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
        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
        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.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Neill Anthony Sta Cruz Lapurga

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.
 

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
        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
      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.
 

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. 
 

Falcon Scholar
        Jason Robert Marks Acreman

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Nathan F. Twining

Sponsored by
        Boeing Company

Nathan Twining graduated with the West Point Class of 1918 and trained in the infantry until 1923 when he went to flying school.  In 1942, he became assistant executive in the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps.  In 1943, the B-17 he was in ditched in the Pacific.  He and 13 others survived for six days in a rubber raft with virtually no food and two canteens of water.  General Twining was the third Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the first Air Force Officer to be appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Donald A. Quarles

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Donald Quarles received his BA from Yale in 1916.  He served two years in France and Germany during WWI.  He was an engineer for Western Electric Company (later Bell Telephone Laboratories), where he held many positions and in 1948 was designated Vice President.  In 1952, he was made Vice President of Western Electric and President of Sandia Corporation. 1953, he became Assistant Secretary of Defense and in 1955 was given an interim appointment as Secretary of the Air Force by President Eisenhower. 
 

Falcon Scholar
       Erik David Clark

Scholarship in Honor of
        General James H. Doolittle

Sponsored by
        TRW Inc

James Doolittle was an aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, commanding general, aerospace executive, and Medal of Honor holder. He earned a doctor of Science degree in aeronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  As a bomber pilot in World War ll, he was one of America’s great aviation heroes.  He led the air attack on mainland Japan in 1942.  The Association of Graduates building (Doolittle Hall) is named in his honor. 
 

Falcon Scholar
        Joshua Alan Dahlenburg

Scholarship in Honor of
        Maj General Gwynn H. Robinson

Sponsored by
        Mr. Paul W. Trousdale

Gwynn Robinson’s military service took him from Private on a horse to General in a jet.  He enlisted in a New York State National Guard regiment, and later flew B-26 bombers during World War II.  On his last mission, with one engine shot out, he managed to keep flying while his crew shot down five of ME-109s before crash landing in the Mediterranean with all crew members surviving.  He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. General Robinson returned to active duty during the Korean War.  Then as a civilian, he worked for the Northrop Corporation.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Falcon Foundation.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        C3C Chaney King

Sponsored by
       The King Family and the Falcon Foundation

Chaney King was tragically killed in a car accident on January 18, 2003.  What Chaney possessed in her short life was the drive, determination and perseverance to achieve her dreams even when obstacles were in her way.  Chaney was a Falcon Scholar at Northwestern Preparatory School and entered the Academy with the class of 2005.  As a member of Squadron 13, she served as honor clerk at the time of the accident.  She was a member of the women’s lacrosse team and founder of a mentoring/support group for female cadets and female officers.  Chaney stated many times that without the Falcon Foundation and Northwestern Prep, she would not have succeeded at USAFA.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Corey Murray Davis

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Thomas C. Reed

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Thomas C. Reed, Secretary of the Air Force from January 1976 until April 1977, received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1956.  He graduated first in his class and was the highest ranking cadet officer in the AFROTC program during his senior year.  He served in the Air Force until 1961 and during that time worked on the Minuteman Re-entry Vehicle system.  He later organized Supercon Ltd. and Quaker Hill Development Corp.  While Secretary of the Air Force, he signed the first B-1 production order.

Falcon Scholar
       Allen Joseph Dunn II

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
         Michael Anthony Fisk

Scholarship in Honor of
         Maj General Benjamin D. Foulois

 Sponsored by
         United Technologies

Benjamin Foulois, received flight instruction from the Wright Brothers by correspondence and became Chief of Air Service for the 1^st US Army and American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.  He was a strong advocate for a first-rate Air Force.  He designed the first radio receiving set used in the US on an airplane.  He proposed a large, all purpose bomber which became the B-17. He had the greatest influence on Air Power for over 50 yrs.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Kyle David Fitle

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. Gerhard Neumann

Sponsored by
        The General Electric Company

Gerhard Neumann was born and educated in Germany.  In 1939 he flew to China to maintain German military equipment for the Chinese Nationalist Air Force.  After internment by the British, he slipped into Free China and later joined the Flying Tigers as an engineering specialist.  Gerhard enlisted in the US Army Air Corps, earned the rank of Master Sergeant, and became a citizen of the United States by a Special Act of Congress.  After discharge from the Air Force he worked for General Electric and became Group Executive of the Aircraft Engine Business Group in 1968.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Adam Spenser Geeskie

