{"id":25110,"date":"2023-03-13T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25110"},"modified":"2023-03-13T20:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:17:18","slug":"bill-shea-presented-mcdonald-distinguished-statesman-award-at-uno-durham-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/nebraska\/bill-shea-presented-mcdonald-distinguished-statesman-award-at-uno-durham-lecture-series\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Bill Shea Presented McDonald Distinguished Statesman Award at UNO Durham Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>William \u201cBill\u201d Shea, founding director of the University of Nebraska Omaha Aviation Institute, was presented the 2022 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award, last week during the Durham Distinguished Lecture Series in Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ann-Richart-Bill-Shea-Greg-Principato-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25111\" width=\"301\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ann-Richart-Bill-Shea-Greg-Principato-edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ann-Richart-Bill-Shea-Greg-Principato-edit-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><figcaption><em> Left to right are, Ann Richart, Nebraska Division of Aeronautics Director, Bill Shea, and Greg Principato, NAA President.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than six decades, the National Aeronautic\nAssociation (NAA) has honored outstanding Americans as Distinguished Statesmen\nand Stateswomen of Aviation for their contributions of significant value to\naeronautics over an extended period of years. \u201cIt is our privilege at the\nNational Aeronautic Association to honor great achievements and great careers,\u201d\nsaid NAA President, Greg Principato, who was on hand to make the presentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shea, recognized for his distinguished service as an\nadvocate for our national aerospace system, enhancing aviation education, and\nenergetically inspiring the next generation of aviation professionals, joins Pete\nBunce, Anthony Mazzolini, Captain Houston Mills, Hazel Sig-Hester, and Cheryl\nStearns as 2022 awardees.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shea\u2019s contributions include national, state, and local\ninfluence. He spent a lifetime focusing on enhancing aviation and developing\nthe next generation of aviation leaders. To this day Bill continues to write,\nlecture and is a sought-after speaker by many organizations. Along with his\nconnections to UNO, Shea served as chair of the aviation department at the University\nof North Dakota aviation program. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous recipients of this award include: Katherine and\nMarjorie Stinson, Scott Crossfield, Charles Bolden, Olive Ann Beech, Clay Lacy,\nJulie Clark, Bob Hoover, John and Martha King, and Chuck Yeager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William \u201cBill\u201d Shea, founding director of the University of Nebraska Omaha Aviation Institute, was presented the 2022 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award, last week during the Durham Distinguished Lecture Series in Omaha. For more than six decades, the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has honored outstanding Americans as Distinguished Statesmen and Stateswomen of [&hellip;]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nebraska"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25110","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=25110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25112,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25110\/revisions\/25112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}