AEA has awarded 23 students with over $100,000 in scholarships for the 2003/2004 school year.

The winners are as follows:

• Leon Harris/Les Nichols Memorial Scholarship to Spartan School of Aeronautics: Holie Grueshaber
• Tom Taylor Memorial Scholarship to Spartan School of Aeronautics: Brandon Keith Morgan
• Russell Leroy Jones Memorial Scholarship to Westwood College of Aviation Technology: Jonathan Richardson
• Russell Leroy Jones Memorial Scholarship to Westwood College of Aviation Technology: Daniel Turner
• Russell Leroy Jones Memorial Scholarship to Westwood College of Aviation Technology: Melissa Terry
• Bendix/King Avionics Scholarship: Paul Isabell
• Garmin Scholarship: Kwangtok Chang
• Lee Tarbox Memorial Scholarship: Timothy Russell
• Field Aviation Co. Inc. Scholarship: Jason Stavenow
• Mid-Continent Instruments Scholarship: John David Prather
• Monte Mitchell Global Scholarship: Jamie Redding
• Plane & Pilot/Garmin Scholarship: Scott Yoak
• Sporty's / Cincinnati Avionics: Allan Michael Anderson
• Johnny Davis Memorial Scholarship: Dustin Landis
• Bud Glover Memorial Scholarship: Russel Hardy
• Lowell Gaylor Memorial Scholarship: Sean Hodgson
• David Arver Memorial Scholarship: Andrew Cummins
• Dutch & Ginger Arver Memorial Scholarship: Mike Laverty

The AEA Educational Foundation awards scholarships to students desiring to pursue a career in the general aviation maintenance/electronics industry through technical training and certification at a learning institution. 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 believes that superior academic performance in high school is not the only measure of a students aptitude for success. Included in the criteria for selection of these scholarships are those human qualities that are difficult to grade, but are always a component of personal achievement, success and good citizenship.

The AEA Educational Foundation was started in 1990 to enhance, promote and secure the future of aviation 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 $750,000.

Scholarships are also available to AEA members working towards earning their private pilot's license. FLYING magazine sponsors these two scholarships, valued at $2,500 each. Winners also received gifts to help them in their flight training. GARMIN has donated a GPS 196 for each of the winners, and David Clark has donated aviation headsets.

This year's winners are:

• Ronald Wallace - Leading Edge Avionics in Bend, Ore.
• Armen Kalents - Mid-Continent Instruments in Van Nuys, Calif.

The Member's Scholarship Program is offered to dependents of those who work for an AEA member company pursuing a career in any field.

This year's winners were:

• Chuck Peacock Memorial Scholarship: Jaime K. Link - whose Father works for Duncan Aviation in Lincoln, Neb.
• Gene Baker Memorial Scholarship: Scott Hurst - whose father works for Dallas Avionics in Dallas, Texas
• Jim Cook Honorary Scholarship: Steven White - whose father works for Atlantic Aero in Greensboro, NC.

Requests for complete scholarship packages for the 2004/2005 school year can be made after September 1, 2003 or can be found online at www.aea.net. The deadline for returning the applications is February 1, 2004. Scholarships will be awarded during Opening Ceremonies at the 2004 AEA Convention and Trade Show at Hilton's Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. March 29-April 1, 2004.

Organized in 1956 to represent the interests of avionics shops, AEA today represents over 1,100 companies worldwide involved in the general aviation industry, including instrument facilities, manufacturers of avionics equipment, instrument manufacturers, airframe manufacturers, test equipment manufacturers, major distributors, trade publications and educational institutions.

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