{"id":15913,"date":"2020-07-12T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=15913"},"modified":"2020-07-12T17:21:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T17:21:34","slug":"former-nasao-president-mn-aeronautics-director-passes-away-at-age-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/minnesota\/former-nasao-president-mn-aeronautics-director-passes-away-at-age-72\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Former NASAO President, MN Aeronautics Director, Passes Away at Age 72"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On July 6th, at the age 72, Raymond J. Rought passed away\npeacefully in Forest Hills, Minnesota, with family by his side.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ray Rought<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Born on January 5, 1948 in Fremont, Michigan, Rought grew up\nand was educated in Michigan, completing his baccalaureate degree in civil\nengineering at Michigan Technical University in 1970. Following graduation, he\nserved in the US Army in Vietnam, assigned to the Medical Command Headquarters\nin Long Binh. Upon his return, Raymond joined the Michigan Department of\nTransportation, Bureau of Aeronautics. He completed his Master of Science in\ncivil engineering at Michigan State University in 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1986, he became Director of Aeronautics for the Minnesota\nDepartment of Transportation, a position he held for 22 years, retiring from\nMnDOT in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rought was very active in the aviation community, both\nlocally and on the national level. He was a member of the National Association\nof State Aviation Officials (NASAO) and served on its board of directors and as\nPresident in 1992. (From 1931-1996 the senior elected NASAO officer held the\ntitle “President”.  In 1997 the\ntitle “President” was changed to “Chairman”.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRay was President of NASAO during my first full year as a\nmember of the Association,\u201d said Kim Stevens, State Aviation Journal Publisher.\n\u201cI knew and worked with Ray for many years. After he retired from the state, I\nwould enjoy seeing him and catching up, during EAA\u2019s AirVenture in Oshkosh,\nWI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rought worked tirelessly with NASAO\u2019s Center For Aviation\nResearch & Education and served as president of the Minnesota Aviation\nHistory and Education Center. “Aviation education was important to\nRay,” said Stevens. “He labored tirelessly on issues as a [NASAO]\nCenter Board member for many years. He was very passionate about it.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ray Rought<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 2007, Rought was awarded the Kenneth Rowe Ambassador of\nAviation Award in recognition of his contributions to the betterment of\naviation nationally through research, education and legislation. In 2011, he\nwas inducted into the Academy of Civil and Environmental Engineers at Michigan\nTechnological University and in 2012 elected to the Minnesota Aviation Hall of\nFame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can share a memory with Ray\u2019s family at:\u00c2\u00a0 https:\/\/www.robertsfamilyfh.com\/obituaries\/Raymond-J-Rought?obId=16676764#\/obituaryInfo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitation will be held from 4-8 PM Friday, July 10th at\nForest Hills United Methodist Church, 1790 11th St SE, Forest Lake. A\ncelebration of Ray\u2019s life at 11 AM Saturday, July 11th with visitation one hour\nprior at Forest Hills United Methodist Church. All guests will be required to\nwear a mask and adhere to social distancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On July 6th, at the age 72, Raymond J. Rought passed away peacefully in Forest Hills, Minnesota, with family by his side.  Born on January 5, 1948 in Fremont, Michigan, Rought grew up and was educated in Michigan, completing his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering at Michigan Technical University in 1970. Following graduation, he served […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minnesota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15917,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15913\/revisions\/15917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}