Falcon Scholar
        Lindsey Ada Barber

Scholarship in Honor of
        Jacqueline Cochran

Sponsored by
        The Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs)

Jacqueline Cochran earned her pilot’s license in 1932.  After the United States entered WWII, at the request of military authorities, she enlisted a group of 25 women pilots to ferry airplanes throughout England between airports and factories. Later, she was appointed to the general staff of the U.S. Air Force as Director of Women pilots where she directed all phases, both training and operations, of the Women Air Force Service Pilots.  In 1953, she was the first woman to break the speed of sound.  She held the rank of Lt Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.  In 1971 she was enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, OH.
  

Falcon Scholar
       Johnathan Michael Cody

Scholarship in Honor of
        General John C. Meyer

Sponsored by
        Maj General William Lyon

John Meyer was a leading ace in WWII with 37.5 kills.  He also saw combat in Korea where he was commander of the 4^th Fighter Group.  He later graduated from Air War College and was retained as an instructor.  He also served two assignments to the Joint Chiefs of Staff before becoming Vice Chief of the Air Force and later, the seventh Commander in Chief of Strategic Air Command.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Emily Ada Healey

Scholarship in Honor of
         Amelia Earhart

Sponsored by
         United Technologies

In 1928, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic.  In 1932, she was the first woman to fly solo over Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland.  The flight was completed in 14 hours and 56 minutes.  In 1937 during an attempt to set a flight record around the globe at the equator, she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, flew 22,000 miles before disappearing over the Pacific.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Cameron Stephen Hester

Scholarship in Honor of
         Brig General William R. Lovelace

Sponsored by
         The Iron Gate Chapter of the Air Force Association

William Lovelace attended Harvard Medical School.  In 1934 he became a surgeon leading research in aero-space medicine.  He conducted medical experiments for the Gemini and Mercury space flights.  He held high altitude jump record at 40K ft.  He was killed in light plane crash over Colorado in 1965.
 

Falcon Scholar
         Joshua Michael Huckabee

Scholarship in Honor of
         The Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert

Sponsored by
         The Skelly Trust

Mr. Zuckert graduated from Yale University. He spent most of his life in public service and in addition, practiced law.  He was a consultant in the field of atomic energy and for three years was an attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy.  He served as the 7^th Secretary of the Air Force from 1961-1965.  Mr. Zuckert also held several key government posts, taught and co-authored books and articles.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Vincent Rocchi Kendziora

Scholarship in Honor of
       Brig General Robert F. McDermott

Sponsored by
       United Services Automobile Association (USAA)

Robert McDermott was a 1943 graduate of West Point and served in World War II. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1950 and served on the Faculty at West Point.  He went to the U.S. Air Force Academy as Vice Dean of the Faculty and became Dean in 1956.   He was the first Permanent  Dean at the USAF Academy and considered by many the Father of Modern Military education.  After retirement he took USAA to one of the top 10 companies in the United States.
 

Falcon Scholar
         Daniel Chuson Lee

Scholarship in Honor of
         The Honorable Harold Brown

Sponsored by
         The Skelly Trust

Harold Brown graduated from Columbia University in 1945 and later earned his Ph.D. in Physics.  He lectured in physics at Columbia University and was a research scientist at the University of California Berkeley.  He was a delegate to the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks beginning in 1969.  He served as Secretary of the Air Force from 1965 to 1969, and also served as Secretary of Defense in the late 1970’s.  He holds many honors, among them the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Christopher Andrew Maloney

Scholarhip in Honor of
         Mr. T. A. Wilson 

Sponsored by
         The Boeing Company

T.A. Wilson graduated from Iowa State University in 1943 with a degree in aeronautical engineering and joined Boeing the same year.  He was project engineer for the B-52 program and helped win the Minuteman ICBM program.  Under his direction, Boeing carried out many military development and productions programs.  Wilson led Boeing to a position as a major participant in the space program.  In 1972, he was elected Chairman of the Board at Boeing and retained the CEO position he already held.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Michael Phillip Mason

