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      Our 'Honoree of the Year' Gala is our Club's one major annual fund raiser.   All net proceeds  generated by this event goes to support our various community outreach projects.   The Kiwanis Club of LaGuardia Airport has had the distinct priviledge of honoring a variety of high-level corporate executives associated with the airline industry, along with well-known personalities, a NASA Astronaut and elected community leaders.   Below is a list of Past Honorees:
 
                                                   
                                                Joe Leonard  2005                                Doug Parker  2006                                      Tim Hoeksema  2001
                                               
                                         Colonel Gregory  1990          James Goodwin   2000                   Robert Milton  2003           Helen Marshall 2008
                                           Maureen O'Hara-Blair 1989             Robert Crandall 1999                    Leo Mullin  2002    Donald Trump 1993        Port Authority Police NY&NJ 2011

1972 - Edward E. Ingram

Manager, LaGuardia Airport

 

1973 - James T. Pyle

Director, Aviation Development Council

 

1974 - C. R. Smith

Chairman, American Airlines

 

1975 - Floyd D. Hall

Chairman, Eastern Airlines

 

1978 - Harding L. Lawrence

Chairman, Braniff International

 

1979 - William T. Seawell

Chairman, Pan Am World Airlines

 

1980 - Edwin I. Colodny

President & CEO, USAir

 

1981 - C. B. Pattarini

Director of Aviation, Port Authority of NY & NJ

                           And

Sir Freddie Laker

President & CEO, Laker Airways

 

1982 - David C. Garrett, Jr.

President & CEO, Delta Airlines

 

1983 - Thomas H. Davis

Chairman & CEO, Piedmont Airlines

 

1984 - C. E. Meyer, Jr.

President & CEO, Trans World Airlines

 

1985 - J. W. Marriott, Jr.

President & CEO, Marriott Corporation

 

1986 - James J. Hartigan,

President & CEO, United Airlines

 

1987 - Robert J. Anderson

Port Authority of NY & NJ

 

1988 - Pierre J. Jeanniot

President & CEO, Air Canada

 

1989 - Maureen O'Hara-Blair

President, Antiles Air Boats

 

1990 - Colonel Frederick D. Gregory

NASA Astronaut

 

1991 - Hollis L. Harris

Chairman, President & CEO, Continental Airlines

 

 

1992 - Alfred A. Checci

Co-Chairman, NWA, Inc. & Northwest Airlines

 

1993 - Donald J. Trump

President, The Trump Organization1994 - Fred J. Martin

President, Dobbs International Services

 

1995 - Claire Shulman

Queens Borough President

 

1996 - Michael Z. Kay

President & CEO, LSG Lufthansa Service Sky Chefs

 

1997 - Martin R. Shugrue

President & CEO, Pan Am World Airways

 

1998 - Gordan M. Bethune

Chairman & CEO, Continental Airlines

 

1999 - Robert Lloyd Crandall

Chairman & CEO, American Airlines

 

2000 - James E. Goodwin

Chairman & CEO, United Airlines

 

2001 - Tim Hoeksema

Chairman, President & CEO, Midwest Express

 

2002 - Leo F. Mullin

Chairman & CEO, Delta Airlines

 

2003 - Robert A. Milton

President & CEO, Air Canada

 

2004 - George Mikelsons

Chairman & CEO, ATA Airlines

 

2005 - Joe Leonard

Chairman & CEO, Air Tran Airways

 

2006 - Doug Parker

Chairman & CEO, USAirways

 

2007 - Paul O. McGinn

President, Market Place Development

 

2008 - Helen Marshall

Queens Borough President

 

2009 - Paul Kolaj

President & CEO, Famous Famiglia

 

2010 - Jeff Skiles, First Officer,

'Miracle on the Hudson'

 

2011 - Honoring the Men & Women of the

Port Authority Police Department of NY/NJ