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Aviation Innovator James Raisbeck to Speak at Embry-Riddle Commencement
The commencement ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at the lower ballfield on the main campus. The public is invited to attend. James D. Raisbeck, chief executive officer and board chairman of Raisbeck Engineering and its subsidiary corporation, Raisbeck Commercial Air Group, will deliver the commencement address. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, Raisbeck graduated from Purdue University in 1961 with a degree in aeronautical engineering. Subsequently, he joined The Boeing Airplane Company as a research aerodynamicist. In 1969, Raisbeck left Boeing to become president and chief engineer of Robertson Aircraft Corp. There he and his team completed the Robertson STOL (short takeoff and landing) designs and certifications on single- and twin-engine Cessna and Piper aircraft. Raisbeck Engineering was founded in 1973 along with its subsidiary Raisbeck Commercial Air Group. Raisbeck Engineering has influenced many business turbine aircraft designs for companies such as Rockwell International, Learjet, and Raytheon. In-service Raisbeck-equipped business aircraft currently total more than 3,000. The company has also been active in the world’s commercial fleet. Customers have included Boeing, American Airlines, TWA, Pan Am, Air Algerie, TAME, and many smaller airlines. Raisbeck’s company is responsible for many innovations in the aviation world today, including bullet-proof cockpit doors on many of the Boeing 737 fleet. The company developed and is producing enlarged overhead bins for the Airbus 320 series and has equipped all of JetBlue’s Airbus fleet. Current research and development projects include fuel-saving drag-reduction systems for all Learjet models as well as aft fuselage fuel tanks, luggage lockers, and avionics pods for the Gulfstream GIV/GV and Bombardier’s Challenger 604 and Global Express family. Rasibeck has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. Purdue University honored him in 1979 with its Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award and in 1999 with its Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award. He has also received the AIAA Commercial Aviation Technical Achievement Award; he is an AIAA associate fellow. In 2000, the National Business Aviation Association awarded Raisbeck its Lifetime Achievement Award for Meritorious Service to Aviation. Seattle’s Hope Heart Institute honored Raisbeck and his family in 2003 with its “Wings of Hope” annual award for the Raisbecks’ leadership in philanthropy. He serves on the boards of The Arts Fund, Museum of Flight, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Seattle Opera, as well as several corporate boards. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs through its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering and meets the needs of students and industry through educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Embry-Riddle educates more than 30,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through its Extended Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East, and worldwide through distance learning. |
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