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
Aiden Bramer, AIAA Communications Committee Member
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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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Nathan (Sam) Dougherty, AIAA Associate Fellow
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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Richard P Hallion, Ph.D., AIAA Fellow and Past Chair - History Committee
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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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​​​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
Rachel Tillman, Chair AIAA History Committee Communications
rachel@thevikingpreservationproject.org​​
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Committee and Subcommittee Groups
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Steering: Kevin Burns - Chair, Walter Gordon - Vice Chair, John Blanton - Secretary/Treasurer, Julian Tishkoff - Immediate past Chair
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Membership: John Blanton - Chair
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Conferences and Sessions: Walter Gordon - Chair, Richard Hallion - SciTech 2021, Kevin Burns - SciTech 2022, Julian Tishkoff - SciTech 2023
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Communications & Publications, Rachel Tillman - Chair, Aiden Bramer, Mike Mackowski
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Centennial Committee: Walter Gordon - Chair, Tom Crouch,
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Historic Sites Committee: Ben Sarao, Ranney Adams, Ben Davis, Troy Dowden
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Honors and Awards: Walter Gordon - Chair, Tom Crouch, Richard Hallion, Mike Mackowski
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Gardner-Lasser Book Award: Tom Crouch - Chair, John Blanton, Richard Hallion, John Tylko, John Anderson, Bill Barry, Debbie Douglas
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Manuscript Award: Richard Hallion - Chair, Kevin Burns, Tom Crouch, Fred Culick, John Tylko, Scott Eberhardt
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Childrens Literature: Mike Mackowski - Chair, Julian Tishkoff, Rachel Tillman, Debbie Douglas, Scott Eberhardt
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Aeromodeling Subcommittee: Gary Fogal – 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
