| Officers & Directors
LeRoy H. Brown
Director - President
Stan Baumwald
Director - Vice President
Robert W. Patton
Director - Secretary/Treasurer
David McLay
Director - Florida Aviation Historical Society Liaison
William Demarest
Director – World Airline Historical Society Liaison
Ralph Loos
Director-at-Large
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Welcome to this
page where we can introduce you to the Foundation’s
organization. The Foundation is proud of its diverse representation, with
five different airlines represented, a well known writer-aviation historian-retired
admiral, the World Airline Historical Society is represented and the list
goes on with retired airline captains, an airline administrator, maintenance
supervisor, and several with A&P ratings, a retired attorney and selected
others. All are volunteers and there is no personal monetary gain given.
The board members are listed on the left-hand margin.
The U.S. Airline Industry Museum Foundation, Inc. is a long name but
it signifies that the whole airline industry in all its facets needs
to be remembered in a world-class facility. It was incorporated January
1, 2000, under the Florida Not-For-Profit Act, Chapter 617, as amended.
The assigned document number is N99000007354. Application for Recognition
of Exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code was
made January 5, 2000 and was approved by Determination Letter Number
403321015, dated August 25, 2000.This letter of approval designates the
USAIMF as a tax exemption organization and all donations, monetary or
otherwise are tax deductible to the full extent of the tax codes.
Mission Statement
The Foundation’s avowed primary goals are to encourage the
conception and nurture the development of a museum dedicated to the
heritage of
the airline industry of the United States. Accomplishing that primary
goal, the Foundation then will support the museum and pursue its ultimate
goal of heritage preservation, and in gratitude, assist in the education
of future generations in the values that made the U.S. airline industry
achieve greatness.
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