Tue, Feb 17, 2004
FAA Advisor Wins Brewer Trophy For Education
The National Aeronautic
Association awarded the 2003 Frank G. Brewer Trophy for aerospace
education to Phillip Woodruff, for nearly 40 years of work in
promotion of aviation programs. Woodruff, 59, a senior manager with
the Federal Aviation Administration headquarters in Washington,
D.C. — has also held aviation education-related posts with
the U.S. Air Force and Cessna Aircraft Company.
Woodruff’s greatest contributions have come as an aviation
and space education advisor and program director, and in his work
fostering lasting partnerships among government, industry and
education. Since joining the FAA in 1986, his efforts led to the
creation of new aviation education programs in every state,
including over 100 Aerospace Education Resource Centers for
teachers and over 100 Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academies for
youth. His efforts to create partnerships between government and
the aviation industry on education issues resulted in the creation
of the National Coalition for Aviation Education (www.aviationeducation.org)
in 1993. The NCAE partners with the FAA to support school
initiatives at the local, state and national levels.
Woodruff initiated the annual National Aviation Magnet School
Conference and was instrumental in growing participation in the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale's Young
Artist Contest in the United States. This international contest
encourages awareness of aviation by young people through artistic
interpretations of aviation themes.
Woodruff served as a
Congressional Fellow with Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio) from 1986 until
Glenn's retirement in 1998. During that time he aided Glenn with
his aviation and education activities and fostered his legislative
affairs concerning aerospace. Woodruff holds a commercial pilot
certificate, with flight instructor, instrument and multi-engine
ratings. He is veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, and he is a
member of the Aero Club of Washington, NAA, the Congressional
Squadron of Civil Air Patrol and many other aerospace
organizations.
Frank G. Brewer established the Brewer Aerospace Education
Trophy in 1943 in honor of his two sons, Frank Jr. and Robert, and
the million and a half other young people who served our country in
aviation during World War II. The award is given annually to an
individual, a group of individuals, or an organization for
significant contributions of enduring value to aerospace education
in the United States. A distinguished panel of NAA members and
aerospace educators, assembled each year by the NAA president,
selects the winner. NAA will present the award at a luncheon in
Atlanta, GA, at the National Congress on Aviation and Space
Education Conference on March 25, 2004.
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