PIONEERS IN AEROSPACE:
OBAP HALL OF FAME
Each year, at the OBAP Annual Conference, we induct honorable aerospace professionals into the OBAP Hall of Fame. Established in 2008, the celebration serves as a testament to the impact these individuals continue to have on the aerospace industry, the African American community, and our entire country.
These notable individuals are honored for their unwavering commitment to their careers and contribution to the industry at large.
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2019 Inductees
Icema Gibbs
John and Martha King
Charles Mcgee
Marcella Ng
Brenda Robinson
General John Bailey
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2018 Inductees
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr., Ph.D.
Dr. Christine Mann Darden
Captain Albert T. Glenn
Mary W. Jackson
Katherine Goble Johnson
Brigadier General Ernest G. Talbert
Dorothy J. Vaughan
Azellia White
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees
Captain Robert Brown
Captain Theresa M. Claiborne
Edward Joseph Dwight
Dr. Aprille Joy Ericsson
Captain Aaron J. Gould
Lieutenant Colonel Edgar V. Lewis
Captain Lawrence Anthony Parker, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel Luke J. Weathers, Jr.
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2016 Inductees
Captain Raymond Dothard
Captain Simon Patrick Gaskill
Captain Oscar Perry
Captain William C. Rand
Captain J. Georges Sulmers
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2015 Inductees
Sheila L. Chamberlain
Lieutenant General Russell “Russ” Davis, (ret.)
Major General Stayce Harris
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson, (ret.)
Lieutenant Colonel Tony Marshall, (ret.)
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2014 Inductees
Captain Clovis Jones
Mamie Mallory
Captain Roscoe Edwards
Captain Anthony Copeland-Parker
Brigadier General Leon Johnson
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees
Captain Calvin Janes (ret.)
Captain Donnie Cochran (ret.)
Julius Alexander
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees
Captain Edward Horne
Captain Leslie Morris (ret.)
Captain/DOTA Robert Ashby (ret.)
Eleanor Williams
Captain Cecil Ewell (ret.)
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees
Lieutenant Colonel Edgar V. Lewis (ret.)
Captain Robert Brown (ret.)
Captain Aaron J. Gould (ret.)
Captain Larry Parker
Dr. Daniel E. Coons Ph.D.
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2010 Inductees
Captain Carroll Waters
Al Joseph
James Perkins
Captain Chuck Rich
Captain Lou Freeman
Captain Mike Swanigan
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2009 Inductees
Louise Greenwood Phipps
Pat Edmidston Banks
Barbara Stewart
Diane Hunter
Earnie Growe
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2008 Inductees
Alexander Lambert
August Martin
Barry Taylor
Benjamin F. Thomas
Bennie Clay
Bessie Coleman
Charles E. Black
Charles A. Davis
Charles S. Mack
David E. Harris
Don E. Barton
Edward Moon
Frank B. Jones
Frederick O. Boone
George W. Nixon
Harold C. Heard Jr.
Herman O. Samuels
Howard L. Baugh
Jack Noel
James A. Brannen
James L. Davis Sr.
James Edwards
James H. Green
James E. Lee III
Jill Brown
Jim E. Betts
John Gordon
Joseph B. Moore
Louis Freeman
Marlon Green
Oscar Perry
Patricia Edmiston Banks
Perry Young
Pickney Mosely Jr.
Ray and Patrice Washington
R. Ricardo Youngblood
Richard E. Roundtree
Robert Ashby
Robert E. Smith
Ruth Carol Taylor
Sidney L. Clark Jr.
Simon P. Gaskill
Solomon Cates
Stanley M. Brown
The Tuskegee Airmen
Vernice Armour
William R. Norwood
William Brown
William C. Rand
Willis N. Brown Jr.


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