Scholarship in Honor of
       General T. R. Milton

Established by
       Oklahoma Publishing Company

T.R. Milton graduated from West Point in 1940 then flew B-17 aircraft until the end of World War II.  He served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, to the Commander-in-Chief Pacific, and as Chief of Staff, Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, VA.  After promotion to Lt General, he was assigned to HQ U.S. Air Force as Inspector General and then named Comptroller of the Air Force.  He served the U.S. representative to the NATO Military Committee and was promoted to the rank of General in 1971.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Kevin Bruce McCann

Scholarship in Honor of
       General John D. Ryan

 Sponsored by
        Maj Gen Harold E. Humfeld

John D. Ryan graduated from West Point in 1938 and received a commission in the U.S. Army.  He received his wings in 1939 and instructed in the Air Training Command.  He served as Commander in Chief of the Strategic Air Command, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.  He served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force from 1969-1973.  His son Mike, is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and also served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Lindsay Morse

Scholarship in Honor of
       Mrs. Ruth Apperson Eaker

Sponsored by
       Eaker Estate

Ruth Apperson Eaker attended George Washington University and was an instructor at the Washington School for Secretaries.  She married Ira C. Eaker in 1931.  During the war years while her husband was in England. Ruth stayed busy with bond rallies and ceremonial trips to war production plants.  She participated in civic and charitable affairs and was considered by the Air Force community to be the quintessential military wife.  She was a Trustee of the Falcon foundation.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Robert Collin Nicholson

Scholarship in Honor of
        Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr.

Sponsored by
        Mr. William R. Ireland Sr.

Colin Kelly, Jr. was a Marion Military Institute graduate as his father before him. He graduated from West Point in 1937 and was America’s first hero of World War II.  He flew B-17s with the Army Air Corps in Luzon, Philippines.  On one mission he destroyed an enemy battleship.  On the way home his B-17 was attacked and caught fire.  Captain Kelly realized the plane was doomed and ordered the crew out of the aircraft.  The burning plane exploded and crashed before Captain Kelly could leave the plane.  He was the first graduate from West Point to be killed in World War II.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Christopher Andrew Perkins

Scholarship in Honor of
         Honorable Robert C. Seamans

Sponsored by
         The Skelly Trust

Robert C. Seamans was the ninth Secretary of the Air Force from 1969-1973.  Prior to serving as Secretary, he was Deputy Administrator of NASA.  He was later the Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Professor, a visiting professorship in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and from 1978-1983 was Dean of Engineering at MIT.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Devon Zacheriah Phillips

Scholarship In Honor of
        Lt General Frank M. Andrews

Sponsored by
        The Air Force Association’s Aerospace Educational Foundation

Frank M. Andrews graduated from West Point in 1906 and started his career in the cavalry.  In 1935 he was made the first Commander of General Headquarters at Langley Field, VA.  General Andrews led the battle for operational independence and a greater role for the B-17. He stimulated great advances of organization, doctrine and weapon systems. In 1942 he was assigned command of all US Forces in the Middle East and shortly thereafter all US Forces in the European Theater. He played a pivotal role in building and commanding the first real air corps combat command. On May 3, 1943 at the age of 59, General Andrews was killed in an aircraft accident in Iceland.
 

Falcon Scholar
      Jonathon Hunter Powell

Scholarship in Honor of
      General Lauris Norstad

Sponsored by
       The Iron Gate Chapter of the Air Force Association

Lauris Norstad graduated from West Point in 1930.  He assisted General Hap Arnold plan the initial air offensives for World War II.  In 1950, Lt General Norstad was Commander In Chief of US Air Forces in Europe.  He had a brilliant military career as a pilot and intelligence officer and in 1953 was designated Air Deputy of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.  In 1956 General Eisenhower appointed him Supreme Commander in Europe and during the next six years in that position, he became know as a “military statesman.”
 