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
        Daniel Preston Gregory

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. Talbott served as Chairman of the Board for the North American Aviation Company.  In 1953 he was appointed as the 3^rd Secretary of the Air Force and approved the location of United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Joshua Robert Hager 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. Leroy R. Grumman

Sponsored by
        Grumman Aerospace

Leroy Grumman was 1 of 6 founders of the Grumman Corporation.  He joined the Navy at the outbreak of WWI then applied for naval aviation duty.  He was later a flight instructor and test pilot. As leader of the Grumman Corporation, his great innovations in aircraft design included the first retractable gear and amphibians.  His unique way of folding the wings of carrier-based planes permitted a 50 percent increase in the number of aircraft a carrier could accommodate.  The Grumman Corporation built the Lunar Module that carried the astronauts to the moon.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Casey Bo Hancock

Scholarship in Honor of
        Brig General Edward O. Martin

Sponsored by
        ZHA Incorporated

Edward Martin was an Air Force leader at Squadron, Base, Wing, & Division levels. He believed in Leadership Training and Professional Development, and originated “Peace is our Profession” for SAC. General Martin made equally impressive contributions to his retirement community of Orlando, FL.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Cadet Leadership

Sponsored by
         Brig Gen David H. Roe

The Academy is dedicated to creating leadership qualities in all cadets that will permit them to properly assume responsibilities of being officers in the United States Air Force.  The top leadership position in the Wing is that of Cadet Wing Commander.  The Wing Commander reports directly to the Commandant of Cadets with responsibility to implement and administer command of over 4,000 cadets.   All cadets are expected to live the Academy Core Values, “Integrity First, Service Before Self and Excellence In All We Do.”  These core values are key elements of cadet development in leadership, good character, academics and physical conditioning.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Colonel Francis S. Gabreski

Sponsored by
        The Iron Gate Chapter of the Air Force Association

Francis Gabreski  was an Air Ace with a total of 37.5 kills in aerial combat during World War II and in Korea.  He entered military service in 1940.  While flying a mission over Germany during World War II, he crash landed while making a second pass over a German airfield and eluded capture for five days.  After capture, he was a prisoner of war for ten months and liberated by the Russian Army in April 1945.  He fought in the Pacific, Europe and Korea.  He accumulated over 5,000 hours total flying time during his career. After his Air Force retirement, he was with the Grumman Corporation with a three year leave of absence to serve as President of the Long Island Railroad.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Douglas Cooper Johnston

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. H. Chase Stone

Sponsored by
        First National Bank

Mr. Chase Stone was President of the First National Bank and Chaired the El Pomar philanthropic organization that strongly supports the Air Force Academy.  He was one of the key supporters for an Air Force Academy and believed in a strong defense establishment.  He loved a challenge, worked hard and fought hard for those things in which he believed. 
 

Falcon Scholar
         Kristoff Josef Kalau

Scholarship in Honor of
        General George S. Brown

Sponsored by
        General Dynamics Corp
        Co-Funded by the McCawley-Little Trust 

George Brown entered West Point on 1 July 1937.  By December 7, 1941, he was half way through pilot training and 6 months later flew to war in the first B-24 group to deploy to England.  His experience as an air combat leader spanned 32 years, three major conflicts and the Cold War.  He saw that goals would be reached only if talents were matched by self-sacrifice.  General Brown rose to Chief of Staff of the US Air Force and then became the second Air Force officer to be appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 

Falcon Scholar
        John Christopher Lavengood

Scholarship in Honor of
        Colonel Charles B. Thornton

Sponsored by
        Litton Industries

Charles Thornton joined the Army Air Corps as a Second Lieutenant and rapidly rose to the rank of Colonel.  He graduated from George Washington University.  He organized the Air Force’s first statistical control organization and was founder and CEO of Litton Industries where he served for 28 years.  Litton Industries made many valuable contributions to the country’s defense system, two of which were the “moon suit” and the LN-3 inertial navigation system for the Air Force.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Michael Anthony Leland

Scholarship in Honor of
        Maj General Robert J. Smith

Sponsored by
        The Smith Family

Robert Smith joined the Army Air Forces in 1942, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel and soon attained the rank of Brigadier General.  He held command positions with the Air Transport Command which laid the foundation for his work developing a global network of airways for commercial aviation.  In 1957 he was commissioned a Major General in the US Air Force Reserves.  General Smith was a founder of the Falcon Foundation and served 20 years as the first President.  He later served as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Benjamin Georg Lipp

