Susan Galos Eason Memorial Scholarship
Purpose
Support a female flight student enrolled in the College of Aeronautics. (GF000016)Description
The recipient must be a female student enrolled in the College of Aeronautics.
History
On November 27, 1985, Susan Eason, age 24, a recent Florida Institute of Technology graduate, died when a plane she was co-piloting crashed in East Greenwich, Rhode Island while en route from Morristown, New Jersey to Providence, Rhode Island. Susan was a commercial pilot who held multiengine and airline transport ratings. She was employed for the previous year as a pilot and flight instructor for Northeast Airways in Morristown. Before that, she had been employed by Hyannis Aviation in Massachusetts as a pilot flying scenic flights over the Bar Harbor, Maine area.
In her memory, numerous friends and family donated support to establish the Susan Galos-Eason Memorial Scholarship. Since 1992, the fund has supported scholarships for female flight students, enrolled at the Florida Institute of Technology College of Aeronautics, who have achieved academic distinction.