Falcon Scholar
       Margaret Alice Powers

Scholarship in Honor of
       Women Air Service Pilots

 Sponsored by
        Falcon Foundation

After the attack on Pearl Harbor Jacqueline Cochran proposed to General H. H. “Hap” Arnold that women pilots be trained in military aircraft to help free male pilots for overseas duty.  Hard pressed for pilots, Arnold agreed.  The women, later known as Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) flew planes in a variety of assignments including test flights.  In 1979 the Air Force acknowledged their service and they “became” veterans.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
      The Honorable Thomas K. Finletter

Sponsored by
       The Skelly Trust

Thomas K. Finletter, attorney, student of economic and foreign affairs and author, was sworn in as the second Secretary of the Air Force on April 24, 1950.  He served as a Captain in World War I.  He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1920 and the New York Bar in 1921.  He served as Chief of the Economic Cooperation Administration’s mission to the United Kingdom and later served as the chairman of the President’s Air Policy Commission which had been formed to draft an air policy for the nation.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Malcolm Lewis Strong

Scholarship in Honor of
       General Benjamin W. Chidlaw 

 Sponsored by
        The Millard Foundation

Benjamin Chidlaw graduated from West Point in 1922, and completed flight training at Brooks and Kelly Fields in Texas.  He was the first commander of the Continental Air Defense Command.  He laid the foundation for unified aerospace defense of United States.  He is also known as the Air Force engineer who directed the first development of the jet engine and jet aircraft in this Country. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Bruce K. Holloway

Established by
        Citizens of Orlando
        Co-funded by McCawley Little Trust

Bruce K. Holloway was a Marion Military Institute graduate and 1937 graduate of West Point.  He flew in China with Claire Chennault and was an ace with 13 Japanese kills.  General Holloway left China in 1943 and later became the first jet group commander at March Field in 1946.  He earned his first star in 1953, attained the rank of Major General in 1957 and became Lieutenant General as Deputy Commander in Chief, Strike Command.  He received his fourth star as commander of US Forces in Europe and then served as Vice Chief of Staff in Washington.  His last assignment was as Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Jay Robert Zeigler

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. Clarence L. Johnson

Sponsored by
        The Lockheed-Martin Corp

Clarence (Kelly) Johnson graduated from the University of Michigan and later worked with Lockheed where he helped design the Constellation series of aircraft to include the T-33, F80, F-104, the U-2 and the SR-71.  Kelly was well respected for his management philosophy and integrity. He received almost every award that can be bestowed on an aeronautical engineer, was elected to the Aviation Hall of Fame and also, received the National Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt General Thomas S. Moorman

Sponsored by
        Air Academy National Bank

Thomas Moorman’s career focused on two distinctive areas; the application of meteorology to military aviation and the education and training of the future leaders of the Air Force.  He graduated from West Point in 1933, then graduated from flight school in 1934.  He flew B-26 Marauders during the crucial weeks following D-Day.  Later, as Superintendent of the Air Force Academy, he expanded the number of academic departments and initiated a number of improvements in Basic Cadet Training.  He also expanded the soaring and parachute training and began the T-41 Flight Training Program at the Academy. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        General James V. Hartinger

Sponsored by
        First Bank
        Co-Funded by the McCawley-Little Trust 

James Hartinger served as an infantry sergeant in World War II.  Following the war, he attended West Point and graduated in 1949.  He received his wings at Williams AFB in Arizona.  Over the course of his career, he was Commander of the Ninth Air Force and Twelfth Air Force and was the Commander in Chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.  He was promoted to four star general in October 1981.  In September 1982, he was named the first Commander of Space Command. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Major General Hugh J. Knerr

Established by
        Air Force Association Iron Gate Chapter

From 1927-30, Hugh Knerr, a great believer in air power, while Commanding Officer of the 2^nd Bomb Group, developed bombing tactics for Army Air Corps. He retired in 1939 after serving 30 years but was recalled in 1942.  He became a major general in 1944 and was appointed Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Air Forces, Europe.  He worked with many of the Air Force’s great leaders who depended on him in building and running the air arm of the1930’s and WWII. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. Bob Hope

