Meet The Crew
The AIAA History Committee has elected positions including Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Subcommittee positions such as Communications, Awards, Historic Sites, Events, Membership and more. Chair and subcommittee assignments are usually for one year terms although members can vote individuals in for multiple years.
Nominate New Members
Nominations are accepted throughout the year, but the deadline for consideration is October 31st, with the new Committee Rosters announced the following Spring. Each candidate may have to have their employer approve and support travel to two meetings per year.
Walter Gordon (elected officer)
Chairman of the Niagara Frontier section of AIAA
Active Committee Member List
Jorge M M Barata, AIAA Associate Fellow
jmmbarata@gmail.com
Matt Bille, AIAA Fellow
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Aiden Bramer, AIAA Communications Committee Member
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Kevin Burns, IOD Committee, AIAA Associate Fellow
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Tom D. Crouch, Ph.D, Chair, Gardner-Lasser Literary Award; History Manuscript Award
tdc2281944@yahoo.com (home)
croucht@si.edu (work)
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​Benjamin G. Davis, Ph.D., LL.M., AIAA Reinventing Space
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Joao Melo De Sousa, AIAA Member
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Antonio di Biase, AIAA Member
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Nathan (Sam) Dougherty, AIAA Associate Fellow
Louis Edelman, AIAA Member
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Craig F. Eckersley, Member of the AIAA International Subcommittee, Senior Lifetime AIAA Member
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​Gary Fogel, Ph.D. Associate Fellow of the AIAA
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Alice Gorman, AIAA Member
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Richard P Hallion, Ph.D., AIAA Fellow and Past Chair - History Committee
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Tucker Hamilton, AIAA Member
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Peter Hartwich, AIAA Member
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Jeffrey Jepson, AIAA Member
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Angie Lander, AIAA Member
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Roger Launius, AIAA Fellow, Gardner-Lasser Literary Award; History Manuscript Award
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Michael G. Lavelle, AIAA Associate Fellow
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David Loda, AIAA Senior Member, Systems Engineering TC, Digital Engineering Integration Committee
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Becca Lublin, AIAA Member
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​​​Michael J. Mackowski, Associate Fellow of AIAA, AIAA Chair Children’s Literature Award
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Cam Martin, AIAA Member
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Fernando M S P Neves, Senior Member AIAA
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David Newell, AIAA Member
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Markus Raffel, AIAA Associate Fellow, Historic Aerospace Sites Committee,
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Sofia Russi, AIAA Member, IOD
Timothy Takahashi, AIAA Member
Rachel Tillman, AIAA Associate Fellow, Chair AIAA History Committee Communications
rachel@thevikingpreservationproject.org
Peter Westwick, AIAA Member ​​
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Subcommittee Groups
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Membership: John Blanton - Chair
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Conferences and Sessions: Walter Gordon - Chair
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Communications & Publications, Rachel Tillman - Chair, Gary Fogel
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Centennial Committee: Walter Gordon - Chair
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Historic Sites Committee: Walter Gordon - Chair
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Honors and Awards: Deborah Douglas
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Gardner-Lasser Book Award: Deborah Douglas
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Manuscript Award: Deborah Douglas
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Childrens Literature: Deborah Douglas
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Aeromodeling Subcommittee: Gary Fogel – Chair, Mike Mackowski, Claire Aldenhuysen
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International Subcommittee: Fernando Neves – Chair, Craig Eckersley, Jorge Barata, Joao Melo De Sousa, Antonio di Biase
