60)* Dassault Falcon Jet Ray Foundation Sharon Jones (’84) university president, the Jack R. Hunt Boston Scientific Nick and Joan Spiroff Derek Di Masi Corporation The Robertson Foundation Pamela and Gale Jose Society honors donors whose lifetime The Robert and Lois Braddock James and Marilyn Subach Charles and Elizabeth Duva Tine W. Davis Robinson Helicopter Company Jesse C. King and/or planned gifts to Embry-Riddle Charitable Foundation Steven (HonDoc ’98) David Gordon (’80; ’81) Family Foundation The San Diego Foundation and Tanya Wise King total $1 million or more. Brown & Brown of Florida and Christine Udvar-Hazy Estate of William Haas Tom Davis Fund Sodexo Moya Lear* Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Peter (’69) and Linda Vosbury Constance Hunter* Daytona Aerospace Industrial Tecnam Aircraft George Lerman* Honeywell Stephen Walter Edward (HonDoc ’90)* Park Joint Venture Textron Aviation John (‘81; ‘84) Paul & Constance Hunter Helen Wessel (HonDoc ’17)* and Carolyn King Daytona Mitsubishi/Kia The Albert L. Ueltschi and Judith Longshore John Paul Riddle Charitable Foundation James Kolbe Delta Air Lines Foundation Betty MacDonald Honoring Embry-Riddle’s founder, the Intervest Construction Jim and Linda Lee DS SolidWorks United Technologies William March (’81)* John Paul Riddle Society recognizes The MathWorks John Paul Riddle Society Deborah Lee Prescott Embry-Riddle Board of Visitors Corporation Barbara and Carl Martens donors who make lifetime and/or The Raisbeck Foundation Nevin Remaley Association, Daytona Beach Universal Helicopters Joseph Martin (’74) planned contributions totaling at least Rolls-Royce Corporation Corporations and Foundations Jon (’81) and Tracy Slangerup Equis Financial Group US Airways and Solange Albuisson Martin $500,000. The Wessel Foundation Air Force Association Richard and Phoebe* Snyder FedEx Corporation The Wells Fargo Foundation Joseph McClure Aircraft Owners & William (HonDoc ’87)* Florida Independent The Wings Club Foundation Robert McKay* Alumni and Friends Pilots Association and Eunice* Spruance College Fund George Mendonca* Jay (HonDoc ’08)* Analytical Graphics Edward (HonDoc ’74)* Florida Power & Light Alumni and Friends Estate of Louisa Morse T. Higbee Embry and Leila Adams Edyth Bush Charitable and Dorothy* Stimpson Follett Higher Education Group George and Patricia Adam Richard (’86) and Denise Nisbett Named for John Paul Riddle’s entre- Michele Bowman-Underwood Foundation Raymond Stratton (’78) GE Foundation Bob and Carol Allen Emily and Thomas Nissley preneurial partner and Embry-Riddle’s and Joseph Underwood Constellation Productions John and Lynne Thelan Giles Electric Company John Amore (’73) James and Janet O’Connor co-founder, the T. Higbee Embry Society Rick (’67; ’72) and Janice Brown Cove Partners Lane and Christine Wipff Gulfstream Aerospace Peg Billson (’84) William* and Dixie O’Connor recognizes donors with lifetime and/or James and Beverly Cone Daytona Beach Campus Corporation Estate of Virginia T. Bingham Quentin* and Jeani* Pearson planned gifts of $100,000 or more. DeRhoads Dolan Student Government Halifax Paving Estate of Hyman L. Bloom James and Sherry Raisbeck Samuel Goldman* Association Honeywell International Robert and Amy Book James Ray* James (’79) and Karli Hagedorn Daytona Beach Racing & T. Higbee Embry Society Foundation Benjamin (’82) Nancy Robertson* Jim (HonDoc ’13) Recreational Facilities District International Order and Signe Canfield James Robinson* and Carole Henderson Frasca International Corporations and Foundations Lawrence and Barbara Clarkson Legacy of Characters Jean and Mori (HonDoc ’13; ’78, ’79, ’82) Microsoft Corporation AAR Corporation International Speedway Elizabeth Coley* Genevieve Rosanvallon Recognizing donors who include and Forough (’85) Hosseini O’Maley Family Foundation AlliedSignal Air Transport Corporation and William Smith* David and Yolande* Salter Embry-Riddle in their estates, the Linda Kerstin Robertson Research Group Avionics ISTAT Foundation Victor and Betsy Cresenzo Michael Schiffman Legacy Society supports multiple Roger Koch Rockwell Collins American Airlines Harold James Family Trust Guy and Mary Damore Roger and Barbara Schwarz generations of aerospace/aviation L. Gale Lemerand Gen. William W. Spruance Associated Aviation J. W. Kieckhefer Foundation Teresa Delafosse Christine and leaders. Dorothee Miller* Foundation Underwriters Kresge Foundation Linda Downs Louis C. (H ’07) Seno Jr. D. Keith (’95; ’97) State of Florida Aviall Bill & Moya Lear Philip (HonDoc ’04; ’72) Raymond and Frances Sigafoos and Alice Mosing URS Aviation Education Foundation Charitable Foundation and Joyce* Elliott Al Skeaney*