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Hoyt S. Vandenberg

Sponsored by
         Lockheed Martin Corporation

Hoyt Vandenberg, 1923 graduate from West Point, was the leader of the largest tactical Air Force in WWII and was the US Air Force Chief of Staff throughout most of the Korean War.  He fought courageously to have the air arm of the service fully recognized in appropriations for airplanes, bases and people, insisting that airpower was the best means of maintaining the Nation’s military security. A dormitory at the Air Force Academy is named after him.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Huston Gustave Matheus

Scholarship in Honor of
       Maj Gen William Lyon

Sponsored by
       The Lyon Family

William Lyon was the third Air Force Chief of Reserves and is Chair Emeritus of Falcon Foundation.  He began his flying career at age 16.  He was an instructor and airline pilot.  He flew with a Special Operations unit during the Korean War and later had many Air Force Reserve assignments and a significant business in Southern California.  He endowed the first academic chair at the United States Air Force Academy in ethics, the William Lyon Chair in Professional Ethics.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. Daniel R. Bannister

Sponsored by
        DynCorp

Daniel Bannister served as the President and CEO of DynCorp, a technology and aviation services firm and one of the largest employee owned companies in the U.S.  DynCorp has two principal businesses:  an airline services activity that provides support to airlines at over 60 airports throughout the United States and Russia; and a technology and technical services activity that supports 31 U.S. Government agencies, as well as foreign governments and commercial firms. Mr. Bannister is extremely active in local and nationwide community services and in professional education affairs.  He is committed to the highest standards of ethics and has been an exemplary leader. He is a Trustee of the Falcon Foundation.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Major General Wendell B. Sell

Sponsored by
        The Sell Family

Wendell Sell  served in the California National Guard then was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1940. Due to eyesight problems he was unable to meet the Army Air Corps physical requirements, so entered the active service as an Anti-Aircraft Artilleryman.  He was one of the early officers to become proficient in the field of radar and pioneered the early applications of radar for defense against V-1 and V-2 missiles.  After World War II, General Sell served in the Pentagon and was involved in some of the first army guided missile activities.  After retirement from the military in 1954, General Sell entered industry, served in several different organizations and was President and CEO of Packard Bell Electronics Corporation.  He also served as Chairman of the Falcon Foundation until his death.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Dudley C. Sharp

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Dudley Sharp graduated from Princeton University in 1928 and joined the Mission Manufacturing Co of Houston, Texas, holding many positions within the company.  He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945.  In 1955, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Materiel.  Mr. Sharp was appointed Under Secretary of the Air Force in August 1959 and on December 11, 1959, he became Secretary of the Air Force.  He served in that position until 1961.
 

Falcon Scholar
       Edward Wadeson Puffenbarger

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Russell E. Dougherty

Sponsored by
        Maj General William Lyon

Russell Dougherty is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and the Law School of the University of Louisville.  In 1943, he completed aviation cadet training.  He was later a Judge Advocate and was ultimately appointed Assistant Air Force Trial Attorney.  He served in several staff positions in Europe, including Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).  General Dougherty earned four Distinguished Service Medals.  He is the First Honorary Trustee of the Falcon Foundation.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Samuel Robert Raine

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Bernard A. Schriever

Sponsored by
        Teledyne Inc

Bernard Schriever was the Father of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in 1954.  He was one of the founding fathers of the Space Program and a staunch advocate for Air Force research and technology.  He commanded Air Research and Development Command in 1959.  Schriever Air Force Base in Falcon, CO is named for him.  He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Falcon Foundation.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Andrew Sutton Richardson

Scholarship in Honor of
        Mr. James S. McDonnell

Sponsored by
        McDonnell Douglas Foundation

James McDonnell graduated from Princeton University with honors in physics in 1921. While in school he joined the ROTC Program. He joined the Army Air Corps and received his wings as a reserve second Lieutenant in January 1924 then earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1925.  He founded McDonnell Corporation in 1939 “to be of maximum service possible to the US Government in the design and manufacture of airplanes.”
 

