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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Oct 10, 2011) — The Lindbergh Foundation announced today at the annual NBAA conference that the respected Jeppesen company has joined the Aviation Green Alliance as a Founding Member.
“We are thrilled that Jeppesen will be among our elite group of Founding Members,” said Lindbergh Foundation Chairman and CEO Larry Williams. “When I note that their Environmental Policy Statement is a part of the Company’s core values and beliefs, I’m confident Jeppesen will make a significant contribution to Aviation Green Alliance. With their 75 year history of innovation, Jeppesen continues to be an excellent model for other companies in our industry by leading the way once again—this time, for our environment.”
In recent years, the aviation industry--including manufacturing, corporate operators and individuals-- has come under intense pressure to address aviation emissions, noise, efficiency and other environmental concerns. To address these issues, the Lindbergh Foundation launched the Aviation Green Alliance at Sun n Fun 2011 to support and encourage those who are committed to proactively addressing aviation and environmental challenges.
“Jeppesen fully supports the collaborative effort led by the Lindbergh Foundation Aviation Green Alliance to develop solutions for addressing environmental challenges facing the aviation industry,” said Mark Van Tine, Jeppesen president and CEO. “The Aviation Green Alliance organization offers an opportunity for aviation-related companies and individuals to share best practices and establish innovative programs to help guide environmental stewardship related to aviation industry operations.”
The Aviation Green Alliance was established to create multiple platforms for members to share strategies, findings, progress, and ideas related to aviation’s environmental challenges. “With the Lindbergh Foundation’s mission and history deeply rooted in aviation, we felt it was the Foundation’s responsibility to step forward and lead a grassroots rally to support tangible, measurable, and sustainable environmental progress by the aviation industry,” said Williams. “We hope other like-minded individuals and companies—leaders like Bombardier Aerospace, Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and now Jeppesen— will come forward and help Lindbergh Foundation’s Aviation Green Alliance lead the way.”
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About The Lindbergh Foundation
The Lindbergh Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Anoka, Minnesota, which focuses on technological breakthroughs to address significant aviation-environmental issues. The Lindbergh Foundation also values individual initiative and accomplishments. Its programs are devoted to supporting, honoring, and educating individuals, through three major programs: the annual Lindbergh Award, presented to individuals for significant contributions toward balancing nature and scientific innovation in their work; the Lindbergh Grants program, which provides grants in amounts up to $10,580 (the cost of building the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927) for research or education projects that will make important contributions to the technology/environment balance; and a variety of educational events and publications centered on the balance theme.
Press Photos
2012 Photos
2011 Photos
Pribyl-Stangarone Photos
Koenig-Walsh Photos
2011 Lindbergh Awardee Photos
2010 Photos
2010 Lindbergh Grant Recipient Photos
Tucker-Weeks Photos
Jack Pelton Photo
2009 Photos
Larry Williams Photo
Lindbergh Grant Recipient Photos
Spirit Ride Winner Photos
Kate Dougherty Photo
Africa Photos
On-Line Auction Photos
Lindbergh Awardees Photos
2008 Photos
Lindbergh Grant Recipient Photos
Spectrum of Aviation Hangar Party Photos
2008 EAA Photos
-- Orvis Aviation-Theme Clothing
-- Ganesh Raman
-- Lindbergh-Wagstaff/KWS Photos
Lindbergh Award Celebration Photos
On-line Auction Photos
Lindbergh Awardees Photos
2007 Photos
NBAA Convention Photos
Foundation Background
The Lindbergh Foundation is a public non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, based in Minnesota, which supports great innovations that foster the environment to keep the planet in balance.
The Lindbergh Foundation accomplishes its mission through three major programs:
The Lindbergh Award ~ Annually, the Foundation presents its honorary Lindbergh Award for individuals who have made significant contributions toward the balance between technology and the environment, in their work.
Lindbergh Grants ~ in amounts up to $10,580 (the cost of building the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927), are given to individuals whose proposed research or education projects will make important contributions to the technology/environment balance;
Educational Programs and Publications ~ centered on the balance theme.
One of the Lindbergh Foundation’s core values is to honor individual initiative and accomplishment in researchers, scientists, and explorers. In doing so, the Lindberghs, who were each outstanding individual contributors to society – through aviation, writing, and environmental conservation, are also honored. Unquestionably, Charles Lindbergh is best known for his historic New York-to-Paris flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. It is much less known that the Lindberghs held a unique perspective on the Earth stemming from Charles’ boyhood growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River outside Little Falls, Minn., his barnstorming days in the early 1920s, and the survey flights around the world he and Anne pioneered in the 1930s. Over the years, the Lindberghs witnessed enormous changes in the land, sky and water in the name of progress. Their concern for the environment became the basis upon which the Foundation was established.
Friends of the Lindberghs at The Explorers Club in New York City established the organization in 1977 (the 50th anniversary year of Charles Lindbergh’s historic New York-to-Paris flight). General James H. Doolittle and Astronaut Neil Armstrong led the national fund raising campaign for the fledgling organization.
Fact Sheets
Mission (pdf)
Grants Program Fact Sheet (pdf)
Award Program Fact Sheet (pdf)
Biographies
Below you will find links to biographies about key Foundation board members and Lindbergh family members.
Lindbergh Family Bios
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Reeve Lindbergh
Press Photos
2012 Photos
2011 Photos
Pribyl-Stangarone Photos
Koenig-Walsh Photos
2011 Lindbergh Awardee Photos
2010 Photos
2010 Lindbergh Grant Recipient Photos
Tucker-Weeks Photos
Jack Pelton Photo
2009 Photos
Larry Williams Photo
Lindbergh Grant Recipient Photos
Spirit Ride Winner Photos
Kate Dougherty Photo
Africa Photos
On-Line Auction Photos
Lindbergh Awardees Photos
2008 Photos
Lindbergh Grant Recipient Photos
Spectrum of Aviation Hangar Party Photos
2008 EAA Photos
-- Orvis Aviation-Theme Clothing
-- Ganesh Raman
-- Lindbergh-Wagstaff/KWS Photos
Lindbergh Award Celebration Photos
On-line Auction Photos
Lindbergh Awardees Photos
2007 Photos
NBAA Convention Photos