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Through annual gifts that total $10,000 State of Florida Ronald and Laura James David and Toni Slick Benjamin (’82) Linda Kerstin Mary Spence* or more, members of the Platinum Suntrust Foundation C. Jeffrey (‘80) Steven (HonDoc ’06) and Signe Canfield James Kolbe Nick and Joan Spiroff Textron Aviation and Katherine Knittel Eagle Club have the personal privilege of and Nancy Sliwa Richard (’87) and Debra Cargo Martin Korges (’81) Raymond (’75) The Janice Marie Fraser Trust Estate of Mary E. Lamalie Lee Spence* Roland Charlebois* Kenneth* and Mary* Lamalie and Wendy Springsteen helping shape the future of Embry-Riddle The Nash Family Foundation Jim and Marion Lee Estate of Mary Spence Robert and Bobbi Coleman L. Gale Lemerand William (HonDoc ’87)* Aeronautical University through their The R. Roland Smith Erin Lenaghan-Chappel (‘90) Thomas* and Barbara Staed Elizabeth Coley Robert (’57) and Roxie* Lewis and Eunice* Spruance philanthropic leadership. Family Foundation and Donald Chappel Estate of Druria L. Sylvester Allen Colfry (’66) Robert* and Virginia* Lyall Thomas* and Barbara Staed The Raisbeck Foundation John (‘81; ‘84) The list below reflects cumulative giving to the Maurice* and Dorothy* Taylor James and Beverly Cone Betty MacDonald Betty Stern university from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The Reuben H. Fleet and Judith Longshore Albert Ueltschi (HonDoc ’97)* Frances Cresenzo* William March (’81)* Edward (HonDoc ’74)* Foundation Fund Terri Lynch Lawrence* Robert* and Jennifer Crouch Barbara and Carl Martens and Dorothy* Stimpson The San Diego Foundation Anne Massey and Virginia* Vagnozzi David* and George and Karen McCown Raymond Stratton (’78) Corporations and Harold James Family Trust The Wings Club Foundation Vincent (‘87) Pantelis (’86) and Cleo Vassiliou Marguerite* Cummock Robert McKay* James and Marilyn Subach Foundations ikon.5 Architects Tiger Aircraft Trading and Amy Monteparte Charles Vouaux* Gary (HonDoc ’69)* Roy and Mary Miller Druria Sylvester* AeroVironment Intuitive Surgical Tom Davis Fund Barbara Nash David (’82) and and Else Cunningham William Montgomery (’78) Maurice* and Dorothy* Taylor Allegiant Air J. W. Kieckhefer Foundation United Way of the National James Nash Rebecca Wallenborn Derek Di Masi Dan and Kelly Montplaisir Dianne (’81) and AUVSI Foundation Lockheed Martin Capital Area Shirley Neyhart Estate of Ann R. Weaver Teresa Delafosse D. Keith (‘95; ‘97) Raymond Thompson The Boeing Company Louisiana Steam Richard (‘86) and Denise Nisbett Wayne Webster (’98) DeRhoads Dolan and Alice Mosing Harvey Thompson* Charitable Trust Equipment Company Alumni and Friends Steven (‘90) Alexander and Mary Wells George Errick* Terry (’94) and Nancy Mularkey Carlos Villa (’10) Braniff Silver Eagles Magna International of America John Amore (‘73) and Elizabeth (‘94) Nordlund Nancy (’81) and Roger Wingert Michael (’69) and Jaqueline Fitch Donald Needham Peter (’69) and Linda Vosbury Charitable Fund Margaret T. Morris Foundation Gary and Stacey Becker David and Karen O’Maley R. Lyman (HonDoc ’96) Charles* and Karen Ford Nick Nicolai* and Charles Vouaux* Brown & Brown of Florida Marmot Foundation Robert and Amy Book James and Sherry Raisbeck and Leslie Wood James (’92; ’95) Patricia Nicolai-Arntzen Stephen and Lynn Walter Buehler Aviation Research Microsoft Corporation J. Hyatt and Cynthia Brown Tamara and Don Rinehart Gertrude Worthington* and Suellen Gallogly Emily and Thomas Nissley Ann Weaver* Foundation National Center for Women & J. and Nancy Brown S. Harry (HonDoc ’72) Samuel Goldman* Lee Noe Wayne Webster (’98) Concorde Battery Corporation Information Technology Joseph D’Amico and Linda Robertson Dave and Nancy Gonnion William* and Dixie O’Connor Alexander and Mary Wells Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Charles and Beth Duva David (H ’18) Legacy Society David Gordon (’80; ’81) David and Karen O’Maley Helen Wessel (HonDoc ’17)* Daytona Mitsubishi / Kia O’Maley Family Foundation Randall (‘86; ‘90) and Andrea Robertson Charles (’75) and Liz Graf John (H ’16)* and Ann* Olsen Jody (‘91; ‘05) Edward T. Bedford Foundation Orlando Health Foundation and Sandra Fiorenza Jean and Genevieve Jay (HonDoc ’08)* Nancy Graham* C. David (’74) and Carol Owens and Daniel Wichman FedEx Corporation Paul B. Hunter & Constance D. Bradley and Leigh Anne Giles Rosanvallon and Leila Adams William Haas* Robert Oxley Fred* and Alice* Wills Fidelity Charitable Hunter Charitable Foundation Bruce and Mary Harvey Zane (‘91) and Allyson Rowe Matthew Andersson (’78) I.V. and Loma Hamilton Nancy Pettit (’74) Nancy (’81) and Roger Wingert FlightSafety Foundation Phillips 66 Aviation Albert Helfrick William and Jane Schoknecht Farshad Babazadeh* Cecile Hatfield Curtis (’72) and Mutsuko Poree Kevin Wisneski (’98) Ford Motor Company Procter & Gamble Company Jim (HonDoc ’13) Corinne Smith (‘41) Robert* and Mary* Beilman Dennis (‘82; ‘85) Deborah Lee Prescott June Wittfoth* Capital Grant Program Raymond James Charitable and Carole Henderson Estate of Dorothy Stimpson Robert (’71) and Cheri Belinke and Tracy Hicks Walter Prettyman (’75) Phillip Woodruff (’70; ’71) Giles Electric Company Endowment Fund Thomas and Madeline Higgins Pantelis (‘86) Theodore (’82; ’89) Thomas Higgins Jr.* Nevin Remaley James (’80) and Clara Zeiler Gulfstream Aerospace Schwab Charitable John and Lynda Hodgson and Cleo Vassiliou and Muriel Beneigh George (’78) and June Hill Joseph* and Margaret Rhodes Corporation Spirit Airlines Dava Hoffman Martha and David Webb Catherine and Gordon Benson Louis* and Dava Hoffman Charles* and Joan Richardson H & H Nevada Charitable Foundation Mori (HonDoc ’13; ‘78, ‘79, ‘82) Helen Wessel (HonDoc ’17)* Matthew Berk (’58)* Mori (HonDoc ’13; ’78, ’79, ’82) Gordon* and Celia Ritter HAECO Americas Spirit Airlines and Forough (‘85) Hosseini James and Roselle Zuffoletto Peg Billson (’84) and Forough (’85) Hosseini David (H ’18) Virginia Bingham* Constance Hunter* and Andrea Robertson Stephen (’86) and Terri Blanchette James Hunter (’75) Fred (’68) and Julie Robinson Thank You for Being an Eagle Donor Hyman Bloom* John Hurley Robert Rockett A record-breaking 5,655 donors chose to invest in Embry-Riddle’s students, faculty, programs Gerald and Susan Bott Charles* and Marion* Johnson Nancy Samp and facilities during Fiscal Year 2019. We are grateful to all of our donors and for each Michele Bowman-Underwood Sharon Jones (’84) Wesley Segner* contribution. In an effort to be responsible stewards of these gifts and of our natural resources, and Joseph Underwood Cale Kastanek (’02)* Christine and the comprehensive list of Embry-Riddle’s annual donors (to include the Gold, Silver, Bronze The Robert and Lois Braddock Ronald and Carolyn Kerlin Louis C. (H ’07) Seno Jr. and Eagle giving clubs) may be viewed online at givingto.erau.edu/donor-recognition. Charitable Foundation Jesse C. King Raymond and Frances Sigafoos Click on “Gift Clubs.” Rick (’67; ’72) and Janice Brown and Tanya Wise King Jon (’81) and Tracy Slangerup

6 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT *DECEASED *DECEASED 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 7 Expanding and Strengthening “ TOGETHER, WITH THE OUTSTANDING the Business Program LEADERSHIP AT EMBRY-RIDDLE, WE The college, established in 2003, is already widely regarded for its aviation business administration and aviation finance CAN INNOVATE, GROW AND WATCH THE programs, but the gift shows a commitment by O’Maley BUSINESS COLLEGE MOVE FORWARD TO A and the university to Embry-Riddle’s business programs, DIMENSION IT HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.” says Lon Moeller, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. It also is significant for the university to have a David B. O’Maley, Embry-Riddle Board of Trustee member named business college. “When you look at top business schools in this country, they tend to be named, and the naming of the Inspiring the Next Wave of Business Leaders O’Maley College of Business raises Embry-Riddle to a O’Maley says he intends for his gift to create aviation higher level now,” says Moeller. business leaders. While many graduates will rise through Although the O’Maley gift is earmarked for the Daytona the ranks based on their technical skills, he says, there is Beach Campus, it also triggered the university to form a a pressing need in the industry for graduates to enter the business visioning committee, which included O’Maley, workforce with some grounding in business, so they can to discuss how to best expand and strengthen business more readily become industry leaders. programs throughout the university. “Many of [our graduates] will become leaders,” he says. “The business visioning committee has helped us take “If they get there by way of a path through their chosen a deeper look at how we can make our business programs professions, they wind up in leadership and management better,” Moeller says. positions without any managerial or business experience.” O’Maley strongly believes that Embry-Riddle’s College David and Karen O’Maley Funding Business Excellence and Innovation are equipping future aviation of Business can address that challenge — and that’s why business leaders for success The O’Maley gift will help fund several new programs and he and his wife, Karen, support the university’s vision. through their philanthropic initiatives at the college, according to Moeller. There are “Together, with the outstanding leadership at Embry- gift to Embry-Riddle. plans to create an Executive in Residence program, which Riddle, we can innovate, grow and watch the business would host an aviation or aerospace industry leader on college move forward to a dimension it has never seen campus to share their insights with students and faculty. before,” he says. “We can inspire the next wave of young Additionally, the university will redesign several aviation business leaders, innovators and experts.” mbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Board undergraduate business courses to add more aviation of Trustees member David B. O’Maley and aerospace content, ensuring Embry-Riddle students E recalls a time when he was a young man pursue their studies in the context of real industry ELEVATING with a passion for aviation and someone challenges. Another goal is faculty development programs helped him finance his flight training. and supporting faculty who want to work with industry “He left me with a simple charge. And that was, if you or pursue research during the summer. are able at some point in your life … do things to help The O’Maley gift will also support design-project BUSINESS other young people achieve their [goal] and success,” work teams that bring together business and engineering says O’Maley, a nationally prominent insurance executive students at the Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses Trustee David B. O’Maley who made a significant gift to support the Daytona Beach to collaborate on research and other special projects. takes College of Business to Campus’ College of Business. Michael Williams, dean of the O’Maley College greater heights with leadership Thanks to O’Maley, Embry-Riddle will be able to of Business, says the O’Maley family’s investment will gift aimed at strengthening elevate its college, now named the David B. O’Maley support breakthroughs in industry operations, safety business programs College of Business in his honor, to even greater heights, and manufacturing through transformative ideas says university President P. Barry Butler. and technologies. BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM “It’s a key moment for business education at Embry- “It will allow our students to turn research into new Riddle,” Butler says. “It helps us expand our reach and business opportunities, moving their discoveries from more closely integrate business education into our other our labs into the Micaplex Engineering and Innovation Members of the Business Eagles student club expressed areas of focus — engineering and aviation — as we move Complex as startups, and then out into the real world,” their gratitude to the O’Maleys at the David B. O’Maley

