President's Award Recipient Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/recognition-awarded/presidents-award-recipient Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:19:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png President's Award Recipient Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/recognition-awarded/presidents-award-recipient 32 32 SGT Edwin Lee Bowers, Jr., USMC https://riahof.org/war-service/vietnam/sgt-edwin-lee-bowers-jr Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:14:48 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=2316 Ed Bowers, who served in Marine Aviation as an enlisted navigator from 1956 to 1961, is the recipient of this year’s President’s Award. His contribution not only to the US Marines, but also to the furtherance of the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame itself. Ed has been an active and hard-working volunteer on our […]

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]]> CAPT William Calhoun https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/administrators-educators/capt-william-calhoun Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:36:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=974 Captain William McBrayer Calhoun, USN, Ret. (1948-2015) was a long-time RI resident who graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1967. Capt. Calhoun was a LTJG with the highly decorated Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) 3), nicknamed the “Seawolves”, an all-volunteer squadron formed in support of Naval Special Warfare operations and Mobile Riverine Forces.

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]]> Thomas G. Corcoran https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/administrators-educators/thomas-g-corcoran Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:54:26 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1024 Pawtucket native Thomas G. Corcoran (1899-1981) played a pivotal role in the establishment of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers.

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]]> Edmund D. “Ted” Fuller III https://riahof.org/year-of-induction/2022/edmund-t-fuller Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:52:00 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1950 Edmund D. “Ted” Fuller III (1934-2021) Fuller is the President’s Award recipient, given to a Rhode Islander involved with aviation who made his primary mark in another field. Fuller’s visionary entrepreneurship in the hospitality industry, combined with his extensive philanthropy, are the bases for this award. He founded and operated Gregg’s Taverns and Restaurants, and […]

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]]> Michael Gold https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/michael-gold Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:55:54 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1278 Newport-born Michael Gold (1920-) was a B-17 navigator with the 447th Bombardment Group whose flak-damaged plane was shot down by German fighters on just his fourth combat mission (January 30, 1944). Two crew members were killed by gunfire, and the others bailed out. Gold faced the difficulties and deprivations of Nazi POW camps with the […]

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]]> Ogden R. Lindsley Jr. https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/administrators-educators/ogden-r-lindsley-jr Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:56:41 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1056 Providence native Ogden R. Lindsley Jr. (1922-2004) moved to North Kingstown at the age of 14 and graduated from North Kingstown High School in 1939. He entered Brown University in 1940, majoring in Engineering. In January 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He trained as a flight engineer and as a door […]

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