Honorary Members

Outstanding service to the Air Force Academy

Honorary membership may be awarded to persons who have rendered outstanding and conspicuous service to the Air Force and/or the Academy. Honorary members must be recommended by a member of the Board and receive unanimous acceptance by all members present at a quorum of the Board. Honorary membership is restricted to twenty-five (25) living persons. Honorary members will not pay dues but will be eligible for all the benefits accruing to membership.

Honorary Member Benefits

One-year recognition in the Air Force Academy Foundation’s 1954 Society
- The 1954 Society honors those who have financially supported the Academy for three or more years. Members receive a digital copy of Leading Edge for first year of 1954 Society.
Checkpoints Magazine
- Honorary Members will be recognized with Legacy Graduate Life Members and receive a hard copy and online access to our award-winning AOG Alumni magazine Checkpoints.
25% discount on one AOG Shop purchase each quarter.
Official recognition of Honorary Member status at special events.
Member Only Updates and Invitations
- Receive member only updates through our bi-monthly ZoomiEnews, invitation to ZoomieBrief Speaker Panels, and member events like Distinguished Graduate Dinner, Grad March Back, Tailgates and more!
This membership does not include the right to vote.

As of November 2023, the following is a list of Honorary Members.

Name	Date Awarded
Gail McComas*	04/07/1981
Robert Smith*	10/12/1983
Barry Goldwater*	04/18/1984
Frieda Weber*	01/08/1985
William Tutt*	04/01/1986
James Conboy*	03/04/1986
Joseph Reich*	03/04/1986
Russell Tutt*	05/06/1986
James Doolittle*	12/02/1989
Joseph Moller*	05/06/1989
Harold Littrell*	08/22/1992
William Lyon*	08/22/1992
Robert McDermott*	08/22/1992
Norma Nottingham	05/07/1994
Donald Barrett*	02/10/1995
James Bowman*	11/11/1994
Harold Stuart*	02/10/1995
Malham Wakin*	02/10/1995
Benjamin Bellis*	02/10/1995
Dorothy Moller*	11/17/1995
Gregory Kolligian*	05/10/1997
John Kirkpatrick*	02/07/1998
Ben Martin*	11/12/1999
AP Clark*	05/12/2001
Fisher DeBerry	05/12/2001
William Hybl	07/14/2001
Philip Erdle*	11/16/2001
Winfield Scott*	11/02/2002
James McCarthy	08/07/2004
Nancy Burns	05/14/2005
Edmund L. Ladouceur	05/06/2011
Benjamin Cassiday*	05/04/2012
Janet A. Edwards	08/03/2012
Dean Wilson*	02/01/2013
Gregory Lengyel	05/02/2014
Andrew P. Armacost	08/02/2019
John W. Rosa	11/08/2019
Orwyn "O" Sampson	08/07/2020
Philip D. Caine	04/05/2021
Dale O. Condit	07/22/2022
Harvey Schiller	10/21/2022
James H. Head	02/22/2023
Erlind G. Royer	02/22/2023
Gene Miranda	5/12/2023
Thomas Kroboth	5/12/2023
Bob Vasquez	10/13/2023
Louis Burkel III	10/17/2024