into the future.” MASSEYDAVID Williams says. College of Business naming ceremony.

8 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 9 Reuben H. Fleet is pictured at his 40-year reunion at Culver Military Academy (1946). hile their paths in life never crossed, aviation pioneer Reuben H. Fleet and the Seth Guentner of San W founders of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Diego, California, is the inaugural recipient of University, John Paul Riddle and T. Higbee the Reuben H. Fleet Embry, shared a common history that would one day Foundation Scholarship. align their legacies to give students the transformational He is studying and training to be a experience of flight. commercial pilot. All three men were involved in the earliest business endeavor for flight: airmail. Riddle and Fleet both served as pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps (which became the U.S. Air Force), and the Embry-Riddle Company and Fleet’s aircraft manufacturing business, Consolidated Aircraft, both contributed to the Allies victory in World War II. Embry-Riddle trained U.S. and British military pilots and Consolidated Aircraft built the PBY “Catalina” flying boats and B-24 “Liberator” bombers. Now, nearly a century later, the institutions founded by Fleet, Embry and Riddle have come together to inspire and empower students to pursue their shared passion for flight. The Reuben H. Fleet Foundation at the San Diego Foundation made a generous gift in 2019 to establish a scholarship for flight students studying at Embry-Riddle’s campus in Prescott, Arizona. The inaugural scholarship recipient, Seth Guentner, represents the intersection of Fleet’s philanthropy with the flight education program founded by Embry “ E MBRY-RIDDLE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF and Riddle. Guentner is earning a bachelor’s degree COLLEGES I WANTED TO ATTEND, BUT I WAS NOT in aeronautical science with the goal of becoming a GOING TO BE ABLE TO, DUE TO FINANCES. THE commercial pilot. “Embry-Riddle was at the top of the list of colleges SCHOLARSHIP OPENED THAT DOOR FOR ME.” I wanted to attend, but I was not going to be able to, Seth Guentner due to finances. The [Reuben H. Fleet Foundation] scholarship opened that door for me. I am now able legacy and generous ways guide the foundation’s to attend Embry-Riddle and go to flight school with dedication to education and science. BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE significantly less student debt,” Guentner says. “Flight According to Sandra (Fleet) Honnen, her father, who The Reuben H. Fleet Foundation at the San Diego Foundation has always been an interest, and now I have the chance passed away in 1975, was always very “magnanimous.” establishes scholarship for flight students to pursue it. I cannot express how grateful I am.” A scholarship recipient himself, Fleet attended Culver Military Academy, a private boarding school in Indiana, BY SARA WITHROW The Law of Love graduating in 1906. He valued the education so much The Fleet Foundation’s gift is the product of a decades- that he sent his own sons and grandsons there, as well as long legacy of generosity that began in 1941, when many other boys and girls, Honnen says. Reuben Fleet established his philanthropic foundation “Dad wanted others — all members of society to help war widows and injured service members send regardless of race, religion or financial circumstances — their children to school. Since 1985, the foundation has to benefit from education,” she says. “Dad used to say, been managed by the San Diego Foundation. ‘For we must share, if we should have blessings from As the fund’s advisers, Fleet’s three adult daughters above; ceasing to share, we cease to have, and so is the

COURTESY OF THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION CONNOR MCSHANE and two adult great-grandchildren ensure that Fleet’s law of love.’”

10 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 11 oncorde Battery Corporation, the company These powerful connection points led Concorde A STRONG behind the battery of choice for Embry- to establish a scholarship at Embry-Riddle, honoring C Riddle’s aircraft fleet, is powering the Edward “Skip” Koss, one of its most influential executives. student and alumni experience with its CONNECTION contributions to several areas within the university. Honoring Skip In just two years, Concorde Battery has strengthened When someone spends 30 years at a company, Concorde Battery provides a jolt of its connection with Embry-Riddle by supporting it’s almost inevitable that the individual and the support to alumni programs and alumni programming at events around the country and organization will share the same values. “Skip was no Embry-Riddle students providing resources for scholarships. exception,” Holck says of Koss, Concorde Battery’s former vice president of marketing. “He embodied all

BY ALAN MARCOS PINTO CESAR Making Contact that Concorde is, and he helped mold the company into This partnership began to grow beyond batteries in 2017, the successful organization we are today.” when Concorde chose to sponsor the alumni functions at the annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, “ PARTNERING WITH CONCORDE BATTERY HAS and the Sun ’n Fun Airshow in Lakeland, Florida. The barbecue dinner at Oshkosh is Embry-Riddle’s best- ALLOWED US TO REACH A NEW LEVEL OF attended alumni event each year, attracting as many as OUTREACH. NOW, THE NEXT GENERATION OF 500 alumni and their families and friends. EAGLES CAN GET TO KNOW OUR ALUMNI AND “Partnering with Concorde Battery has allowed us to reach a new level of outreach at Sun ’n Fun and EAA NETWORK WITH KEY PLAYERS IN THE INDUSTRY.” AirVenture,” says Keith Deaton, director of alumni Keith Deaton, Director of Alumni Engagement engagement at Embry-Riddle. “We’ve been able to expand these events to invite current students and Skip had been an aircraft mechanic before becoming industry partners. Now, the next generation of Eagles a leading expert on aviation batteries. “Skip kept a close can get to know our alumni and also network with key eye on Concorde in our infancy and as we matured into players in the aviation industry.” In 2019, attendance at an influencer in the aviation battery market. He joined the Eagle barbecue grew 20% over the previous year, us in 1987, just after Concorde received PMA [Parts thanks to Concorde’s support. Manufacturer Authorization from the Federal Aviation While sponsorships indirectly benefit education by Administration (FAA)] for a sealed lead-acid battery,” reducing the university’s operational expenses — allowing Holck says. it to shift more funds toward student, faculty and program Koss was awarded the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic support — Concorde Battery wanted to do something Award from the FAA in 2009 and retired from Concorde directly to help students with educational costs. At the first in 2017. “The same principles that ultimately made Skip Concorde-sponsored Oshkosh dinner, the company made a successful in establishing Concorde as a reputable aircraft donation to the Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship. battery company are now the foundation of Concorde’s “Concorde highly values education. It is paramount to approach to business today.” the industry’s safety and success,” says Noga Holck, vice Koss passed away on March 19, 2019, at the age of 83, president of business development at Concorde. which left Concorde considering his legacy. To honor In its efforts to promote aviation education, Concorde his contributions to aviation, the company established also hosts courses for pilots and aviation enthusiasts. These the Edward “Skip” Koss Memorial Scholarship at The Concorde Battery Team is include a series of Inspection Authorization Renewal Embry-Riddle. The scholarship will annually award helping Eagle alumni connect, and fueling Embry-Riddle courses in the Southeast, one of which is held at an Embry- $5,000 to one Embry-Riddle student studying aviation student success through event Riddle facility in northern Florida. “Embry-Riddle has maintenance or electrical engineering. sponsorships and a scholarship been gracious in allowing Concorde the use of its facility “We felt there would be no greater honor for Skip than honoring one of its own. to host the North Florida renewal. The location brings to have a scholarship in his name rewarded to a student

BILL THOMPSON additional credibility and interest to the event,” Holck says. who shares his same passion for aviation,” Holck says.

