Three Outstanding Students Receive Financial Aid
Airports Council International -
North America's (ACI-NA) Commissioners Committee accepted the
Scholarship Review Committee's recommendation to award scholarships
of $2,500 each to three aviation students, at the ACI-NA
Commissioners Committee meeting in Austin, Texas over the weekend.
Recipients include Brett Fay, a student at Middle Tennessee State
University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Gregory Myers from
Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah; and Robert Hanks, from
California State University in Los Angeles, California.
"The Commissioners Committee is proud to honor these students
for their academic excellence and leadership," said David G.
Jennings, Chair of ACI-NA's Commissioners Committee and Chairman of
the Charleston County Aviation Authority. "These dedicated students
represent the future of the aviation industry, and the Committee is
confident that they will provide a positive influence throughout
their careers."
The Commissioners' Committee Scholarship is designed to
encourage and promote excellence in the educational areas necessary
for effective airport management or operation. The ACI-NA
Commissioners' Committee has awarded more than 30 scholarships
totaling more than $100,000 to students within the past 16
years.
ACI-NA Commissioners established the Scholarship Fund in October
1993 to recognize students with high academic achievement who are
working toward a career in airport management or airport
operations. The scholarship program recognizes the importance of
the highly specialized education necessary for an individual to
receive to fill the extremely complex and multi-disciplined role of
being a professional airport administrator or airport operator.
To effectively run today's modern aviation facilities an
airport manager or airport operator must have high levels of
management, operational and accounting skills coupled with some
aviation experience.
Brett Fay attends Middle Tennessee State
University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he majors in Aerospace
Administration. He has earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.9
for his academic work in aerospace administration. Fay plans to
pursue an occupation in executive management, and is currently
working part time for a small airport consulting firm where he
coauthored an Airport Cooperative Research Project for the
Transportation Research Board on self-fueling operations and
federally obligated airports.
Gregory Myers attends Westminster College in
Salt Lake City, Utah, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree
in Aviation Management with a minor in Aviation Operations. Within
the last two years, Myers has received is private pilot's license
and is close to completing his instrument rating. Myers would like
to work in airport operations.
Robert Hanks is working on a Bachelor of
Science degree in Aviation Technology at California State
University in Los Angeles, California, and has a cumulative GPA of
3.8. Hanks served as Lander County, Nevada county
administrator, and was appointed to the local County Airport
Authority. He currently works for the City of Los Angeles and would
like to pursue a career in airport management.
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.15.24)
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