Thu, Jan 30, 2003
Howard Hughes Memorial Award Goes to Northrop Grumman
Chair
Northrop Grumman Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Kent Kresa (below, right) will be honored with the 2002
Howard Hughes Memorial Award(HHMA) by the Aero Club of Southern
California at a gala banquet at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los
Angeles tonight.
Mr. Kresa is being recognized for his significant contributions
to the advancement of aviation and space technology, and is the
24th recipient of this prestigious award. The first award, in 1978,
was presented to the legendary Jack Northrop.
Expected to attend the event are seven former
honorees -- Jack Real (Hughes), Tom Jones (Northrop), Allen Puckett
(Hughes), Paul MacCready (Aerovironment), John Brizendine (Douglas
and Lockheed), Willis Hawkins (Lockheed) and Sam Iacobellis
(Rockwell). In addition, John Northrop (son of Jack Northrop) and
Nancy Conrad (wife of Peter Conrad) will be in attendance. (Other
former honorees include Jimmy Doolittle, Pat Hyland, Bob Six, Kelly
Johnson, Chuck Yeager, Ed Heinemann, Barry Goldwater, Allen
Paulson, Si Ramo, Ben Rich, Clifton Moore, Lee Atwood, Harry Wetzel
and Bobbi Trout.)
The Aero Club of Southern California was founded in 1925 as the
local chapter of the National Aeronautic Association. In 1981 the
club mounted a campaign to save the Hughes Flying Boat (The Spruce
Goose) from destruction and arranged for it to be displayed
alongside the Queen Mary in Long Beach. When that facility closed
in 1992, the Aero Club arranged for the plane to be transferred to
McMinnville (OR), where it is the centerpiece of a major new
aerospace museum. The Aero Club's annual scholarship awards program
helps deserving students working toward careers in aviation and
aerospace.
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