Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
Excellence in Aviation:
The History of the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
The Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit gallery is located in the Dorothy Finley Space Gallery on the Museum grounds. The Hall of Fame offers visitors a unique opportunity to acquaint themselves with noteworthy Arizona aviators.
Established by a joint proclamation including the Governor of Arizona in 1985, the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame pays tribute to Arizona’s long and proud aviation history.
Arizona has long been an aviation industry leader, from the pioneering hot air balloonists of the 19th century to the high-tech aerospace engineers and entrepreneurs of today who play a vital role in advanced aircraft and missile technology.
Hall of Fame Inductees
2012
Lt. Col. Mark Berent, USAF (Ret)
Ralph A. O'Neill
Arthur Van Haren, Jr.
2011
Edwin Jones Montgomery, Sr.
Peter Hollingsworth Smith
William Dillard "Billy" Walker
2010
Barbara Lee Harper
Maj. Gen. Donald L. Owens, AANG (Ret)
Clifford M. Sterrenberg
2009
Kenneth H. Dahlberg
Major General Carl G. Schneider (Ret)
Ruby Wine Sheldon
2008
Graham A. 'Lum' Edwards
Laurence E. Gesell
Arvin C. Schultz
Hewitt T. Wheless
2007
Col. Fred Cone, USMC (Ret)
Col. Roger Parrish, USAF (Ret)
Elgin Newell
Cheryl A. Stearns
2006
Harold "Bud" Abrams
Donald C. Downie
Ralph S. Johnson
James Vercellino
2005
Joseph La Placa
Roy O. McCaldin
Hugh Stewart
James Turnbow
2004
Roy M. Coulliette
Irene Leverton
John Richard Gasho Sr.
Douglas T. Nelson, USAF Major General, Ret
2003
Ralph D. "Hoot" Gibson, USAF Col., Ret.
Robert W. Waltz, USAF BGen., Ret. (1920-1995)
Darrell Artwade Sawyer
William S. Underwood, USAF Col., Ret.
2002
Brig. Gen. Joseph (Joe) Foss, USMC (Ret.)
Raymond L. (Ray) Haupt
Martha Ann Wilkins Mitchell & Michael (Mike) Mitchell
Gladys Mae Morrison
2001
Frederick E. Ferguson
Gordon B. Hamilton
Robert McCall
Raymond Victor Schwanbeck
2000
LTC David Althoff, USMC (Ret)
Janet Harman Bragg
John H. "Jack" Connelly & Leland Hayward
Jack Womack
1999
Roy Spangler Davis
Ronald R. Fogleman
Ruth Dailey Helm & Dawn R. B. Seymour
Joan Fay Shankle & Clarence E. Shankle
1998
David M. Jones
Charles A. "Buck" Rowe
Francis R. "Dick" Scobee
Richard G. Snyder
1997
Frank K. "Pete" Everest
Sen. John S. McCain
A. Lee Moore
Patty Wagstaff
1996
James R. Greenwood
Anthony V. "Snag" Grossetta
Samuel Harry Robertson
William R. Sears
1995
Gerald Brown
William P. Cutter & William R. Cutter
Joseph A. Moller
R. Dixon Speas
1994
Harry B. Combs
John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett
Lowell H. Smith
Louise Timken
1993
Col. Leon W. Gray
Col. Vernon V. Haywood
Alfred A. Hudgin
Charles O. Miller
1992
A. Howard Hasbrook
Joseph C. Lincoln
Charles W.
George Varga, Jr.
1991
Ruth R. Reinhold
George I. Steinke
Ralph G. Vaughan
Robert Woodhouse & Woodrow P. Jongeward
1990
Col. Frank Borman
Walter Douglas, Jr.
Sen. Barry M. Goldwater
Frank Luke, Jr.