Falcon Scholar
        Justin Kenneth Riling

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable James H. Douglas

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

James Douglas graduated from Princeton University in 1920, studied for a year in Cambridge, England then received his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1924.  He practiced law, from 1932-1933, served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, and then served in WWII.  He was Secretary of the Air Force from May 1957-December 1959 when he took office as Deputy Secretary of Defense.  He retired from that office in 1961.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Daniel Stefan Salonen

Scholarship in Honor of
        Captain Eddie Rickenbacker

Sponsored by
        Mr. William F. Rickenbacker
        Co-Funded by the McCawley-Little Trust 

Eddie Rickenbacker was the Top Ace in WWI, shooting down 14 enemy airplanes in one month for a total of 26.  In 1942 while on an assignment for Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, the B-17 in which he was a passenger went down in the Pacific.  Rickenbacker and 6 others survived in a raft for 24 days before being rescued.  General Hap Arnold wrote that “no one man has contributed more to air-mindedness in America than Captain Rickenbacker….”
 

Falcon Scholar
       Scott Titus Shuman

Scholarship in Honor of
        General James R Allen

Sponsored by
         CAE-Link

General Allen graduated from West Point in 1944 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Air Force.  He flew combat missions during the Korean War, attended Army Command and Staff College in 1959, then flew F-4Cs in Vietnam.  From August 1974-July 1977, he was superintendent of the US Air Force Academy.  He then was named Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Belgium and in July 1979 became deputy commander in chief of the US European Command.  In 1981 he became commander in chief of the Military Airlift Command.  He retired in 1983.  After retiring, he founded the International Planning & Analysis Center (IPAC). Prior to his death, he served briefly as interim CEO of CAE-Link, manufacturer of the Link trainer/simulator.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Brett Edwin Teague

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Hans M. Mark

Sponsored by
       The Skelly Trust

Hans Mark graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and earned his doctor of physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He was Secretary of the Air Force from 1979-1981 and became Deputy Administrator of NASA in July 1981.  He is an active Falcon Foundation Trustee.
 

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.
 

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. 
 

Falcon Scholar
        Erik Daniel Voron

Scholarship in Honor of
        Dr. Igor I Sikorsky

Sponsored by
        United Technologies

Igor Sikorsky gave the world its first practical helicopter, the VS-300, in 1939 after achieving world wide recognition in fixed wing aviation.  During the Russian revolution he emigrated to France, then traveled to the US in 1919.  In 1923 a group of students and friends who knew of his reputation in prewar Russia pooled their resources and launched the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Crop. Sikorsky's planes were used by Pan Am Airways for Central and South American routes.  His company produced the Flying Clippers that pioneered commercial air transportation across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
 

Falcon Scholar
        Trevor Alan Wade

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt Gen Oliver S. Picher

Sponsored by
        Mrs. Marion L. Picher
        Co-Funded by the McCawley-Little Trust 

Oliver Picher graduated, cum laude, from Harvard College in 1928.  In 1930, he received his commission in the Army Air Corps.  During WWII he flew 34 combat missions in B-24s as Group or Bomber Commander.  In 1948, his job as Director of Operations for the new Headquarters of the Air Force was to mobilize C-54 transports from all over the world to break the Russian blockade of Berlin.  Later, he served as Inspector General and when the Korean War began, he was made the Director of Personnel.  In 1955, he became the Director of Strategic Plans for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in 1958 was made the Director of Personnel. 
 

Falcon Scholar
       Robert Tyler Welch

Scholarship in Honor of
        Senator Barry M. Goldwater  

Sponsored by
        Teledyne, Inc.

Barry Goldwater served many years as the United States Senator from Arizona.  While in the Senate, he served on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee.  He was a Major General and pilot in the Air Force Reserves and became the first non-rated test pilot to fly the U-2 and SR-71. He served on the Board of Visitors at the United States Air Force Academy.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Major General John R. Alison

Sponsored by
        The Northrop Corporation

John Alison received his Engineering degree from the University of Florida in 1936 and joined the Army Air Corps the same year.  In 1941 he served as assistant military attaché in London and later served as assistant military attaché for air to the Soviet Union.  He was a fighter squadron commander under Major General Claire Chennault in China and was a fighter ace with seven kills.  He also served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations for the Fifth Air Force directing air operations against the Japanese in the Philippines. After the war, General Alison served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the Truman administration and has held many other important positions.  He is a founding Trustee of Falcon Foundation.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Sheila E. Widnall

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Dr. Sheila E. Widnall was appointed Secretary of the Air Force effective 6 August 1993.  She is the first woman military service secretary.  At the time of her appointment, Dr. Widnall was associate provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  She is internationally known for her work in fluid dynamics.  Dr. Widnall received both the bachelor of science and master of science degrees in in aeronautics from MIT and the doctor of science degree in 1964, the same year she joined the faculty as an assistant professor.  She has served on many boards, panels and committees in government, academia and industry.  She was a member of the Board of Visitors for the U.S. Air Force Academy and also served the chair from 1980-1982.

