Since the United Airlines Historical Foundation (UAHF) was incorporated as a 501c3 organization in 1993, the following individuals have graciously donated their time, talent and expertise to build the Foundation into the successful organization it is today. We thank them all for their tenure and leadership as former Presidents of the Foundation.
Don Toeppen ( 1993 - 1995)
Kay McMurray (1995 - 2000)
Donald E. Jiskra, Sr. (2000 - 2004)
Sara Dornacker (2004 - 2006)
William J. Belmonte, Jr. (2006 - 2007)
Tom Goodyear (2008-2022)
Brad Bruchs (2022-
OFFICERS
President - Tom Goodyear, Retired UAL Zone Controller –
Ground Services, President Retired United Airlines
Employees Association (RUAEA-Denver Mile Higher’s
Chapter), Past Director of RUAEA’s Mountain
Region, Chairman of the 2002 RUAEA Convention in Denver,
Past Director of Rocky Mountain Adoption Exchange, 32
Degree Mason, Elder of Presbyterian Church
Executive Vice President –Ray Colavita, Retired UAL
Flight Simulator Supervisor, Denver Flight Center,
Volunteer Lowry Colorado Air Museum, Member RUAEA
Treasurer - Sheryl Schubert, Retired UAL Flight-Los
Angeles, Member of Denver Clipped Wings, Affiliate Member
of LAX Clipped Wings, RUAEA
Secretary - Georgia Panter Nielsen, Retired UAL Flight
Attendant, International Historian of the Association of
Flight Attendants--Communication Workers of America,
Charter Member, Co-Founder and Past President AFA-CWA
Retired Members’ Chapter #29011, Fellow--San Francisco
Aeronautical Society, Member RUAEA, IAM Local Lodge 1781
Retirees Association, Clipped WingsŪ and Retired United
Pilot's Association
DIRECTORS
Muriel Bergsma, Retired UAL Chicago O’Hare Flight
Operations, Member RUAEA
Rich Bouska: Retired UAL pilot, San Francisco Flight
Operations, Member RUPA and past President, Member of
RUAEA and the 310th Bob Wing Veterans Historical
Association, Member Air Force Museum Foundation
Dale Dopkins, Retired UAL Pilot, Chicago O'Hare Flight
Operations, Member, RUPA and RUAEA
Pat Patterson Dudley, daughter of United Airlines
founder, William A. Patterson, Member AA (American
Airlines) Kiwi Club, Honorary Member Clipped WingsŪ,
United Airlines Stewardess Alumnae and Flight
Attendants, Inc. and RUAEA
Linda Farrow, Retired UAL Flight Attendant, Los Angeles
Member of RAFA-CWA Los Angeles
Phyllis Jack, Retired UAL Flight Attendant – Denver,
Member RUAEA and Clipped WingsŪ
Maribeth Kuhn, Active UAL Flight Attendant, Chicago
O'Hare, Member and Treasurer – O’Hare chapter of Clipped
WingsŪ
Clay Lacy, Retired UAL Pilot Los Angeles Flight
Operations
Ray Lahr, Retired UAL Pilot, UAHF Founder, RUPA member, TWA Flight 800 air crash investigator
William Leeper
Carole Fry Tye, Retired UAL Flight Attendant – Chicago,
Member RUAEA and Clipped WingsŪ
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
Dick Buckman, UAL retired
Elroy "Buck" Hilbert, UAL retired Pilot Chicago Flight
Operations, UAHF Director Emeritus & Founder, RUPA
member
Kay McMurray, Former UAL B-247 Pilot, UAHF Founder and
Former President
Don Toeppen, UAL retired Pilot, UAHF Founder, RUPA
member
COMMITTEES
Alliance Committee: Georgia Nielsen - Chair, Dale
Dopkins, Tom Goodyear
Archive Committee : - Chair, Dale Dopkins,
Patricia Dudley, Tom Goodyear, Georgia Nielsen,
By-Laws Committee: Linda Farrow,
Georgia Nielsen
Convention Committee: Tom Goodyear - Chair
Executive Committee: Tom Goodyear - Chair, Ray Colavita,
Ray Lahr, Georgia Nielsen
History and Collections Committee: Tom Goodyear - Chair, Carole Fry Tye
Marketing and Promotion Committee: Georgia Nielsen -
Chair
Membership Committee: Maribeth Kuhn – Chair
Scholarship Committee: Dale Dopkins – Chair
Website Committee: – Chair, Carole Fry Tye
ALLIANCE COALITION ORGANIZATIONS
The United Airlines Historical Foundation is affiliated
with organizations that support the Foundation’s goals
and mission. The Alliance president or their designated
member may participate in UAHF meetings, committees and
functions.
President, Jan Heistermann -- Retiree Association of
Flight Attendants-Communication Workers of America (RAFA
12R LAX)
President's Designee, President Cicina Norton, (RAFA 11R
SFO)
President, Christel Hasenbring Ilg -- Clipped WingsŪ,
United Airlines Stewardess Alumnae and Flight
Attendants, Inc.
President's Designee, Sheryl Yanken Schubert
President, Jerry Nelson -- International Association
of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge #1781 Retirees
Association at San Francisco (SFO)
President's Designee, Barbara Underhill
President, Hank Gosselin -- Retired United Airlines
Employees Association (RUAEA)
President’s Designee, Virgil Gooselaw
President, Phyllis Cleveland -- Retired United Pilots
Association (RUPA)