12 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 13 REACHING NEW HEIGHTS The Boeing Company creates a $3 million endowed scholarship to support the next generation of aviation and aircraft maintenance professionals

BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM

One of 19 inaugural Boeing Scholars, Shaddi Abdala has

DARYL LABELLO DARYL her eyes firmly fixed on the sky.

14 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 15 MEET THE BOEING SCHOLARS his summer, Shaddi Abdala received a only about 7%, or 42,694, are women, according to package containing a shirt from Embry- Women in Aviation International. Statistics on other Riddle Aeronautical University, a hat underrepresented groups in aviation are limited, but a T from The Boeing Company – and a 2014 report suggested that 2.7% of U.S. airline transport letter informing her that she was chosen pilots were people of color, 2.5% were of Asian heritage, nationally to be one of Embry-Riddle’s prestigious new and 5% were Hispanic or Latino. Boeing Scholars. “Different perspectives make our industry stronger. “It was just an amazing feeling all around, knowing my These scholarships will help address the need for hard work in high school was noticed by the school and a aerospace talent, including pilots and maintenance

great company like Boeing,” says the South Florida teen, who technicians, by equipping students from diverse 2 3 is a freshman honors student enrolled in the aeronautical backgrounds with the skills they need to succeed,” says science program. “And it really helped financially.” Boeing President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Supported by a $3 million endowment gift from The Boeing Company, the Boeing Scholarship Fund at Embry- Boeing Scholars Fill an Industry Need 1 Riddle will help students pursuing aviation science and The $3 million award to Embry-Riddle builds upon Boeing’s aircraft maintenance degrees at its residential campuses in long-standing support of STEM programs, women, military Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona. veterans and minorities, while addressing an industry need for more pilots and maintenance technicians worldwide. “ BOEING SEES A HUGE NEED FOR PILOT AND “Investing in this sector is incredibly important,” says 5 6 Steve Nordlund (’90), who is vice president and general AIRLINE MECHANICS IN THE FUTURE, OVER 10 11 manager of Boeing NeXt and serves as a member of the THE NEXT 30 YEARS. IF WE DON’T GET Embry-Riddle Board of Trustees. INVOLVED TO HELP ... WE WOULD BE DOING According to Boeing’s 2018 Pilot & Technician Outlook, 7 A DISSERVICE TO THE OVERALL INDUSTRY.” the industry will need 790,000 new civil aviation pilots and 754,000 new maintenance technicians to fly and Brian Hoefig (’86, ’97, ’98), Director of Operations, 737 Delivery Center, maintain the world’s fleet over the next 20 years. The Boeing Company “Boeing sees a huge need for pilot and airline 4 mechanics in the future, over the next 30 years. If we This year, the scholarships were awarded to 19 don’t get involved to help the airlines relieve that, then we high school students from across the United States. would be doing a disservice to the overall industry,” says Each scholarship ranges from $5,000 to $7,500, and Brian Hoefig (’86, ’97, ’98), director of operations for the is renewable through the students’ sophomore year. 737 Delivery Center and executive focal for Embry-Riddle Recipients are selected based on their academic partner programs at The Boeing Company. 8 9 achievements and financial need. Boeing’s investment will help train and foster the Boeing’s gift is the beginning of a larger effort to address aerospace and aviation leaders of tomorrow, he says, and predicted industry workforce shortages in the coming it makes sense to involve a global leader in aviation and 16 12 years. A key part of that strategy is increasing the number aerospace higher education, like Embry-Riddle, in that goal. 14 15 1. Irvin Espinoza 11. Brennan Acevedo of women, underrepresented minorities and military “Boeing saw a big value in investing in the future early 2. Liam Brennan 12. Joshua Lopez veterans and their dependents pursuing flight and aviation on, so this wouldn’t be a huge problem 20 years from now,” 17 3. Caitlin Hartsel 13. Alijah McDonald maintenance degrees. Hoefig says. “So why not go to a school who trains excellent 4. Haley Scheunemann 14. Bailey Dostal 5. Christopher Espino 15. Joshua Sandoval “At a time when we are facing a global shortage of pilots and mechanics, so we will have a leg up when we have 6. Shannon Byrne 16. Jing-Yu Tan aviation professionals, it is critically important to widen this very large requirement coming at us in the future?” 7. Hunter Wise 17. Zsoee Eisel 8. Adrian Baffigo 18. Alanah Pluchos the talent pipeline,” says Embry-Riddle President P. Barry 13 18 Butler. “It is an honor to partner with Boeing to enrich Embry-Riddle Gains Top-Tier Designation 9. Matthew Case 19. Shaddi Abdala 10. Anna Scott (page 15) and enhance the aviation workforce.” This year, Embry-Riddle also joined a small, select Of the 609,306 pilots certificated by the U.S. Federal group of top engineering schools across the country Aviation Administration’s Aeronautical Center in 2017, for the expedited recruitment and hiring of exceptional