Scholarship in Honor of
        Honorable Verne Orr

Sponsored by
        The Skelly Trust

Verne Orr, served as Secretary of the Air Force from 1981-1983. He graduated from Pomona College then earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1939.  He was called to active duty in 1942 and served as an ensign in both the American and Pacific theaters of operations.  After the war he became a partner in his father’s car dealership, was affiliated with a family investment business, and served as President of Investors Savings and Loan in Pasadena, CA from 1963-1966.  He then served as California’s director of Motor Vehicles.  From 1975 to 1980, he taught government finance courses at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Public Administration, then in 1977, Governor Jerry Brown selected him as Regent at The University of California school system.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        Lt Colonel Gerald R. Linn

Sponsored by
       The Millard Foundation

Gerald Linn attended Millard School as a Falcon Scholar in 1960-1961 and graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1965.  He served as a pilot at various bases in the US, Thailand and Germany and was an exchange pilot with the RAF from 1974-1977.  In 1978 to 1981, he was Commander of the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at George AFB.  Lt Col Linn was killed during an F-4 training mission near Neuhaus Germany in 1982.  He and his Electronic Warfare Officer stayed with their airplane to divert it from the village of Neuhaus, sacrificing their lives to save others.   The village erected a memorial to the two men.
 

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 Thomas D. White

Established by
        Mrs. Charles A. Wood
        Co-Funded by the McCawley-Little Trust 

Thomas D White served as the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Chief of Staff.  He supervised the formation of the Air Force Academy, brought in supersonic fighters, promoted the “mixed force” concept of strategic bombers and ballistic missiles and guided the Air Force into the aerospace age.  General White graduated from West Point in 1920 and four years later transferred from the Infantry to the Air Corps.  He served military attaché duty in five foreign countries and served in many high level positions. 
 

Scholarship in Honor of
      General Robert M. Lee

Sponsored by
      The Skelly Trust

Robert M Lee graduated from West Point in 1931.  His son is a USAFA graduate, Class of 1966.  In 1958 Lee was promoted to Lt General and became Chief of Staff United Nations Command and United Forces Command in Korea.  In 1963 he was promoted to General and was the Air Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.  General Lee is a former Trustee of the Falcon Foundation.

Scholarship in Honor of
        Major General Oliver P. Echols

Sponsored by
        The Northrop Corporation

Oliver Echols, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Virginia, was the Air Force’s Chief Materiel Officer in charge of supplying aircraft and equipment throughout World War II. Much of the credit of the high production rate of aircraft during the war should go to Major General Echols.  In 1942, 50,000 aircraft per year were being produced. Production then tripled in the following year and a half.  He was the chief person responsible for bringing the B-24, B-17, P-47, P-51, B-17, B-29, B-36 into the current inventory and helped with the initial planning that led to the B-47, & B-52 and early jet fighter aircraft.  His status as aeronautical engineer and able logistician as well as his qualities of charisma and character set him above others. Integrity was his trademark.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
       Mr. Jasper D. Ackerman

Sponsored by
       Air Academy National Bank

Jasper Ackerman was the Founder & Chairman of the Board, Air Academy National Bank.  He was an Officer of Infantry during World War I, and as a Lieutenant Colonel, served during World War II in the 30^th Combat Infantry Division from 1943-1946.  He was instrumental in bringing Ft. Carson, NORAD and the United States Air Force Academy to Colorado Springs.  Jasper Ackerman was a longtime friend and supporter of the United States Air Force Academy and the Colorado Springs community.
 

Scholarship in Honor of
        General Mark E. Bradley

Sponsored by
        Garrett Corporation
        Co-Funded by the McCawley Little Trust

Mark Bradley, a 1930 graduate of West Point, flew combat missions over Europe during World War II and served later as a test pilot.  He also served as Chief of Staff of the Fifth Air Force in the Philippines and in 1946 commanded the 301^st Fighter Wing in Okinawa.  He was promoted to the rank of full General in 1962 and after several years of outstanding duty as Commander of the Air Materiel Command, General Bradley retired with 35 years of service.  He served as Senior Executive Vice President and as a member of the board of Directors of the Garrett Corporation.
 

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