AEA Announces Scholarship Recipients
The Aircraft Electronics Association’s Educational Foundation announced the names of 24 individuals who were awarded individual scholarships worth more than $125,000 for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Aircraft Electronics Association's Educational Foundation announced the names of 24 individuals who were awarded individual scholarships worth more than $125,000 for the 2015-16 academic year.
This year, the AEA was honored to administer the inaugural Marshall Temple Memorial Scholarship for the first time. Temple founded Temple Electronics, and his company has been an AEA member since 1974. He passed away Nov. 16, 2014, at the age of 85.
AEA scholarships and the individual recipients for the 2015-16 academic year include:
Leon Harris/Les Nichols Memorial Scholarship to Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology:Christopher Almanza, Forest Hill, Texas Tom Taylor Memorial Scholarship to Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology:Zach Evans, Genoa City, Wisconsin Gogo Business Aviation Scholarship: Justin Hughes, Marshall, Michigan L-3 Aviation Products: Allison Donaghy, Wasilla, Alaska Lee Tarbox Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by Pacific Southwest Instruments:
Benjamin Sieloff, Trenton, Michigan Field Aviation Scholarship: Jack Daley, Callander, Ontario, Canada; Ryan Daley, Callander, Ontario, Canada; Ming Chen, London, Ontario, Canada Duncan Aviation Scholarship: Dakota Holbrooks, Gilbert, Arizona Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics Scholarship: Jonathan James, Duncanville, Texas Garmin Scholarship: Bryan Behm, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania Garmin - Jerry Smith Memorial Scholarship: Christian Salata, Ann Arbor, Michigan Universal Avionics Systems Corp. Scholarship: Ed Kolb, Riverside, California
The Stone Foundation Scholarship: Bryan Miller, Fort Worth, Texas Marshall Temple Memorial Scholarship: Rand Mills, Henefer, Utah David Arver Memorial Scholarship: Coryn Porter, Mount Kisco, New York Dutch & Ginger Arver Memorial Scholarship: Jarah Gordon, Jasper, Indiana Johnny Davis Memorial Scholarship: Phat Tran, Houston, Texas Gene Baker Memorial Scholarship: Michal Brauhn, Ottumwa, Iowa Jim Cook Honorary Scholarship: Madison Huntoon, Deland, Florida Chuck Peacock Memorial Scholarship: Nikolai Travis, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Chuck Freeland Memorial Scholarship: Sean Schafer, Fruita, Colorado; Donald Ballew, Denton, Texas Monte Mitchell Memorial Scholarship: Curtis Abrahamson, Grantville, Georgia The AEA Educational Foundation awards scholarships to students pursuing a career in the general aviation maintenance and aircraft electronics industry. The intent of these scholarships is to identify and reward those individuals who best exemplify the qualities that lead to success in the aviation industry.
The Foundation was created in 1990 to enhance, promote and secure the future of aviation maintenance and the AEA by furthering the education of students, technicians, members of the AEA and others as determined by aviation industry needs. Since its inception, the AEA scholarship program has awarded more than $1.5 million in scholarships. Numerous awards are available, ranging from $1,000 to more than $40,000 each. Requests for complete scholarship packages for the 2016-17 academic year can be made after Oct. 1, 2015, online at www.aea.net/scholarship.
