Jack Hunt's Plaque Will Be Dedicated Sunday

A plaque honoring Jack Hunt, the first president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, will be dedicated on the EAA Memorial Wall at AirVenture 2008 during a ceremony on Sunday, August 3.

Members of the Hunt family and representatives from the university are expected to attend the service. Highlights will include a reading of the names of the new wall inductees, an overhead missing man formation flight, and the playing of "Taps."

The centerpiece is a monument formed from thousands of stones brought to Oshkosh from EAA members’ home states and countries. Engraved bronze plaques are installed annually to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the aviation industry.

Known as the father of the modern aviation university, Hunt is considered the visionary pioneer of aviation higher learning. As founding president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Hunt transformed a small, for-profit corporation into the only non-profit, fully accredited university in the world exclusively dedicated to aviation and aerospace education.

To recognize his lifetime of accomplishments in aviation and his service to Embry-Riddle, Jack Hunt's story will also appear in the EAA’s 2008 Memorial Wall Registry Album, which is available for viewing upon request at the EAA AirVenture Museum.

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