NBAA’s board of directors has named industry stalwart Richard (Dick) Van Gemert, a current Jet Aviation Holdings US executive and long-time head of Xerox’s flight department, as this year’s winner of the John P. “Jack” Doswell award, in honor of his commitment to operational excellence in business aviation.
“In 1969, Jack Doswell and I shared offices in White Plains [at Westchester County Airport]. We had many late-night discussions on the future of business aviation and how it would have to be ever-changing to continue to succeed,” Van Gemert told NBAA Convention News. “After 50 years in the industry, this one has been very rewarding–I received the NATA Ong Memorial Award and now the NBAA Doswell award. I just hope that I, too, have been able to help raise the standards of this industry in the same manner that Jack did. If I have been successful, it will be measured in the accomplishments of those that I have had the privilege to work with over the years.”
