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Chicago Area Business Aviation Association Presents Scholarship to Lewis Student
Senior Michael Indelli worked as an intern at Chicago Executive Airport.
The following news release was submitted by the Chicago Area Business Aviation Association:
Who: The Chicago Area Business Aviation Association and the Ken Johnson Memorial ATC Scholarship received by Lewis University student Michael Indelli who interned at Chicago Executive Airport.
What: Ken Johnson, a former board member with CABAA, passed away earlier this year. In keeping with his passion for working with students interested in aviation careers, CABAA created a scholarship in his name.
Where: Chicago Executive Airport, west of Milwaukee Avenue and north of Palatine Road.
When: Aug. 13, 2013.
Why: To promote the development of careers in business aviation.
Brief: Ken Johnson, a member of the Chicago Area Business Aviation Association board, passed away unexpectedly in March. As Johnson was a strong proponent of working with students to promote interest in business aviation careers, CABAA created the Ken Johnson Memorial ATC Scholarship.
The first recipient of this $4,000 award is Michael Indelli, a senior at Lewis University majoring in Air Traffic Control Management, with an Aviation Flight Management/Dispatch minor. A Chicago resident, Indelli said that he had a chance to meet with Johnson when the latter spoke at Lewis University about careers in aviation. Indelli, who recently completed an internship at Chicago Executive Airport, was inspired by Johnson’s comments and sought him out after the event to learn more about those opportunities
“It’s good to know that I’m representing (Johnson) and CABAA,” said Indelli, adding that he sees aviation as a field that will experience growth in the future. “I want to be a part of that.”
Pam Kavanaugh, a Duty Manager with Signature Flight Support at CEA and a board member of CABAA who serves as the Chair for the Scholarship and Mentoring Committee, spoke of Johnson’s passion for working with students.
When the program went out to area universities for mentoring, she said, “Ken was always the first to sign up for that.”As for Indelli, Kavanaugh said CABAA is well represented. “He (Indelli) is focused,” Kavanaugh said. “He already knows what he wants to do and he’s pursuing it.”
She said that Indelli wrote of his meeting with Johnson when Indelli submitted his essay portion of the scholarship application.
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