Sponsored by
        Mrs. Frances Langford

Bob Hope was well known for entertaining troops in combat and brought them love, hope, happiness and a desire to survive. He entertained millions of servicemen during three wars. His name is associated with the USO by almost everyone in the US. President Kennedy presented him with the Congressional Gold Medal and President Reagan dubbed him as America’s Good Will Ambassador to the World.   He raised over a billion dollars for humanitarian causes. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Brig General Charles E. Yeager

Sponsored by
        The Northrop Corporation

Chuck Yeager trained as a pilot in the Flying Sergeants Program in World War II.  He was shot down in Germany and escaped through France to Spain.  He returned to the war to become an Ace with 13 kills.  On October 14, 1947 he became the first to fly faster than the speed of sound, and was inducted to Aviation Hall of Fame.  He is a command pilot and has flown just under 11,000 hours in 178 different types of military aircraft.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mrs. Carl A. Spaatz

Sponsored by
        Brig Gen and Mrs. R.D. Campbell

Ruth Harrison Spaatz, and Carl A “Tooey” Spaatz were married in July 1917.  Ruth was known as a gracious and considerate person.  Her lifelong interest in theater and short acting career prepared her to be an articulate and effective speaker and advocate for the Red Cross and other organizations helping the War effort.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Curtis E. LeMay

Sponsored by
        The Boeing Company

Curtis LeMay was an honor student at Ohio State University and completed ROTC there.  He received his wings at Kelly Field in 1929.  Prior to World War II, he pioneered air routes.  He commanded the Third Bombardment Division during World War II and did whatever he asked of others.  He also commanded the 20^th Air Force and the United States Air Forces in Europe during the Berlin Air Lift.  He was the first Commander of the Strategic Air Command.  His name is synonymous with nuclear deterrence.  He was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force when he retired.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        The Honorable John C. Stetson

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

John C. Stetson, Secretary of the Air Force from 1997-1979, is a 1943 MIT graduate.  He was commissioned and served in the Navy until the end of WWII.  He then worked as a structural engineer for Douglas Aircraft Company.  He lived in Kuwait and Iran as consultant for international oil companies.  From 1963-1970 he was President of Houston Post Publishing Company.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Ira C. Eaker

Sponsored by
        Litton Industries

Ira Eaker became a pilot at Kelly Field, Texas in 1918.  In 1936, he made the first non-stop transcontinental flight, refueling in the air.  As World War II approached, he was one of a small group that led the effort to draw attention to the capabilities of aircraft.  Later, he was Commander of the Eighth Air Force during World War II, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces and Deputy Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.  He served with Generals Arnold and Spaatz.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lamana Kelly Dixon & General Robert J. Dixon

Sponsored by
        The Dixon Family

 Lamana Kelly Dixon met her husband will she was serving in the office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the Pentagon.  She volunteered for many organizations over the years and was successful in obtaining increased AF funds to upgrade Child Care and Youth Centers at TAC bases. Mrs. Dixon continued to volunteer after her husband’s retirement from the Air Force and served for nine years on the Air Force Village Foundation Board.

Robert J. Dixon, a 1941 Graduate of Dartmouth College, served in three wars.  During WWII he was shot down and taken prisoner of war.  He flew F-86’s during the Korean war and served at Vice Commander of the Seventh Air Force during the Vietnam war.  Also, during the Vietnam war, he flew F-4’s and other aircraft.  He was Commander of the Tactical Air Command until his retirement in 1978.  After retirement from the Air Force he served as President and Chairman of the Board of Fairchild Republic Company until 1982.   He was an advocate of Character Development for officers.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt General Benjamin N. Bellis

Sponsored by
        Mr. John F. Olive

Benjamin N. Bellis graduated from West Point in 1946 with a BS degree in Military Engineering, a commission, and his pilot wings.  He earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1952 and a Master of Science in Business Administration in 1965.  He directed the development of the F-15 from a paper competition through initial operational production.  He holds the aeronautical rating of Command Pilot and was awarded the Master Missileman Badge.  General Bellis served as President of Falcon Foundation for 18 years.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt General James Elbert Briggs

