November 27, 2006
SIUC aviation students earn scholarships
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Fifteen students enrolled in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's aviation program received scholarships for the fall 2006 semester.
Students learned of the honors during the annual fall aviation banquet on Oct. 20. The Aviation Management Society, an SIUC registered student organization, sponsors the banquet. Some of the scholarships honor SIUC graduates and all support students enrolled in the aviation program.
The program is part of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts.
The students received more than $31,000 in scholarships during "Aviation in the Future" banquet.
Phil Boyer, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the largest general aviation pilots' organization in the nation, delivered the keynote address. Approximately 265 people attended the annual banquet.
Scholarship winners (note: full captions available at the end of the story) by hometown are:
Illinois
Algonquin: Jennifer L. Byrne, junior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Byrne is the daughter of Scott and Darcy Byrne (625 Gaslight Drive).
Bartlett: Jeffrey D. Jaynes, senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Jaynes is the son of Dennis and Patricia Jaynes (1341 Richmond Lane).
Chicago: Lukasz Zagrodny, senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $4,000. Zagrodny is the son of Henryk and Genowefa Zagrodny (5501 N. Lotus Ave.)
Fairview Heights: Benjamin D. Woods, senior in aviation management, Jerry L. Kennedy Aviation Career Advancement Scholarship, $6,093, and Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explorers Scholarship, $2,500. Woods is the son of Dennis and Kathy Woods (9451 Holy Cross Road).
Liberty: Garrett R. Gieker junior in aviation management, William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $500. Gieker is the son of Gary and Valerie Gieker (900 Crystal Court).
Lombard: Mark T. Freeze, junior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $3,000. Freeze is the son of Betty Freeze (113 E. Goebel Dr.)
McHenry: Sabrina J. Weber, senior in aviation management, William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Weber is the daughter of Richard and Debra Weber-Stokes (106 Glenbrook Trail).
Naperville: Christopher Q. James, senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $5,000. James is the son of Jay and Annette James (939 Leverenz Road).
Riverwoods: Jonathan A. Joseph, junior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Joseph is the son of Ashur and Diane Joseph (880 Portwine Road).
Rochelle: Kristopher J. Mear, senior in aviation flight, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Mear is the son of James E. Mear and Tammy J. Barstow (10105 Rain Dance Dr.).
Rolling Meadows: Katie M. Lake, senior in aviation flight, William S. Arnott Scholarship, awarded by the United Airlines Historical Foundation, $1,500. Lake is the daughter of Ken and Sue Lake (3903 Raven Lane).
Somonauk: Trenton C. Kessler, junior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters – Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarship, $1,000. Kessler is the son of Marla Alstadt of Somonauk (465 E. Market) and Chuck Kessler of Sandwich (14598 Chicago Road).
St. Charles: Christine E. Zoerlein, junior in aviation flight, Matthew K. Meier 'Faith, Family, Friendship, Fortitude, Future' Aviation Management Scholarship, $1,500. Zoerlein is the daughter of Stephen and Patricia Zoerlein (6N618 Heritage Court).
Wadsworth: Ashley A. Bennett, senior in aviation management, William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $500. Bennett is the son of Willie and Mary Bennett, (14190 Wadsworth Road).
Iowa
Lisbon: Christopher A. Butler, senior in aviation management, Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explores Scholarship, $1,000. Butler is the son of Ron Butler and Betty Weimer (515 N. Washington St.).
Strengthening the undergraduate scholarship program is among the goals of Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment, the blueprint the University is following as it approaches its 150th anniversary in 2019.
SIUC aviation scholarship
recipients — Three recipients
of the William R. Norwood
Aviation Scholarship are honored
at the annual fall aviation
banquet at Southern Illinois
University Carbondale. From
left to right are: Garrett R.
Geiker, a junior in aviation
management from Liberty; Sabrina
J. Weber, a senior in aviation
management from McHenry; Norwood,
and Ashley A. Bennett, a senior
in aviation management from
Wadsworth. Norwood is a member
of the SIUC ROTC Hall of Fame
and earned a bachelor's degree
in chemistry from SIUC, served
in the U.S. Air Force, and had
a 31-year career with United
Airlines beginning in 1965 –
becoming the company's first
African-American pilot and
the first to achieve the
rank of captain. Download
Photo Here
SIUC aviation scholarship recipient
— Christine E. Zoerlein, center, a
junior in aviation flight from St.
Charles, receives the inaugural
Matthew K. Meier ‘Faith, Family,
Friendship, Fortitude, Future’
Aviation Management Scholarship
at the annual fall aviation
banquet at Southern Illinois
University Carbondale. With
Zoerlein are from left: David A.
NewMyer, chair of SIUC’s
Department of Aviation Management
and Flight; Jason Meier, Michelle
Meier, Zoerlein, Pat Meier, Carl
Meier and Eric Meier. Pat and
Carl Meier are Matthew
Meier’s parents; Jason,
Michelle and Eric Meier
are Matthew Meier’s
siblings. Download Photo Here
SIUC aviation scholarship recipient
— Benjamin D. Woods, second from
right, a senior in aviation
management from Fairview Heights,
receives the Joseph A. Messina II
Aviation Explorers Scholarship at
the annual fall aviation banquet
at Southern Illinois University
Carbondale. With Woods are
scholarship sponsors and SIUC
aviation program graduates (from
left) Joe Messina, Clarence
Copping, and Kerry Johnson.
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SIUC aviation scholarship
recipient — Benjamin D. Woods,
right, a senior in aviation
management from Fairview
Heights, receives the Jerry L.
Kennedy Aviation Career
Advancement Scholarship from
SIUC aviation program alumnus
Clarence Copping at the annual
fall aviation banquet at
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale. The scholarship is
named in honor of Jerry L.
Kennedy, an SIUC aviation alumnus
and United Airlines pilot who died
in the United Flight 232 plane
crash in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989.
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipients
— Seven recipients of the Michael R.
Peters – Aviation Interviews.com
Aviation Scholarship award were
honored at the annual fall
aviation banquet at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale.
From left to right are: Jeffrey
D. Jaynes, senior in aviation
management, from Bartlett;
Trenton C. Kessler, junior in
aviation management, from
Somonauk: Christopher Q.
James, senior in aviation
management, of Naperville; Jennifer
L. Byrne, junior in aviation
management, of Algonquin; Jonathan
A. Joseph, junior in aviation
management, from Riverwoods; Mark
T. Freeze, junior in aviation
management, from Lombard; Lukasz
Zagrodny, senior in aviation
management, of Chicago, and SIUC
aviation alumnus Matt Smith, who
presented the scholarships of
behalf of Michael R. Peters.
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SIUC aviation scholarship
recipient — Katie M. Lake,
left, a senior in aviation
flight from Rolling Meadows,
receives the William S.
Arnott Scholarship, awarded
by the United Airlines
Historical Foundation, at
the annual fall aviation
banquet at Southern Illinois
University Carbondale.
Presenting Lake her scholarship
is Phil Boyer, president of the
Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association, the largest
general aviation pilots’
organization in the nation.
Boyer delivered the keynote
address during the banquet.
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