United Airlines Historical Foundation Board of Directors is composed of active and retired United Airlines employees; however, anyone who supports the Foundation's mission and goals is eligible to become a candidate to the Board of Directors.
OFFICERS
President: Tom Goodyear, United Airlines (UAL) retired, Member Retired United Airlines Employees Association (RUAEA)
Executive Vice President: Barbara Hanson, UAL retired Corporate Historian, Corporate Communications, RUAEA member, Fellow-San Francisco Aeronautical Society, Member - American Association of Museums, Society of American Archivists, Oral History Association
Treasurer: H. Ray Lahr, UAL retired Pilot, UAHF Founder, RUPA member, TWA Flight 800 air crash investigator – www.raylahr.com
Secretary: Georgia Panter Nielsen, UAL retired Flight Attendant San Francisco Onboard Service, International Historian of the Association of Flight Attendants--Communication Workers of America, charter member and co-founder AFA-CWA Retired Members’ Chapter #29011, Fellow--San Francisco Aeronautical Society, RUAEA member, Clipped Wings member
DIRECTORS
Muriel Bergsma, UAL retired-Chicago O’Hare Flight Operations, RUAEA member Dale Dopkins, UAL retired Pilot, Chicago O'Hare Flight Operations, RUPA member, RUAEA member Pat Patterson Dudley, daughter of United Airlines founder, William A. Patterson, member AA (American Airlines) Kiwi Club, honorary member Clipped Wings, United Airlines Stewardess Alumnae and Flight Attendants, Inc. and RUAEA Linda Farrow, Active UAL, Flight Attendant Los Angeles Onboard Service Maribeth Kuhn, Active UAL Flight Attendant, Chicago O'Hare Clay Lacy, UAL retired Pilot Los Angeles Flight Operations John Renfrow, UAL retired Customer Service, Chicago O'Hare Bill Rutherford, Jr., UAL retired Pilot, VP Denver Flight Center, RUPA member
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
Tom Angelos, UAL retired Dick Buckman, UAL retired Elroy "Buck" Hilbert, UAL retired Pilot Chicago Flight Operations, UAHF Director Emeritus & Founder, RUPA member Kay McMurray, Former UAL B-247 Pilot, UAHF Founder and Former President Don Toeppen, UAL retired Pilot, UAHF Founder, RUPA member
COMMITTEES:
Alliance Committee: Georgia Nielsen, Chair; Dale Dopkins, Tom Goodyear Archive Committee : Barb Hanson, Chair; Dale Dopkins, Tom Goodyear, Georgia Nielsen, Bill Rutherford By-Laws Committee: Barb Hanson, Chair, Linda Farrow, Georgia Nielsen Convention Committee: Tom Goodyear, Chair Executive Committee: Tom Goodyear, Chair Barb Hanson, Ray Lahr, Georgia Nielsen History and Collections Committee: Tom Goodyear, Chair; Barb Hanson Marketing and Promotion Committee: Georgia Nielsen, Chair; Maribeth Kuhn, Muriel Bergsma Scholarship Committee: Dale Dopkins, Chair; Muriel Bergsma
The United Airlines Historical Foundation is affiliated with organizations that support
the Foundation’s goals and mission. The Alliance president or their designated member may participate
in UAHF meetings, committees
and functions.
ALLIANCE AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS:
President, Cicina Norton -- Association of Flight Attendants-Communication Workers’ of America (AFA-CWA) Retired Members’ Chapter #29011 at San Francisco (SFO)
President, Jan Heistermann -- Association of Flight Attendants-Communication Workers’ of America (AFA-CWA)
Retired Members’ Chapter #29012 at Los Angeles (LAX)
President, John Kensinger -- International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge #1781 Retirees Association at San Francisco (SFO)
President, Ron Robertson -- Retired United Airlines Employees Association (RUAEA)
President, Larry Wright -- Retired United Airlines Pilots Association (RUPA)