Sponsored by
        Maj General Robert J. Smith
 

James Elbert Briggs graduated from West Point in 1924 and was a Regimental Commander his last year there.  He later earned his pilot’s wings at Kelly Field in Texas.  As a colonel, he served in WWII. In 1956, as a major general, he became the second superintendent of the USAF Academy.  He chaired the committee to review and approve the first curriculum, led the march from Lowery AFB to the permanent site in Colorado Springs and persisted to secure accreditation for the curriculum before the first class graduated. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt Edward A. Levell, III

Sponsored by
        The Millard Foundation

Edward Levell, known as “Chico”, attended Millard School.  Following Prep School, graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1976.  He attended Pilot Training at Craig AFB, AL, then went on to Holloman AFB, NM, and Luke AFB in AZ for Fighter training.  He was killed during an F-4 night mission out of Nellis AFB, NV.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Samuel C. Phillips

Sponsored by
        United Services Automobile Association

Samuel C. Phillips’ career parallels the United State’s Space Program.  He directed research and development activities and provided leadership for a number of significant defense and space programs ranging from the B-52 to Minuteman and Apollo.  General Phillips became the Apollo Director that achieved Neil Armstrong’s Moon Walk in 1969.  In 1972 he was appointed as head of NSA by Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Captain Craig Paul

Sponsored by
        The Millard Foundation

Craig Paul was determined from the age of 10 to become an Air Force Academy Cadet, but did not receive an appointment upon graduation from high school.  He was awarded a Falcon Scholarship to Millard School and graduated in 1964.  He was appointed to the Academy and graduated with the Class of 1969. He earned his navigator wings in 1970 at Mather AFB, CA, & then went to Beale AFB, CA, for B-52 Electronic Warfare Officer training.  In 1972, he was shot down over Hanoi, Viet Nam. No parachutes were seen but reports came back that Paul had helped a gunner escape the plane and he was later captured and killed.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Derek John Winkler

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt General Benjamin O. Davis

Sponsored by
        United Technologies

Benjamin Davis  graduated from West Point in 1936.  He later graduated from the Army’s Advanced Flying School near Tuskeegee, AL and transferred to the Army Air Corps.  In 1943 he commanded the 99^th Fighter Squadron and later the 332^nd Fighter Wing.  He was the first African American general and during his career, held many staff and command positions at home and abroad.  After retirement from the Air Force, General Davis held the position of Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Department.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Daniel Young Won

Scholarship in Honor of
        Glenn L. Martin

Sponsored by
       Lockheed Martin Corporation

Glenn Martin, a pioneer in the development of manufacturing techniques, was the founder of Martin Aircraft which produced the Marauder B26, China clippers and other sea planes.  He has many firsts to his credit including being the first to deliver newspapers by plane.
 

Falcon Scholar
       James Michael Arceneaux

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Harold C. Stuart

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Harold Stuart was a 1936 graduate of the University of Virginia.  In 1941, the Governor appointed him a State Judge.  In 1942, he resigned and went to Officer Training School and Combat Intelligence School.  He was later appointed Assistant Secretary of the Air Force by President Truman.  In 1958, with his mother-in-law, the late Gertrude Skelly, he established the Gertrude Skelly Scholarship Trust to provide scholarships for any motivated son or daughter of career military personnel of all services who desire to attend the Air Force Academy.  He served as Vice Chairman of the Falcon Foundation for 21 years.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Joshua Dean Butler

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Edward Aldridge held various Senior Management and Staff positions in the aerospace industry prior to joining the Department of Defense.  In 1981 he became Undersecretary of the Air Force where he began his direction and guidance to the Air Force space programs.  He then served as Secretary of the Air Force from 1986-1988.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Steven Robert Collins

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Harold E. Talbott

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Harold Talbott graduated from Yale in 1911.  He served as a Major in the Signal Corps during World War I.  During World War II he was director of aircraft production of the War Production Board.  Along with many other notable positions, Mr. Ta