Mercer County Community College - Viking Yearbook (West Windsor, NJ)

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FLIGHT TEAM VICTORIOUS Eleven MCCC students and their advisors, David Buchanan and Thomas Metz, traveled to Beaver County, Pa. to participate in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region Xl air meet. Competition was keen and, after three consecutive days of patience, skill and devotion, MCCC's students took the second place team award, losing to the host college, Beaver County, by only two points. Among the other competing teams were Dowling College, University of Maryland and University of Pennsylvania. This prestigious victory assured MCCC a place in the NIFA finals held in Nashville, Tennessee in the spring. Team Members: fstanding left to rightj David Buchanan, Mark Orgiefsky John BOh3.I'5lk Dan Zrodskey Ben Zerby Len Smetona Rev Casas Tom Metz, fkneeling, left to rightl Jim Humbles, ,lim Brown, Stefan Balis, Jay Bakewell Angel QC l Joel Morales 12

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DEDICATION 78 This yearfs book is dedicated to Mr. David Bu- chanan, co-ordinator of the aviation programs at MCCC. You can usually find him in his office, ET 121, buried beneath a pile of papers and constantly bombarded by students in need of his advice. De- spite the load he already carries, he is planning to add yet another full curriculum to complement MCCC's five aviation programs. Mr. Buchanan came to us well qualified. He holds a B.S. degree from Trenton State and a Masters from Lehigh in Administration. He is a Federal Aviation Administration Designated Safety Counselor and is a Certified lnstrument Flight Instructor. His Hight ratings have earned the college certification under the Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141 as a Private, Commercial and lnstrument Pilot Flight School. Coming to us from Camden County College in 1971, he served as a consultant to the development of the aviation programs here, but was not an official faculty member until 1974. He now serves as Asso- ciate Professor and Co-ordinator of the Aviation Programs. Highly contientious of his role in the community, he served the State of New Jersey as a consultant in the study on vocational aviation programs within the state, and, each year, under his direction, MCCC holds a Flight Safety Clinic in which not only students are invited but also members of the sur- rounding community. lt is because of this devotion to the competency of pilots, this total dedication to safety and the realiza- tion of lVlCCC's role in the aviation community that we dedicate this book to him. The Viking Staff

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