November 20, 2007
Twelve aviation students win scholarships
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Twelve students enrolled in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's aviation programs received scholarships during the recent fall aviation banquet.
Students learned of the honors during the Oct. 26 banquet at SIUC’s Student Center. 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 management, aviation flight and aviation technologies programs.
The aviation programs are part of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Students received more than $30,000 in scholarships during the “Aviation in the Future” banquet. That figure includes $17,000 from SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters with the Michael R. Peters-Aviation Interviews.com Aviation Scholarships.
More than 200 people, including students, faculty, alumni and general aviation enthusiasts attended the banquet. Jack J. Pelton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cessna Aircraft Co., delivered the keynote speech. He gave an overview of Cessna and its product lines, and presented “a great view of the future of aviation, and I think, a very positive view,” said David A. NewMyer, chair of the Department of Aviation and Management Flight.
NewMyer noted that Cessna was among many companies participating in the 13th annual career fair earlier in the day. The world’s leading manufacturer of general aviation aircraft sent two jet aircraft from the Wichita, Kan.-based company for the career fair, in addition to seven employees from the company’s human resources and flight test departments. The employees talked with classes over two days, and also participated in the career fair.
“That’s quite a bit of support for a career fair and banquet from one company,” NewMyer said.
Scholarship winners (note: full captions available at the end of the story) by hometown are:
ILLINOIS
• Chicago: Wesley K. DeHoyos, a senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. DeHoyos is the son of Kurt and Margaret DeHoyos.
Paul H. Kolk, a senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $5,000; Matthew K. Meier “Faith, Family, Friendship, Fortitude, Future” Aviation Management Scholarship, $1,000; Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explorers Scholarship, $1,000. He is the son of Thomas and Susan Kolk.
• Lake Zurich: Joseph D. Samudovsky, a senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000; William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $500. Samudovsky is the son of Joe and Judy Samudovsky.
• Liberty: Garrett R. Gieker, a senior in aviation management, Jerry L. Kennedy Aviation Career Advancement Scholarship, $6,093. Gieker is the son of Gary and Valerie Gieker.
• Lombard: Mark T. Freeze, a senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. Freeze is the son of Betty Freeze.
• Pawnee: Heather N. Heidinger, a senior in aviation technologies, William S. Arnott Scholarship, awarded by the United Airlines Historical Foundation, $1,000. Heidinger is the daughter of Judy Heidinger.
• Riverwoods: Jonathan A. Joseph, a senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $4,000. Joseph is the son of Ashur and Diane Joseph.
• Rolling Meadows: Katie M. Lake, a senior in aviation management, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. Lake is the daughter of Ken and Sue Lake.
• St. Charles: Christine E. Zoerlein, a senior in aviation management, William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship, $1,000; Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. Zoerlein is the daughter of Stephen and Patricia Zoerlein.
• Somonauk: Trenton C. Kessler, a senior in aviation management, Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explorers Scholarship, $2,500; Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. Kessler is the son of Marla Alstadt of Somonauk and Chuck Kessler of Sandwich.
• Spring Grove: Trevor L. Sipe, a sophomore in aviation flight, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. Sipe is the son of Patrick and Tammy Sipe.
WISCONSIN
• Rio: Scott A. Marquardt, a senior in aviation technologies, Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship, $1,000. Marquardt is the son of Alice Marquardt and Scott Thompson, and the late Verlin Marquardt.
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Garrett R. Gieker, second from left, a senior in aviation management from Liberty, receives the Jerry L. Kennedy Aviation Career Advancement Scholarship 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. With Gieker, from left, are: Kennedy’s wife, Janice, son Thomas, and stepdaughter, Christina Kennedy Landon.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Heather N. Heidinger (right) a senior in aviation technologies from Pawnee, accepts the William S. Arnott Scholarship, awarded by the United Airlines Historical Foundation, from David A. NewMyer, chair of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Department of Aviation and Management Flight, during the annual fall banquet.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Paul H. Kolk (right) a senior in aviation management from Chicago, is pictured with SIUC aviation program graduates Joe Messina III (left) and Kerry Johnson (middle). Kolk received a Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explorers Scholarship at the annual fall banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Joe Messina is a captain with Northwest Airlines; Johnson is a captain with United Airlines.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Trenton C. Kessler (center), a senior in aviation management from Somonauk, is pictured with SIUC aviation program graduates Joe Messina III (left) and Kerry Johnson (right). Kessler received a Joseph A. Messina II Aviation Explorers Scholarship at the annual fall banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Joe Messina is a captain with Northwest Airlines; Johnson is a captain with United Airlines.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Paul H. Kolk (second from right) a senior in aviation management from Chicago, receives the Matthew K. Meier ‘Faith, Family, Friendship, Fortitude, Future’ Aviation Management Scholarship at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. With Kolk, from left, are Meier’s godparents, James and Gloria Zupanici, and David A. NewMyer, chair of SIUC’s Department of Aviation Management and Flight.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipients —Two recipients of the William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship are honored at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. From left: Joseph D. Samudovsky, a senior in aviation management from Lake Zurich, David A. NewMyer, chair of SIUC’s Department of Aviation Management and Flight, and Christine E. Zoerlein, a senior in aviation management from St. Charles. 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
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Scott A. Marquardt, a senior in aviation technologies from Rio, Wis., at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Wesley K. DeHoyos, a senior in aviation management from Chicago, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Trenton C. Kessler, a senior in aviation management from Somonauk, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Katie M. Lake, a senior in aviation management from Rolling Meadows, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Joseph D. Samudovsky, a senior in aviation management from Lake Zurich, receives the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship from SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Christine E. Zoerlein, a senior in aviation management from St. Charles at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Trevor L. Sipe, a sophomore in aviation flight from Spring Grove, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — Mark T. Freeze, a senior in aviation management from Lombard, receives the Michael R. Peters-Aviation Inteviews.com Scholarship from SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Jonathan A. Joseph, a senior in aviation management from Riverwoods, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications
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SIUC aviation scholarship recipient — SIUC aviation alumnus Michael R. Peters (left) presents the Michael R. Peters-AviationInteviews.com Scholarship award to Paul H. Kolk, a senior in aviation management from Chicago, at the annual fall aviation banquet at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Photo by Russell Bailey, University Communications