16 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 17 Boeing Development full-time engineers and interns straight out of college. “EMBRY-RIDDLE GRADUATES The university was selected this fall for the Boeing HAVE A LEVEL OF FOCUS, AND THAT Days Will Increase Engineering Accelerated Hiring Initiative (EAHI). “It puts Embry-Riddle in an elite group with only IS SOMETHING YOU JUST WANT Campus Outreach 27 other institutions,” Nordlund says. “It is the best TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER.” of the best and Embry-Riddle is not just a member of Events focus on Steve Nordlund (’90), Vice President and General Manager of those 27 institutions, but in my mind, it leads the pack.” Boeing NeXt and an Embry-Riddle Board of Trustees Member career networking, There were 15 students chosen in October for full- resume building time jobs or internships through the EAHI program, according to Nordlund. Candidates are evaluated based Forever Embry-Riddle Eagles on academics, technical experience and leadership. The Nordlund, Hoefig and Alvarez all say they feel a strong he Boeing Company is hiring process is streamlined for seniors, so they can be connection to Embry-Riddle and are dedicated to giving partnering with Embry- hired early and graduate with a job waiting for them. back to the next generation of Eagles. Riddle Career Services to Hoefig, who has served as Embry-Riddle’s executive “The number one reason is the passion and quality increase its outreach at focal at Boeing since 2009, has advocated for his alma of the students who come out of Embry-Riddle to do Tthe Daytona Beach, Florida, and mater for the past decade, so he was thrilled when the an internship or to work full-time,” says Hoefig, who is Prescott, Arizona, campuses in Daytona Beach Campus received the designation this year. celebrating his 10th year as part of Boeing’s campus team the coming year. “It is a huge deal,” agrees Hoefig. “It allows us to come on for Embry-Riddle. Boeing Development Days is campus, do job interviews and give job offers on the spot.” “I wanted to give back to the school, because the school a new initiative that will focus on helped me get a great start to my career,” says Hoefig, whose students who are athletes, veterans Boeing Has Longtime Investment daughter is now a flight student at the Prescott Campus. “I and members of diversity groups. in Embry-Riddle Students know it was the Embry-Riddle brand and the reputation Boeing will award the Daytona With this new $3 million permanent endowment, Embry-Riddle has in the industry that helped me.” Beach Campus $23,500 and Boeing’s investment in scholarships at Embry-Riddle now Alvarez gives back because he loves his alma mater, but the Prescott Campus $20,000 Embry-Riddle students, like these, are benefiting from Boeing scholarships, makes up more than 70% of the $7.2 million, overall, the also because he deeply values diversity and the role it can for the program, which will as well as career readiness training through Boeing Development Days. company has contributed to the university since 1980. play in creating a strong talent pipeline to Boeing and the host events focused on resume For years, Boeing has annually supported student industry. That diversity includes hiring students with a building, networking, professional Kevin Hewerdine, executive “ THIS IS THE KIND OF QUALITY scholarships in engineering, business and cybersecurity, variety of backgrounds, experiences and values in areas of attire and feature guest speakers. director of career services and PROGRAMMING THAT CAREER SERVICES student organizations and university outreach and safety, quality and integrity. “We are very excited to be corporate relations at the Prescott HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO PROVIDE retention programs. “It’s not only the camaraderie and passion that I have able to provide Embry-Riddle Campus, says the program would “I think that Boeing in the last few years has really seen for Embry-Riddle, we also have a tremendous talent need students with specialized better prepare graduates to have TO STUDENTS AND NOW, THANKS TO the value that Embry-Riddle is bringing,” Hoefig says. at Boeing and in the industry, and we also pride ourselves programming to help them increased opportunity throughout BOEING’S GENEROUS SUPPORT, WE Boeing is also recruiting more Embry-Riddle graduates [for our] diversity,” Alvarez says. “I always have had a enhance their ability to conduct their careers. HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO SO.” in emerging fields like cybersecurity, business supply passion for recruiting the best and brightest students, but themselves in networking “The Boeing partnership will chain management, environmental health and safety, and also getting students from a variety of backgrounds.” Alicia Smyth, Executive Director of Career settings and articulate their impact greatly the entire student security and fire protection. For Nordlund, it is students like Abdala, whose focus Services at the Daytona Beach Campus experiences when speaking to population and help in creating a “We have added about six or seven new disciplines,” and excitement for aerospace and aviation will make them prospective employers,” says better understanding of possible who are earning degrees in Hoefig says. “We are going after data analytics next, the leaders in the industry tomorrow, that motivates him Alicia Smyth, executive director career pathways,” Hewerdine says. engineering, cybersecurity because we see a lot of opportunity there.” Looking at data to support his alma mater. of career services at the Daytona Boeing continues to have a and business. can provide valuable information, help solve problems “Embry-Riddle graduates have a level of focus, and that Beach Campus. “This will not strong partnership with Embry- “This is the kind of quality and set a direction for the future to be successful, he adds. is something you just want to continue to foster,” he says. only help students be more Riddle — this past summer, 60 programming that career services “Data analytics and cybersecurity are two important As for Abdala, thanks to the Boeing Scholarship she successful when seeking jobs students from the Daytona Beach has always wanted to provide areas that are probably at the forefront of our partnership received, she completed her private pilot training this and internships, but also out and Prescott campuses had to students and now, thanks to with Embry-Riddle,” agrees Jason Alvarez (’13, ’15), who summer and is now working on her instrument rating. in the workforce, when they internships at the company. Boeing’s generous support, we is The Boeing Company’s regional cash manager for “I have always been an adventurous type and have become professionals The interns included 12 returning have the financial means to do airplane contracts and chief of staff to the executive focal always had a passion for aviation,” she says. “It’s really been in industry.” students and 48 new students, so,” Smyth says. for Embry-Riddle. “We want to evolve and expand that.” an amazing experience and I’ve loved every minute of it.”

18 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 19 thought: that’s a way I can contribute; seniors on the basketball team As Cruse and Price passed even small gifts can help.” Good Luck Charm that competed in the National by, she delivered her good-luck Already organizing pep rallies Pre-game tradition Association of Intercollegiate message, personally. “Jason EYE-OPENER and driving the team van to away Athletics Division II National let out a huge sigh of relief,” builds lasting bonds Championship. She traveled to she recalls. Longtime employee Sharon Amick discovers games for the then-fledgling men’s basketball program, Amick started the playoffs in Branson, Missouri, The team came home with the small gifts make a difference, and keeps on giving designating $5 a pay period through haron Amick spent her to support the team. championship and Cruse was BY SARA WITHROW payroll deduction to support the lunch hours organizing team “I packed for four days,” named the tournament’s Most team led by Coach Steve Ridder. fundraisers and pep rallies, she says, “and we were there Valuable Player. In April 1995, when women’s and soliciting sponsorships for eight.” Cruse was inducted into the S— way before she started working That year, Sharon had developed Embry-Riddle Athletics Hall t started as a desire to started in January 1985. But after volleyball launched, she upped her help, to be a part nearly a decade in service, her eyes giving to also support the women’s for the athletics department. In a pre-game tradition with Price of Fame in 2017. During his I of something bigger were opened to the idea of giving team. “I wanted to support both 2004, she was a leading force and Cruse. “Right before every ball acceptance speech, he publicly than herself. Now, 27 more than her talent and skills to genders equally,” she says. in developing and executing the game, I’d say, ‘Make me proud,’ thanked Sharon and Kenny Amick years later, she’s still giving. the university, when working as first Blue & Gold Gala athletics and I’d give them a hug.” The two for their support. Sharon Amick, executive assistant an assistant to Vice President of Intrinsic Rewards fundraising event, and she’s been student-athletes had come to rely The Amicks continue to form and special events manager for the Development Harry Jennings. Working in the development office a key organizer of this annual on this gesture for good luck. lasting relationships with the athletics department at the Daytona “I wasn’t able to give thousands of (now called the office of philanthropy), effort ever since. The night of the championship, student-athletes at Embry-Riddle. Beach Campus, has worked in several dollars to the university, but when I Amick saw first-hand that her She and her husband, Kenny, she was unable to locate the two Sharon volunteers to work at areas at the university, since she was introduced to the annual fund, I donations were allocated according to are also No. 1 Eagle fans. They young men prior to the game. “I every commencement ceremony her wishes. “I knew the funds actually attend most (if not all) home and told the trainer to go back to the to tell them goodbye. She cries a went to the basketball program. That away basketball games, and they locker room and tell them, ‘Make little each time. was a positive eye-opener for me,” she form close relationships with me proud,’ for me,” Sharon says. At the first commencement says. “For me, it was real important to Eagle athletes and their families The trainer, however, returned with ceremony where she got weepy, know that Coach Ridder’s program got — especially those who work with a message. “They said, ‘No, that she says she received some the money.” Sharon as student assistants. won’t work, you have to do it.’” valuable advice from Head Men’s Ridder says Amick’s contributions, In 2000, Sharon’s two student When the team started its Basketball Coach Steve Ridder. and those from other faculty, staff assistants, Yon Price (’00) warmups on the court, Sharon “He said, ‘You have to let them and community members, made a and Jason Cruse (’00) were found herself under the basket. go, Sharon.’” tremendous difference.

Relationships Matter “Resources were very limited. To continue on university funding by itself was not an option. The idea of Loyal Donors 28 John Rollins 30 Sara Heffelfinger 30 Christopher Grant developing relationships with people 27 Sharon Amick 30 James Ladesic 30 Steven Hampton on campus was critical to growing Faculty/Staff with 30 Alan Bender 30 Paula Reed 30 Thomas Henkel the program,” Ridder says. more than 20 30 Sathya Gangadharan 30 Jack Thompson* 30 Karen Hudson Today, the athletics program years of giving 26 Massood Towhidnejad 30 Leslie Whitmer 30 Gerard Lombardo in Daytona Beach boasts 19 30 Peter Vosbury 22 Maria Franco 30 Ron Madler intercollegiate sports teams that YEARS OF GIVING I NAME 25 Milton Cone 30 Barbette Jensen 30 Barbara Munderloh compete in NCAA Division II. 30 John Jenkins 30 Lisa Kollar 30 Theresa Nolte For Amick, seeing the fruits of 36 David Esser 30 Frank Radosta 30 Olivia Lloyd 30 Alicia Smyth her contributions to the athletics 33 Maryellen Wynn 30 Sarah Thomas 30 James Milsom 30 Nancy Tran-Horne program is sweet. “I think it’s 31 Eileen Landis-Groom 30 Michael Williams 30 John Phillips 30 Nancy Zeman important to give back to the place 30 Thomas Hilburn 24 Richard Felton 30 Alan Pratt 20 Lucille Babcock Sharon Amick is a longtime supporter of that gives me so much,” she says. 30 Steve Ridder 30 Sonja Taylor 21 Ann Ade 30 Norma Butler Eagle Athletics. “I’ve always received more than 29 Patric McElwain 30 William Thompson 30 Farahzad Behi 30 John Denigris III

