Press Release Archives



July 27, 2023 – AviAssist Director Tom Kok Named As Recipient Of
68th Annual Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award

November 10, 2022 – General Richard A. Cody, U.S. Army, Retired
Named As Recipient Of 66th Annual Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award

September 22, 2021 – Henry Gourdji Named Recipient Of 65th Annual
Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award

October 22, 2020 – John Goglia Named Recipient Of 2020 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award

February 6, 2020 – Prominent Air Safety Award Co-Founder Has Died

December 12, 2019 – Laura Taber Barbour Scholarship Fund Awards First Barbour Scholars

November 5, 2019 – Cameron Ross Named Recipient Of 2019 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award

November 12, 2018 – Tay Tiang Guan Named Recipient Of 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award;
Jay Pardee and Paul Russell Presented Honorary Lifetime Awards

October 25, 2017 – Peggy Gilligan Named Recipient Of 2017 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award

July 2, 2017 – Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award Unveiled At
Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum

2015 – Nancy Graham Named 2015 Recipient Of Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award.

2014 – Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation announces
the 2014 Recipient of the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award