Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Wife Of Former Cessna Chairman To Be Honored At Aero Club
Ball
The Wichita Aero Club has announced that will present its first
Wichita Aero Club Trophy to Mrs. Velma L. Wallace (pictured). The
trophy, which is to be awarded annually to a living person or
persons with a strong relationship to the Wichita area or region
who has distinguished himself or herself through exemplary
achievements or contributions in the field of aviation or aerospace
will be presented to Mrs. Wallace at the Club's annual Ball on
Saturday evening, September 18, 2010 at the Wichita Airport
Hilton.
The selection of Mrs. Wallace was one that received a great deal
of support from representatives of every aviation company in
Wichita, and from around the industry, for that matter," explained
Dave Franson, executive director of the Wichita Aero Club. "Her
influence has been felt throughout the aerospace community because
of the ongoing interest and personal relationships she has
maintained with Wallace scholars over many years. There are many
leading engineers in Wichita's aviation companies who have a great
deal of affection for Mrs. Wallace and have remain indebted to her
for giving them a boost in their education at Wichita State
University. She always made it a point to get to know the
recipients of the Wallace scholarships, to host luncheons for them
and to stay in touch with them. Her interest went far beyond just
endowing a scholarship that bears Dwane's and her name. There are,
in fact, more than 200 Wallace Scholars who have benefited from Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace's generosity in the more than 30 years since they
established the endowment ... and Velma took personal pride in each
one of them."
Velma Wallace is more than just the wife of Dwane Wallace, the
former chairman of Cessna Aircraft Company. An accomplished single
and multi-engine pilot in her own right, she maintained an active
role in the Wichita community and in the aviation world through her
continued involvement with Wichita State's College of Engineering
even after Mr. Wallace's death in 1989. She earned the
Wichita Area Girl Scout Council's "Woman of Distinction" Award, the
Chamber of Commerce's "Uncommon Citizen" Award, the Forum for
Executive Women "Wing Walker Award" and the National Conference for
Community and Justice "Brotherhood and Sisterhood" Award to go with
the President's Medal and recognition as an Honorary Alumna she
received from Wichita State University. She was also
instrumental in the completion of Exploration Place, Wichita's
dynamic science center.
A native of Wichita, Mrs. Wallace graduated from Wichita
Business College and began her business career at Cessna Aircraft
Company where she met Dwane Wallace. They married and raised four
daughters: Linda, Diana, Karen and Sarah.
"Mrs. Wallace was selected from a number of very deserving
nominees submitted by members of the public," Franson noted. "The
Committee, which included members of the Wichita Aero Club Board of
Directors and prominent members of the aviation community,
evaluated all of the nominations before choosing the winner. We
especially wanted this initial recipient to be someone whose ties
to Wichita are obvious and well established. Mrs. Wallace was born
and raised here and has been a significant contributor to this
community for virtually her entire life. We're extremely pleased to
recognize her in this way." The other nominees will remain
under consideration for the award in the future, Franson
said.
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