I’ve ever given.” MASSEYDAVID 30 Darrel Smith 23 Paul Bell 30 Linda Bloom 30 *Deceased

20 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 21 TH ANKS TO CORINNE SMITH’S THOUGHTFUL SCRAPBOOKING, EMBRY-RIDDLE’S ARCHIVIST WAS ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN EMBRY-RIDDLE AND PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

THE This page: In the 1940s, Corinne Smith led the Link training division at the Miami Campus; and right, piloted the Embry-Riddle Waco No. 43 as a flight instructor at the seaplane base. RIPPLE Opposite: Corinne Smith in 2017 at the Piper Aircraft headquarters in Vero Beach, Florida. Shortly after reconnecting with her alma mater, Smith senior vice president and chief financial officer at sent copies of the pages in her old flight log, indicating Embry-Riddle. which planes she flew during her time at Embry-Riddle. “[For example] The labs in the AAC (Academic EFFECT That simple, generous act led to an extraordinary discovery. Advancement Center) were getting crowded,” Howard Thanks to her thoughtful scrapbooking, Embry-Riddle says, referencing responses to a student survey. The Eagle Archivist Kevin Montgomery was able to connect the dots Impact Fund was tapped to increase wages for student between Embry-Riddle and President John F. Kennedy. tutors and open up four additional tutoring lab spaces. With a historic flight log orinne Smith’s history with Embry-Riddle goes back The tail numbers in Smith’s logbook matched those in JFK’s Throughout the year, the Eagle Impact Fund also helped and gift to the Eagle to the 1940s, when she finished college and moved to small series of flights, indicating that the former president a wide range of student groups achieve their goals. With the Miami to find her way in the world. “The first thing I took flying lessons at Embry-Riddle, while he was on shore university’s financial help, the Society of Women Engineers Impact Fund, Corinne C did was to try and get into flying,” she says. leave from the Navy. He and Smith likely crossed paths — put on an “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” workshop Smith’s love of air and That’s when she found a small operation on MacArthur on one particular day, they both flew the same plane. for elementary school students; the Student Veterans sea touches the lives of Causeway, a flight school with just a few seaplanes tied to a dock, Organization purchased equipment to provide SCUBA Embry-Riddle students and a one-room building for instruction. She started taking lessons, Making an Impact for Students diving therapy to its members struggling with depression; and soon she took her first solo flight on a Piper J-3 Cub on floats. Smith’s generosity didn’t end there. This past year, she and the Embry-Riddle chapter of the American Institute BY ALAN MARCOS PINTO CESAR For Smith, who loved boats and had spent much of her life on the made a donation in support of the Eagle Impact Fund of Aeronautics and Astronautics repaired its laser cutter, water, it was the perfect marriage of air and sea. (formerly known as the University Fund for Excellence). a critical piece of equipment in building aircraft, for its “It was only a matter of seconds until I was skimming the bay She wanted the investment to go “where it’s best used or cornerstone Design/Build/Fly competition. waters into the clear blue sky — all alone,” she says beaming. needed,” she said. “I’d rather they decide than me.” Thanks to the supporters of the Eagle Impact Fund, She quickly took a job at that company, the Embry-Riddle School The Eagle Impact Fund has a broad-based impact Embry-Riddle is able to provide a richer learning of Aviation, starting as a secretary and eventually advancing to on students throughout the university. Donations experience for its students. lead the Link Trainer department. She shared these memories in a like Smith’s can and have been used to help support Smith says she is glad to advance the mission of an meeting with Embry-Riddle representatives near her home in Vero student groups, assist students in the event of financial organization that was so important in her early adult life. “I Beach, Florida, in 2017. Her full story was featured in the fall 2017 emergencies and fund initiatives that improve the meant to do it long ago,” she says of her donation. “You all

issue of Lift, the Embry-Riddle alumni magazine. ALAN MARCOS PINTO CESAR student experience and success, says Randy Howard, have done so much for me. I feel so close to Embry-Riddle.”

22 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 23 “ AT EMBRY-RIDDLE, I LEARNED THAT ANYTHING the Army Reserve. “Because I am a reservist, I do not IS POSSIBLE, IF YOU PUT IN ENOUGH EFFORT. get 100% funding through the Veterans Administration, SCHOLARSHIPS which therefore makes me ineligible to receive access to I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FUND MY EDUCATION the Yellow Ribbon program.” HERE, THANKS TO SCHOLARSHIPS.” Taylor, who served a stint at The Boeing Company this past summer as a supply chain intern, has received TURN DREAMS Francisco Pastrana (’19) several scholarships, including a John and Maurie Johnson Endowed Scholarship and a Frank Novie Adams At Embry-Riddle, Pastrana received numerous Scholarship. She also served as vice president of the prestigious scholarships, including a $30,000 Wings Student Veterans Organization. INTO REALITY Club Foundation Scholarship, the John & Isabel McKay With plans to graduate in May, Taylor’s goal is to work Funding has major impact Scholarship and Paul B. Hunter Memorial Scholarship, as a forensic accountant, then eventually teach students among others. Pastrana also worked hard to secure like herself. on student success several external scholarships. BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM He excelled in his classes, while completing four internships, serving as president of the Space Club Emily Taylor is an active and working as student supervisor of the Engineering Army reservist studying rowing up on a farm in Spain, Francisco Physics Propulsion Lab. He was involved in multiple forensic accounting. Pastrana (’19) would watch the planes from a research projects that included developing payloads for G nearby airport take off above him. a NASA high-altitude aircraft and for Blue Origin’s New “It was so close that my horse would get Shepard Rocket. spooked,” he says. “I saw the 747s flying overhead, and I Pastrana eventually founded his own company, Beyond wanted to fly them. I always wanted to be a pilot.” Ares Technologies, LLC, with the help of fellow Embry- Francisco Pastrana earned his pilot’s certificate, but his Pastrana at Riddle student Patrick Serafin. The company plans to fascination with the mechanics of flight drove him to graduation in develop transportation technologies for Mars exploration. pursue an aerospace engineering degree at Embry-Riddle May 2019. “I worked 50-60 hours a week in the lab over the last with a space studies minor. three years,” Pastrana says. “My goal is to change the way “At Embry-Riddle, I learned that anything is possible, people travel by developing new space transportation if you put in enough effort,” says Pastrana, who is now “When you invest in today’s students, you are investing systems. Space is the new frontier.” a systems engineer at Raytheon’s Space and Airborne in the future leaders of tomorrow,” Pastrana says. Systems facility in El Segundo, California. “I have been A Perfect Transition able to fund my education here, thanks to scholarships.” Overcoming Obstacles By the time Emily Taylor enrolled at Embry-Riddle, Currently, Embry-Riddle awards $1.8 million annually For Pastrana, his journey to reach his goals seemed like a she had already spent four years tracking and analyzing in merit- and need-based, donor-driven scholarships, marathon at times. major global criminal operations as a U.S Army although there are efforts to grow the amount of funding After the global recession took a financial toll on his intelligence analyst. available to assist students. family in 2008, they moved from Spain to Miami, where “I found Embry-Riddle offered a degree in global “The value of scholarships goes beyond immediate one of his aunts lived. The youngest child with three older security and intelligence studies, and I thought it would be financial support. Scholarships allow Embry-Riddle to sisters, Pastrana spent his final year of high school trying the perfect transition,” says Taylor, a combat veteran and recruit talented students from diverse backgrounds and to become fluent in English and adjust to life in America. U.S. Army reservist who was deployed to the Middle East. encourage their success through graduation. In welcoming “It was a huge change for me,” Pastrana recalls. “I After taking a forensic accounting and fraud “Educating the next generation of accountants and a diverse student body, we are a better partner to industry had about 100 people in my K-12 school in Spain, and examination course with Associate Professor Cindy fraud examiners is going to be crucial,” she says. because we are their pipeline to an inclusive workforce. then I came here and it was 4,000 students. It was a huge Greenman, she fell in love with the field and decided to The Prescott Campus has been the perfect place for her to In many cases, scholarships strengthen the bond between culture shock.” pursue a bachelor’s degree in forensic accounting and build her forensic accounting skills with support from faculty alumni and the students they are helping, building the When he decided to attend Embry-Riddle, he knew his fraud examination. and staff, including scholarship assistance, Taylor says. Eagle network,” says University President P. Barry Butler. family did not have the resources to help him. Scholarships have played a critical role in helping Taylor “To share all of the incredible experiences I have had Many of Embry-Riddle’s best and brightest students, “I worked as a valet, cook, dishwasher, server and sold fund her education while continuing to serve her country. at Embry-Riddle would require me to write a book,” she like Pastrana, can only complete their studies with the clothes,” Pastrana said. “It was up to me to find funding “Scholarships have made me less nervous about the says. “I have received help, resources and encouragement

help of scholarships. and secure scholarships.” LABELLO DARYL CONNOR MCSHANE future,” says Taylor, who is currently a drill sergeant in in an amount that is not fathomable.”

