Since the United Airlines Historical Foundation (UAHF) was incorporated as a 501c3 organization in 1993, the following individuals have graciously donated their time, talent and expertise to build the Foundation into the successful organization it is today. We thank them all for their tenure and leadership as former Presidents of the Foundation.
Don Toeppen ( 1993 - 1995)
Kay McMurray (1995 - 2000)
Donald E. Jiskra, Sr. (2000 - 2004)
Sara Dornacker (2004 - 2007)
OFFICERS President - Tom Goodyear, Retired UAL Zone Controller – Ground Services, President Retired United Airlines Employees Association (RUAEA-Denver Mile Higher’s Chapter), Past Director of RUAEA’s Mountain Region, Chairman of the 2002 RUAEA Convention in Denver, Past Director of Rocky Mountain Adoption Exchange, 32 Degree Mason, Elder of Presbyterian Church
Executive Vice President – Rich Bouska: Retired UAL pilot, San Francisco Flight Operations, Member RUPA and past President, Member of RUAEA and the 310th Bob Wing Veterans Historical Association, Member Air Force Museum Foundation
Treasurer - H. Ray Lahr, Retired UAL Pilot, UAHF Founder, RUPA member, TWA Flight 800 air crash investigator – www.raylahr.com
Secretary - Georgia Panter Nielsen, Retired UAL Flight Attendant, International Historian of the Association of Flight Attendants--Communication Workers of America, Charter Member, Co-Founder and Past President AFA-CWA Retired Members’ Chapter #29011, Fellow--San Francisco Aeronautical Society, Member RUAEA, IAM Local Lodge 1781 Retirees Association and Clipped Wings®
DIRECTORS
Muriel Bergsma, Retired UAL Chicago O’Hare Flight Operations, Member RUAEA Ray Colavita, Retired UAL Flight Simulator Supervisor, Denver Flight Center, Volunteer Lowry Colorado Air Museum, Member RUAEA Edward Del Genio, Retired UAL Director of Labor Relations, Flight Operations Dale Dopkins, Retired UAL Pilot, Chicago O'Hare Flight Operations, Member, RUPA and RUAEA 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, Vice President, United Master Executive Council, AFA-CWA, AFL-CIO Barbara Hanson, Retired UAL Senior Staff Representative United Airlines Archives-Corporate Communications, Member RUAEA, Fellow-San Francisco Aeronautical Society, Member - American Association of Museums, Society of American Archivists, Oral History Association, Member unitedalumni group, Member RUPA – Illinois Chapter, Lifetime Member – Hiller Aviation Museum Phyllis Jack, Retired UAL Flight Attendant – Denver, Member RUAEA and Clipped Wings® Maribeth Kuhn, Active UAL Flight Attendant, Chicago O'Hare, Member and Treasurer – O’Hare chapter of Clipped Wings® Clay Lacy, Retired UAL Pilot Los Angeles Flight Operations Carole Fry Tye, Retired UAL Flight Attendant – Chicago, Member RUAEA and Clipped Wings®
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
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, Patricia Dudley, Tom Goodyear, Georgia Nielsen, By-Laws Committee: Barb Hanson - Chair, Linda Farrow, Georgia Nielsen Convention Committee: Tom Goodyear - Chair Executive Committee: Tom Goodyear - Chair, Rich Bouska, Ray Lahr, Georgia Nielsen History and Collections Committee: Tom Goodyear - Chair, Barb Hanson, Carole Fry Tye Marketing and Promotion Committee: Georgia Nielsen - Chair, Rich Bouska Membership Committee: Maribeth Kuhn – Chair Scholarship Committee: Dale Dopkins – Chair Website Committee: Barb Hanson – Chair, Carole Fry Tye
ALLIANCE COALITION ORGANIZATIONS
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.
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, Pamela Troutman Ziebarth -- Clipped Wings®, United Airlines Stewardess Alumnae and Flight Attendants, Inc. President's Designee, Sheryl Yanken Schubert
President, John Kensinger -- International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge #1781 Retirees Association at San Francisco (SFO) President's Designee, Barbara Underhill
President, Ron Bertacini -- Retired United Airlines Employees Association (RUAEA) President’s Designee, Virgil Gooselaw
President, Ronald Jersey -- Retired United Pilots Association (RUPA)