Will Assist Student In The 2019-2020 Academic Year
The Aircraft Electronics Association's Educational Foundation announced the names of the individuals who were awarded scholarships worth more than $100,000 for the 2019-20 academic year.
The AEA Educational Foundation awards scholarships to students pursuing a career in the general aviation maintenance and aircraft electronics industry. 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 was created in 1990 to enhance, promote and secure the future of aviation maintenance and the AEA by furthering the education of students, technicians, members of the AEA and others as determined by aviation industry needs.
The individual recipients are as follows:
Chuck Freeland Memorial Scholarship: Nolan Magden of Wellington, Kansas
Chuck Peacock Memorial Scholarship: Isaias Duran of Lakeland, Florida
David Arver Memorial Scholarship: Luke Apol of Caledonia, Michigan
Duncan Aviation Scholarship: Josiah Kangas of Iuka, Illinois
Dutch and Ginger Arver Memorial Scholarship: Javier Aguirre of Humble, Texas
Field Aviation Scholarship: Vincent Lin of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Garmin Scholarship: Daniel Baus of Archbold, Ohio
Garmin - Jerry Smith Memorial Scholarship: Alexander Abdallah of Erie, Colorado
Gogo Business Aviation Scholarship: Isaac Agbettor of Daytona Beach, Florida
Johnny Davis Memorial Scholarship: Tegan Collins of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
L3 Commercial Aviation Scholarship: Christian DeKalb of Tucson, Arizona
Lee Tarbox Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Pacific Southwest Instruments: Patrick Lofvenholm of Mooresville, North Carolina
Leon Harris/Les Nichols Memorial Scholarship to Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology: Jackson Eimen of Larkspur, Colorado
Marshall Temple Memorial Scholarship: Attila Szucs of Port Orange, Florida
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics Scholarship: Benjamin Thompson of Owasso, Oklahoma
Monte Mitchell Memorial Scholarship: Kris Foutre of Rocky Mountain Aircraft in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Pat Napolitano Memorial Scholarship: Joshua Wolbeck of Hitterdal, Minnesota
Sporty's Foundation Scholarship: Joshua Wolbeck of Hitterdal, Minnesota
The Stone Foundation Scholarship: Nehemias Gutierrez of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Tom Taylor Memorial Scholarship to Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology: David Barton of Marlow, Oklahoma
Universal Avionics Scholarship: Valentine Garland of Farmington Hills, Michigan
Since its inception, the AEA scholarship program has awarded more than $1.5 million in scholarships. Numerous awards are available, ranging from $1,000 to more than $30,000 each. Requests for complete scholarship packages for the 2020-21 academic year can be made after Oct. 1, 2019.
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