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BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM

miniature bulldog figurine sits on Beach Campus and enriched cultural life with the shelf in the office of College of Arts an endowment that brings live performances to A and Sciences Dean Karen Gaines. students,” says Embry-Riddle President P. Barry The knickknack is a tangible reminder Butler. “[Additionally] her support made our of one of Embry-Riddle’s staunchest and most aerospace physiology degree possible. Her gifts to colorful supporters. us will continue to enrich our community.” It belonged to Helen Wessel (HonDoc ’17), a retired art professor whose generous estate gift is Transformative Gift supporting the growth of the college’s aerospace Wessel’s planned gift will fund the Helen Wessel physiology program, the first undergraduate Endowment for Women in Aerospace Physiology, program of its kind in the nation. which focuses on developing the university’s “Helen gave to this university through her passion aerospace physiology program established in 2017, to help,” says Gaines. “She will be missed. I had the and supporting more female students. privilege of spending time with her over the last “Aerospace physiology looks at how life responds three years, and I am a better person for it.” to the extreme environments of flight and space Wessel, who was named an honorary alumna of the from the cellular to organismal level,” says Gaines. university in 2017, left much more behind than her “If we are going to be leaders in aerospace, this is collection of beloved bulldogs, which were shared with absolutely a component.” her friends at her memorial service held March 14. The Wessel endowments will be dedicated to Never one for small gestures, she bequeathed fund aerospace physiology student scholarships, a gift to Embry-Riddle that would transform the internship and student research support, and university’s aerospace physiology program. This program support. most recent gift was by far her largest financial “It is a transformative gift,” says Lon Moeller, investment in the university. But she is most senior vice president for academic affairs and known for her gifts of artwork to the Daytona provost. “It is one thing to give back to your alma Beach Campus, given over the past 20 years, and mater, but it is another to give back to a place that an endowed chair for the Aerospace Physiology just impresses the heck out of you, because of what Program that she established prior to her passing. you’ve seen.” “Helen Wessel’s generosity to Embry-Riddle The aerospace physiology program currently has encompassed both the arts and sciences. She about 100 students, says Gaines. Of them, about half

funded iconic artwork throughout the Daytona want to work for NASA either as astronauts or to MASSEYDAVID

28 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY • 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT 2018-19 PHILANTHROPY IMPACT REPORT • EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY 29 support life sciences in space. Students study ways physiology program support the flight and space to improve human performance and pursue such industry, and the university has established Indelible Presence questions as why astronauts may be susceptible to partnerships with several NASA centers, U.S. Air Helen Wessel’s gifts of certain diseases like shingles when in space. Force, Army and Navy laboratories, as well as art create an enduring Other enrolled students in the program also private companies, like Space Tango, for student have ambitious goals, including supporting flight internships and research. impact for Daytona operations as either aerospace physiologists in the “We’re leveraging the fund to give students Beach Campus military or in aeromedical applications, or pursuing opportunities for experiential learning,” Gaines says. clinical medicine to become physicians, pathologists, Additionally, endowment funds will be used for pharmacists, and physical therapists. equipment to support the aerospace physiology he fingerprints of Helen “These students are intrigued by the university’s program and assist faculty mentors and students Wessel’s philanthropy are visible approach to physiology, not only because of the involved in research. throughout Embry-Riddle’s direct opportunities to support the aerospace “For example, as we use gene editing as a tool Daytona Beach Campus. TFrom Pathways to the Sky, a industry, but because it uniquely prepares them for in fighting disease, understanding how genes are clinical opportunities,” says Gaines. expressed in extreme environments like space help grand stainless-steel sculpture that Whatever path students choose, there is now us better understand the genome,” Gaines says. dominates the James Hagedorn Aviation Complex plaza to the Great financial support to help them achieve their goals. Some of the partnerships being explored involve The Pathways to the Sky sculpture is one of several artworks commissioned “Institutionally, we don’t have a lot of collegiate developing and deploying physiological payloads to Cascading Fountains outside the and gifted by Helen Wessel (HonDoc ’17) to the university. or departmental scholarships, so this is really the International Space Station. Much of the research, ICI Center, her numerous gifts of a breakthrough in that area,” says Moeller. especially involving the effects of radiation and artwork are now iconic symbols Wessel’s late husband, Bob, an the College of Aviation. The two “Scholarship support is critical these days when microgravity, have applications on Earth, Gaines adds. of the university. To round out her economist who also taught at the shared a love of art and collaborated colleges are so competitive. We’re all going after the “We’re looking at how life responds to extreme artistic vision, Wessel also created University of Cincinnati, was a savvy together on three of the sculptures same top talent and this differentiates Embry-Riddle environments and that can be space or flight.” an endowed fund to support arts and investor — the fruits of which resulted installed at Embry-Riddle. from other schools.” culture initiatives at the university’s in the founding of the Wessel “She called me the dean of arts The scholarships will also help increase the Clinical and Research Experience College of Arts and Sciences in Foundation in 1996, with the goal and aviation,” said Brady, who is also diversity of the university’s student body. The aerospace physiology program is also unique Daytona Beach. of supporting art and education. He a stained-glass artist, in an article “There are more women interested in that program, because it offers its students both clinical and Now, her transformational estate also loved to fly. published in the 2017 Philanthropy and it opens up career paths with NASA and medical research experience. The program partners with gift will grow the College of Arts and The couple retired as professors Impact Report. “I think we shared school for some of our top students,” Moeller says. Advent Health and other hospitals around the Sciences’ new Aerospace Physiology from the University of Cincinnati and a common bond in that we knew if nation to provide students the opportunity to program for years to come [see moved to Florida. Wessel became we did the right thing – as far as art Developing Partnerships participate in clinical experiences. related article]. acquainted with Embry-Riddle after for the institution – that it would last Internships and student research support is another “It’s geared toward what we plan to do in the An artist and educator, Wessel meeting Col. Charles “Chuck” D. beyond either one of us.” funding priority. Graduates of the aerospace future,” says aerospace physiology student Haleema (HonDoc ’17), passed away Jan. 12, Fountain at Metz Bar in Daytona In recent years, Wessel focused Irfan, who plans to become a physician. 2019, at the age of 93. For the past Beach Shores, where her best friend on investing in the university’s Additionally, undergraduate students can study 20 years, she gave a series of gifts was a bartender. aerospace physiology program and with professors conducting research in the field, to Embry-Riddle in the areas of art Fountain was a 1972 graduate of supporting more female students. In allowing them to gain highly valuable skills for and education. the Daytona Beach Campus, who 2017, she made a significant gift to biomedical and aerospace careers. Born in 1925 in Cincinnati, spent 18 years as the university’s create The Dr. Robert H. Wessel and For example, Irfan and fellow aerospace physiology Wessel was an avid artist from an director of business and director Dr. Helen M. Wessel Endowed Chair student Jenifer Schuman have been assisting Assistant early age. She earned degrees in art of facilities. Following his death in for Aerospace Physiology. Professor of Microbiology Hugo Castillo with his and education from the University 2009, Wessel gifted a bronze plaque “Helen has been a great friend research investigating DNA damage in a low-Earth- of Cincinnati College of Design, depicting “World War I, the Birth of and supporter of Embry-Riddle,” orbit environment and how background levels of Architecture and Art and taught art in Air Combat,” which she dedicated in said Bill Grams, retired dean of radiation impact cellular growth. Cincinnati public schools for 10 years. Fountain’s honor for the Legacy Walk. the College of Arts and Sciences. “The research part sets us on a path that other While teaching in Massachusetts, Later, Wessel became good “The beauty to our campus and the undergrad programs don’t typically have, giving us Wessel earned a master’s degree friends with Tim Brady, who served enhanced educational opportunities a foot in the door to future employers,” Irfan said. from Harvard University and then as chancellor of the Daytona provided by Helen Wessel’s gifts Helen Wessel proudly displays her Embry-Riddle “I love the program. It’s set up for the success of a Ph.D. in Art Education from the Beach Campus, and as professor truly provide a most important

doctorate at commencement (2017). the student.” MASSEYDAVID University of Cincinnati. of doctoral studies and dean for missing link for our university.”

