Scholars Program

Effective 2021, the Scholars program is under revision; please contact the Society for more information.

PAST RECIPIENTS

  • 2019 – TOPIC: A written essay on the topic of “What is SFO’s role in the economic development of the Bay Area and beyond?”
    Linus Schmitz, $15,000, San Francisco International Airport: Analysis of the Impacts of SFO on the San Francisco and Bay Area Economies
    Marissa Wong, $5,000, We Choose to Go to the Moon: How SFO has Helped Produce the Most Progressive Region in the World
  • 2018 – TOPIC: A written essay on the topic of “What aviation has meant to the San Francisco Bay Area”
    Alexandra Strehlow, $10,000, Bay Area Aviation History: A Symbol of San Francisco’s Innovative Spirit
    Carolyn Yau, $5,000, The San Francisco Bay Area Rich Contributions in Aviation – A Chronicle Revisited
  • 2017 -TOPIC: A written essay on the topic of the China Clipper and its historical significance
    Katherine Brogan, $2,500, The China Clipper and You
    Diana Daniels, $2,500, The Legacy of the China Clipper
    Wai Kei Kong, $4,000, A Bright San Francisco Legacy in Aviation History
  • 2016 – TOPIC: A written essay on an aviation legend and their contribution(s) to aviation
    Norman Chao, $2,500, Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896): To Fly is Everything
    Emily Howing, $2,500, Dr. James D. Raisbeck
    Parisa Kabiri Moghaddam, $2,500, Poem: The Sad Tale of Charlie Taylor
    Sebastien Nejadnik, $2,500, An Aviator’s Dream: Louis Charles Joseph Blériot
  • 2015 – TOPIC: A written essay on an aviation legend and their contribution(s) to aviation
    Justin Chau, $2,500, Persistence and Audacity in the Early Days of Flight: Otto Lilienthal
    Lea Chandler, $2,500, Stanley Hiller
    Madeleine Cheyette, $2,500, Jacqueline Cochran
    Nina Chikanov, $2,500, Amelia Earhart: A True Aviation Legend
  • 2014 – TOPIC: A written essay on an aviation legend and their contribution(s) to aviation
    Yuki Chin, $2,500, The Legend of Doolittle
    Patrick Lin, $2,500, Lawrence Sperry: The Man Who Taught Machines How to Fly
    Neema Shayo, $2,500, The Flight of Life: How Sir George Cayley Changed Aviation
  • 2013 – TOPIC: A written essay on an aviation legend and their contribution(s) to aviation
    Janel Harumi Kajisa, $1,500, Up Above the Clouds, Bessie Coleman
    Michelle Link, $1,500, Otto Lilienthal
    Rachel Anne van Heteren, $1,500, A Flying Leap – The Montgolfier Brothers
  • 2012 – TOPIC: A written essay on an aviation legend and their contribution(s) to aviation
    Hirdeep Chahal, $1000, Legend of Charles A. Lindbergh Aviation
    Kira Ghandhi, $1000, Igor Sikorsky
    Tommy Ng, $1000, Chuck Yeager
    Marie Shadowens, $1000, Aviation Legend Igor Sikorsky
    Jessica Syracuse, $1000, Charles Lindbergh: A Hero of Aviation