Wings Across America

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Team Wings

Baylor

Wings Across America would not have been possible without Baylor University's encouragement and support.  From camera equipment and enthusiastic interns in our first years to the office space and ongoing technical and accounting support, we will always be forever grateful.


Thank

—You—

Nancy Parrish,  Dr. Herb Reynolds, Cindy Harriman

Our first office was in our dining room. 

Packing up the brochures to send out to the WASP.

Nancy & Deanie Parrish, first Wings Across America Brochure

Nancy & Deanie Parrish  Poster of our first brochure.

Wings Across America officially begins!

Baylor Homecoming Breakfast, 1999.  Dr. Reynolds meets WASP Ruth Helm, with WASP Deanie Parrish.

Baylor Homecoming:Parade,1999 

Baylor Alum, WASP Ruth Helm in the Air Force Jeep. Baylor’s AFROTC lead the way as the Wings Across America Flyover  soars overhead.

Margaret Kramer, handing Nancy a key to our new office space.

Sister Teresa (aka WASP Anita Paul) visited our first office on the 7th floor of Baylor’s Robinson Tower. Editing equipment loaned by the Film and Digital Media Department, thanks to Dr. Corey Carbonara.

Sister Teresa, Dean Richard Scott, 

Vice President, Baylor University Development

Our next office 1920 S. 4th Street in the old Baylor Credit Union Building.  We created  mini museum.  Furniture, including desks, tables, and 25 stacking chairs, provided by Baylor.  Deanie gave several speeches in our ‘lobby.’

Nancy & Dr. Michael Korpi, Baylor University, 2003

River Street office: Scott and the moving crew from Baylor Hospitality.  

Our next office, 1819 River Street, Waco, TX. It had been the parsonage of Edgfield Baptist Church

Wings Across America Office on River Street: Visitors included Baylor alum Deptuty Undersecretary of the Air Force for Reserve Affairs  John Truesdell and Colonel Jeff Bowles, Comandant of Baylor’s USAF ROTC 

WASP Florine Watson came for a visit.  

Dr. Corey Carbonara, Baylor Film and Digital Media.  WASP Champion from day one. 

Baylor Magazine Editor Randy Morrison, WASP Deanie Parrish

Nancy Parrish and Photographer Robbie Rogers.

Veteran’s Day, 2021: Our final office: 1620 S 9th St, Waco. We created a museum and more displays, with enough space to store our entire traveling exhibit. 

Baylor Engineer and major supporter, Ron Garrett and Engineer Dan Beard.

The new office had a garage, which made a perfect place to store many of our 

traveling exhibits and’ crates.  Here’s our WASP with her battery operated screwdriver, with shop foreman,’ Dennis Grammer.

Flight of the Phoenix Museum Board members, including Baylor Alum Steve Dean, Founder and President (2nd from left) at the Wings ofices to pick up our donation for their Museum in Gilmer, Texas.

Fran Hess, The Liberty Foundation, flew in from Atlanta to pick up a donation from Wings Across America. It will be added to their 

‘WASP EXHIBIT in the future.

The TWU Archivists at the Wings Office picking up our

 “Flygirls Exhibit” donations, including a mannequin!

Denise Graves, helping pack up the last boxes from the Wings Across America Office

Wings Across America—Thank you, Baylor for our temporary homes.

Waco, Texas, our office on South 9th Street: Baylor University Oral History crew picks up our original video tapes.  Dr. Steven Sloan, Director, Caleb Lindgren, 

Professor Stephen Sielaff 

Baylor University Film & Digital Media

   

 Dr. Michael Korpi

    Dr. Corey Carbonara

    Chief Engineer Ron Garrett

Margaret Kramer

    

Baylor University Faculty and Staff


Sally Askins, Baylor Theatre

John M. Barry, VP for Marketing and Communications

Baylor University Chamber of Commerce

Baylor Hospitality and Crews

 Dan Beard, Electronics & Technology Support

Col. Jeff Bowles, AFROTC

Dr. Ellie Caston, Director, Mayborn Museum Complex

Gary Carter, Accounting

Baylor Alum and Lead Flyover Pilot, Steve Dean, USAF Ret.

Lois Ferguson: Facility Planning & Construction

Lori Fogleman, Marketing

Karen Griffiths:   ITS-Client Services

Cindy Harriman: University Development

Sonja Hogg: University Development

Ginger Knowles, Baylor Gift Accounting

Margaret Kramer, Office Manager, Journalism, 

Public Relations and New Media

Kliff Kuehl, KWBU TV, PBS Baylor

Bill Lechner: Coordinator Of Network Special Projects

Dr. Karla Leeper, Vice President for Executive Affairs 

and Chief of Staff to the President

Tim Logan: Associate Vice President for Electronic Library

Randy Morrison, Baylor Magazine

 Maxey Parrish, journalism, public relations and new media 

Dr. Richard Scott, VP of University Development

Larry Smith, Assistant Vice President for Gift Planning, 

University  Development

Ali Stevenson: University Graphic Design/Development

Ginger Stone: University Development

Robbie Roberts: Baylor Photography

Doris Sandberg: Institute for Technology Management

Dr. Nancy Upton, Baylor Business School

Professor Patricia Wallace, Baylor History Dept.

Dr. Cheryl Warner, Asso, Dean of the Graduate School


Honorary Chairman of the Board, Chancellor Herbert Reynolds


Once again, THANK YOU ALL!


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