Hall of Honor Recipient
Russell W. Meyer, Jr.
Class of 1950
Inducted in 1990
This Davenport High School graduate is one of the major figures in American aviation. A former Navy and Marine fighter pilot, he is also a commercial instrument-rated pilot with 10,000 hours of air time. At the age of 42, he became Chairman and CEO for Cessna Aircraft Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of general aviation aircraft. With the merger of Cessna and General Dynamics Corporation, he was also named Executive Vice President of General Dynamics.
He is active in many phases of the operation of our government. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Commission of Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries, and to the Aviation Safety Commission.
Mr. Meyer, a lawyer, is a director of many educational and industry-related organizations. He has also chosen to give something back to his beginnings at Davenport High School in the form of scholarships in the name of his parents, who were also graduated from DHS.
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