Maintenance and Modifications
Opportunity knocked at Nordam
In 1969, a youthful Ray Siegfried II, just four years out of Notre Dame University, bought Nordam with its eight workers out of bankruptcy.

In 1969, a youthful Ray Siegfried II, just four years out of Notre Dame University, bought Nordam with its eight workers out of bankruptcy. Over the next 34 years he and his team proceeded to build the Tulsa, Okla. company into a major aircraft component manufacturer, overhaul and repair provider with more than 3,000 employees in facilities around the globe.

At the NBAA Convention last month in Orlando, Fla., Siegfried, 60, was one of six individuals recognized by the association for their “significant contributions to the advancement of aviation since the advent of powered flight 100 years ago.”