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CONTEST COMMITTEE Benjamin T. Franklin, General Manager Claude F. King, Chief of Operations and Program HONOREE REFEREE BEN O. HOWARD Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. HONORARY STARTER Bendix Trophy Race DICK POWELL JUNE ALLYSON HONORARY JUDGES R.F. BRADLEY Standard Oil Co. of Calif. E.W. "POP" CLEVELAND Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co. HERBERT L. SHARLOCK Bendix Aviation Corp. EDWARD R. SHARP National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics HONORARY MEMBERS CONTEST COMMITTEE CLARENCE O. BELL The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. WILLIAM R. ENYART Simmonds Aerocessories, Inc. COLONEL GEORGE MINGLE State Highway Patrol JAMES S. PEDLER The B.F. Goodrich Company L. WELCH POGUE National Aeronautic Association RICHARD B. ROBINSON The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. CARL F. SCHORY Hamilton Standard Propellers Div. C. S. "CASEY" JONES Casey Jones School of Aeronautics MAJ. "AL" WILLIAMS Gulf Refining Co. REFEREE KENNETH A. COOL Service Recorder Co. NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSN. REPRESENTATIVES C. S. LOGSDON WILLIAM P. REDDING TECHNICAL COMMITTEE GORDON ISRAEL, Chairman Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. JOSEPH R. VENSEL Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory PHILLIP STILES Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory G. MERRITT PRESTON Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory ENTRY CHIEF EARL A. HEIST CHIEF TIMER ROGER WOLFE KAHN Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. C.S. LOGSDON, Assistant National Aeronautic Association CHIEF STARTER J. EARL STEINHAUER Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. CHIEF JUDGE B. E. "SHORTY" FULTON Akron Municipal Airport FIELD POLICE CHARLES B. McFANN, Chief MEDICAL DIRECTORS DR. WILLIAM P. BOWSER DR. HENRY A. CRAWFORD DR. JOHN P. ANDERSON CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMIN. REPRESENTATIVES GEORGE W. VEST Regional Administrator Third Region, Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM M. ROBERTSON Regional Administrator Second Region, Atlanta, Georgia OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory Co-ordinator JOSEPH R. VENSEL Civil Aeronautics Administration Co-ordinator IVAN P. HILLYARD, Senrio Aeronautical Inspector U.S. Army Air Forces Operations Officers BRIG. GEN. HERB. THATCHER CG 11th Air Force Commanding General in Charge of U. S. Army Air Forces Activities LT. COL. JOHN J. SPATZ Adjutant & Finance Officer LT. COL. STANFORD CHESTER Headquarters Command, Represent- ing General Carl Spaatz COL. CHARLES BASSETT MAJOR H. G. PETERSON CAPT. B. L. LOMBARDY Ground Control & Engineering U. S. Naval Air Forces Operations Officers CAPT. LeROY C. SIMPLER Officer in Charge of U. S. Navy Participation MAJOR DAVID MARSHALL U.S. Marine Air Corps COMMANDER LOU BAUER U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron LT. B. J. ROBISON U.S. Navy Announcer LT. F. BIADSZ Publicity SPECIAL EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR JOHN C. HOFFMAN RACING PLANE CO-ORDINATOR DR. E. A. EKLUND FIELD TRANSPORTATION RAY E. LANDERS JOHN RYDER Associates Discount Corp. SPECIAL FIELD SERVICE E. L. ARNOLD, Chief Standard Oil Company FIELD SERVICE WALTER H. THOMA, Chief GUEST ANNOUNCERS KEN ELLINGTON Director of Public Relations Republic Aviation Corp. WALTER BONNEY Bell Aircraft Corporation JACK FROST Aero Log Publications COMMUNICATIONS Airway Traffice Control Co-ordinator CHESTER A. CHURCH Civil Aeronautics Administration Airport Traffic Control Co-ordinator ARTHUR E. WATTERS Cleveland Municipal Airport Races Traffic Control Operators D. W. WORSTER Skyview Camera Company J. W. THAYER National Electronics Corp. Pylon Radio Co-ordinator ROBERT G. SIDNELL General Dry Batteries, Inc. Pylon Communications JOSEPH H. PITZER, Chief PERSONAL AIRCRAFT LIAISON DON RYAN MOCKLER Aircraft Industries Association of America, Inc. ADVANCE ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE MAJOR JOHN BERRY, Chairman Commissioner of Airports ERNEST ASBURY ORLAND L. BIEHM LT. COL. STANFORD CHESTER Chief, Special Events Division Headquarters Army Air Forces WILLIAM F. LASBY C. G. McDONOUGH CAPTAIN LeROY C. SIMPLER United States Navy LYMAN A. SLACK, Gen. Manager Duffy Construction Corp. LT. COL. JOHN J. SPATZ BENDIX TROPHY RACE WEST COAST COMMITTEE LARRY E. THERKELSON Chairman and Chief Starter JOSEPH J. MARIOTT Referee B. ALLISON GILLIES Assistant Starter CHARLES A. O'HANLON Assistant Starter FREDERICK WEBER, Jr. Assistant Starter CHARLES M. FISCHER Technical Committee CHARLES "CHIEF" KIDDER Technical Committee HERBERT J. TERRY Technical Committee H. DUDLEY WRIGHT Technical Committee LAWRENCE E. PHILAN Pilot's Representative LT. COL. ROBERT E. LACY Traffic NED CRAWFORD Publicity ITINERANT AIRCRAFT LIAISON CLAIRE W. GROVE, Chairman Second Federal Sav. & Loan Assn. SPONSORS' LIAISON COMMITTEE J.D. WRIGHT, Chairman Thompson Products, Inc, HEYLIGER CHURCH The Weatherhead Company ROGER FIRESTONE The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. AUBREY KIEF The Texas Company WILLIAM A. MARA Bendix Aviation Corp. SERVICE LIAISON COMMITTEE Co-Chairman, U. S. Army ALBERT J. WEATHERHEAD Jr. The Weatherhead Compaby Co-Chairman, U. S. Navy GEORGE W. CODRINGTON General Motors Corporation LAWRENCE D. BELL Bell Aircraft Corp. THOMAS A. BURKE Mayor, City of Cleveland E. J. BURKHARDT Standard Oil Co. of Ohio LEE M. CLEGG Thompson Products, Inc. HARVEY S. FIRESTONE, Jr. The Firestone Tire & Rubber co. REAER ADMITRAL T. EARLE HIPP U. S. Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts HERBERT P. LADDS The National Screw & Mfg. Co. W. H. MARTIN Wheeler Van Label Co. LT. GEN. NATHAN F. TWINING Commanding General Air Materiel Command Headquarters, Wright Field ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE ALLEN JAMES LOWE, Gen. Chmn. Hotel Carter MRS. RALPH K. REX Women's Division CIVIC LIAISON COMMITTEE LESTER S. AUERBACH District Manager, Gulf Refining Co. Cleveland, Ohio JOHN R. BLOSS, Secy. Cleveland Aviation Club STANLEY B. COFALL President, The National Solvent Co. Cleveland, Ohio ROBERT H. MERSBACH Manager, Star Baking Co. Cleveland, Ohio CHARLES A. OTUS, Co-Chmn. Cleveland Sesquicentennial Cleveland, Ohio WILLIAM M. PACKER Detroit, Michigan FAY M. THOMAS Book-Cadillac Hotel Detroit, Michigan GEORGE A. TINNERMAN Vice President-General Manager Tinnerman Products, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio 1946 NATIONAL AIR RACES 82 15 (page number)