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Frank and Novie Adams Scholarship Kathleen P. Digan Memorial Russell F. Holderman Scholarship Alison Mills Memorial Endowed Scholarship Kate Schwikert-Waidmann Jason E. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Dr. Shiv Aggarwal Endowed Endowed Scholarship Endowment Fund Jim Moran Memorial Endowment Endowed Memorial Scholarship John R. Thomas Endowed Scholarship Memorial Scholarship John and Audrey Eberle Holleyhawk Memorial Scholarship The Elizabeth Lee Morrison Kimball Scribner Endowed Scholarship Donald Topolinski Memorial Scholarship William Ashe Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Frank W. Hulse Scholarship Endowment Memorial Scholarship for Flight Christopher Seferiadis Arthur F. Tweedie Memorial Robert W. Baker Endowed AAR Ira A. Eichner Endowed Scholarship Jack Hunt Aviator Scholarship Endowment Frank H. Moxley Jr. Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Endowment Scholarship Endowment Memorial Scholarship Fund Douglas Alan Eshleman The Constance D. Hunter Gregory Muff Memorial Scholarship James Shapiro Endowed Scholarship Richard Vagnozzi Memorial James H. Bastian Endowed Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Space Physics Endowed Fund Kenneth J. and Shirley Sliwa Endowment Scholarship Maj. Andrew C. Becker, USAF, AFROTC Det. John A. Fidel Aviation Paul Benwood Hunter Memorial Laurence A. Myers Memorial Memorial Endowed Fund David M. Vinson Memorial 157 Leadership and Service Scholarship Endowment Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Fund Philip Dalton “Flip” Smith Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Herbert O. Fisher Endowed Scholarship Cale M. Kastanek Memorial Endowed Nackard Family Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Kyle R. Vredenburgh Memorial Carlos Alejandro Bellagamba Timothy P. Forte Memorial Presidential Scholarship Fund Major Charles A. Neyhart Endowed Scholarship Memorial Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Fund Peter V. Kinkade Memorial Scholarship No. 5 BFTS Memorial Scholarship Lisa Wagner Memorial Endowed Scholarship Stephanie Bellegarrigue Memorial Gary F. Fournier Memorial Scholarship Irma Kirk Endowed Scholarship Nicolai Endowed Scholarship 17 Christopher J. Walker Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship in Air Traffic Management Robert John Kleros Memorial Fund at the Prescott Campus NEW MEMORIAL Howard Walls Jr. Track & Field Col. and Mrs. Warren A. Bennett James David Frost Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Lawrence E. Nix Presidential SCHOLARSHIPS CREATED TO Memorial Endowed Scholarship ROTC Endowed Scholarship R. Gagne/S. Budesheim Ron Klotz Memorial Endowed Scholarship Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund HONOR PEOPLE WHO HAD TIES Ronald Weaver Endowed Scholarship Matthew Berk Endowed Scholarship Memorial Endowment Bob Knuth Memorial Endowed Linda Lu Notarpole Memorial Fred E. Weick Endowed Scholarship TO EMBRY-RIDDLE AND/OR TO Berlin Airlift Veterans Endowed Prescott Golden Eagles - Gehlert Scholarship in Flight Endowed Scholarship Dudley A. Whitman Endowed Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Krystal Koch Memorial Josephine O’Connor Memorial THE AVIATION INDUSTRY Presidential Scholarship Blanchette Scholarship for Excellence Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship John Winant Endowed Scholarship in the Computing Sciences at Prescott Leonard Kohn Memorial Scholarship Deborah Osborne Memorial Alice P. Sparrow Endowed Persh Wipff Avionics Contest Dr. Hyman L. Bloom Memorial Phi Kappa $628,000 Todd Kraska Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship for Women of Excellence Scholarship Award Endowment Phi Endowed Scholarship for Women MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Eilon Krugman-Kadi Memorial David Robert Overly Memorial R. 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Goldman and Endowed Scholarship Memorial Endowed Scholarship Druria L. Sylvester Scholarship Scholarship in Aeronautical Science AAEF - Bessie Coleman Jack R. Hunt Scholarship Arnold M. Lewis Jr. Endowed Scholarship Dr. Norval F. Pohl Memorial Scholarship Charles R. Tennstedt Memorial Capt. Joseph J. Zuffoletto Freshman Scholarship Award David J. Gonnion Memorial Robert E. Machol Endowed Scholarship Michael Popp Memorial Endowed Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Endowment Central Florida Alumni Chapter - Scholarship Fund Pat Magie Endowed Scholarship Endowed Flight Scholarship Elizabeth P. Coley Endowed Scholarship Mark V. Haas Endowed Scholarship Gianni Manganelli Memorial Kal Seshadri Purushotham David Counts Memorial Endowed Benjamin T. Hall Scholarship Fund Endowed Scholarship Memorial Endowed Scholarship Basketball Scholarship Joey Max Hanley Memorial Edwin Marchetti Memorial Mike Reynolds Memorial Elizabeth “Lisa” W. 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Board of Trustees

Mr. John Amore (’73) Mr. Neal Keating Mr. David O’Maley chief executive officer chairman, president & chief executive officer chairman emeritus Global General Insurance Kaman Corporation Ohio National Financial Services Inc. Zurich Financial Services (Retired) Gen. Ronald Keys Mr. Glenn Ritchey Mr. Kenneth Dufour (’85, ’89) U.S. Air Force (Retired) president & chief executive officer president principal Jon Hall Automotive Group Aviation Management Consulting RK Solution Enterprises senior advisor Mr. David Robertson Dr. Charles “Chuck” Duva, M.D. Bipartisan Policy Center owner president & chief executive officer Robertson Racing DuvaSawko Inc. Dr. Joseph Martin (HonDoc ’18; ’74) office of the chairman & Mr. Jean Rosanvallon Dr. Jim Henderson (HonDoc ’13) vice chairman of the board special senior advisor chairman & chief executive officer Fairchild Semiconductor International Dassault Falcon Jet AssuredPartners Inc. (Retired) Mr. Zane Rowe (’91) Dr. Mori Hosseini (HonDoc ’13; ’78, ’79, ’82) Dr. Sally Mason, Ph.D. executive vice president & chairman & chief executive officer president emerita chief financial officer Intervest Construction Inc. University of Iowa VMware Inc.

Ms. Janet Kavandi Mr. Steve Nordlund (’90) Mr. Jon Slangerup (’81) senior vice president vice president & general manager chairman & chief executive officer Sierra Nevada Corporation Boeing NeXt American Global Logistics

Trustees Emeriti

Mr. Lawrence Clarkson Dr. Philip Elliott Jr., Esq. Mr. Harry Lamon Dr. S. Harry Robertson president (HonDoc ’04; ’72) principal (HonDoc ’72) Boeing Enterprises attorney at law Lamon & Sherman Consulting president & chief executive officer (Retired) Philip H. Elliott Jr., P.A. (Retired) Robertson Research Group

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