The American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) told ANN Thursday the
recipients of the 2007 Aerospace Spotlight Awards. This year's
honorees include NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, and Aloha
Airgroup Chairman Gordon Bethune.
Presentation of the awards will take place at the Aerospace
Spotlight Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC.
Aerospace Spotlight Award Recipients
AIAA Foundation Award for Excellence -- Gordon Bethune,
chairman of the board, Aloha Airgroup, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Daniel Guggenheim Medal – Robert Loewy, William T. Oakes
professor and chair of the
Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta,
GA
Distinguished Service Award – William W. Vaughan,
research professor, University of
Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
Goddard Astronautics
Award – Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator, Washington,
DC.
International Cooperation Award – Graham Gibbs, counselor
for space affairs, Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Embassy,
Washington, DC
Reed Aeronautics Award – Meyer (Mike) Benzakein, Wright
Brothers Institute professor and chair of Aerospace Engineering,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
AIAA Educator Achievement Award Winners
Kareen Borders, Key Peninsula Middle School, Lakebay, WA
Russ Billings, Kearsley High School, Flint, MI
Lori Derf, Sol C. Johnson High School, Savannah, GA
Richard Glueck, Orono Middle School, Orono, ME
Ricardo Soria, Chocawhatchee High School, Ft. Walton Beach,
FL
Timothy Spuck, Oil City Area Senior High School, Oil City,
PA
Nancy Tashima, Konawaena High School/Onizuka Space Center,
Kailua-Kona, HI
AIAA also announced its Honorary Fellows and Fellows for 2007
They will also be honored at the May ceremony.
Honorary Fellows
Jerry Grey, Aerospace and Energy Consultant
Malcolm O’Neill, Lockheed Martin Corporation
(Retired)
Michael Yarymovych, Sarasota Space Associates
Fellows
Frederik Abbink, National
Aerospace Laboratory
Ronald Adrian, Arizona State University
William Anderson, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Monika Auweter-Kurtz, University of Hamburg
H. Wilhelm Behrens, Northrop Grumman Space Tech.
James Berry, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Kumar Bhatia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Robert Bishop, University of Texas at Austin
Robert Braun, Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard Covey, United Space Alliance
Howard “Pat” Curtiss, Princeton University
Mark Drela, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fereidoun (Feri) Farassat, NASA Langley Research Center
Wilson Felder, FAA
Alon Gany, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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