HEICO Chairman And CEO Is 2016 Recipient

Laurans A. Mendelson (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HEICO Corporation, received the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Award from the Greater Miami Aviation Association at the Association’s annual gala dinner in Doral, FL on October 2, 2016.

The Wright Brothers Award is the GMAA’s premier award and is presented each year to an individual whose substantial and lifelong contributions to the aviation industry reflect extraordinarily on the aviation community.  Prior Wright Brothers Memorial Award recipients include Fred Smith, FedEx Founder, Chairman and CEO, Gary Spulak, President of Embraer North America and other aviation industry leaders.

Mr. Mendelson remarked, “I’m deeply honored to receive this special award, which I really consider to be a tribute to HEICO’s 5,000 Team Members worldwide who do amazing things for our customers every day.  I am also humbled and grateful to have been selected for this recognition by the GMAA, one of the premier aviation organizations in the U.S. and a mainstay of aviation for nearly 90 years.”

HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in the design, production, servicing and distribution of products and services to certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics industries through its Hollywood, Florida-based Flight Support Group and its Miami, Florida-based Electronic Technologies Group.

(Source: HEICO Corporation news release. Image provided with GMAA news release)

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