Inaugural Day of Remembrance

When:  Mar 8, 2020 from 13:00 to 16:00 (CT)
Associated with  Greater Huntsville Section
In 2017, the Greater Huntsville Section established a memorial brick program to purchase bricks at the US Space and Rocket Center in honor of departed section members. 

The Greater Huntsville Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics cordially invites you to attend our Inaugural AIAA Remembrance Ceremony on March 8.

During this event, we will remember our departed AIAA colleagues who have been memorialized with bricks in the US Space & Rocket Center Saturn V Courtyard. The section initiated the brick memorial program in 2017; 10 section members have been memorialized since then in a courtyard section reserved for AIAA:

Ms. Patricia Buddington

Mr. Guil Hutcheson

Mr. Jack Lee

Mr. Charles Lundquist

CDR (ret) Earl Pearce

Mr. Michael Radke

Mr. Aloysius “Al” Reisz

Mr. Robert “Bob” Ryan

Dr. Mike Tinker

Dr. Shi Tsan Wu

The Remembrance Event will consist of two parts:

The first portion of the event will begin at 1:00 pm at the US Space & Rocket Center, 1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL 35805, Saturn V Courtyard. We will gather at the entrance of the Saturn V Courtyard to be escorted to the AIAA brick section for brief remarks, the reading of the names of the departed members and pictures. This will be a simple, outdoor, standing ceremony of approximately 30 minutes duration. There is no cost to attend this portion of the event but everyone must RSVP to be allowed into the courtyard. USSRC has asked us to limit attendance in the courtyard to 40 people. In the unlikely event we exceed that number, we will give priority to family members of the brick honorees and notify everyone prior to the event.

The second portion of the event will be a group lunch at Terra Nova’s Italian Restaurant, 1420 Paramount Drive, Huntsville, AL starting at 2:00 pm. We have reserved the restaurant’s private room to conduct the remainder of our remembrance event and dine together. Guests will order off the menu and purchase their meals. This will be a time to socialize and remember and celebrate our departed colleagues. We can accommodate 50 guests for this portion of the event.

Guests may attend either or both portions of the Remembrance Event.

To RSVP for our Remembrance Event, please respond to distribution@hsv-aiaa.org with the following information:

  1. The names of everyone in your party who will attend the first portion of the event at the USSRC courtyard bricks. Please include the name of the person your party is honoring and your relationships to the departed member, if applicable.
  2. The names of everyone in your party who will attend the dinner event at Terra Nova’s Italian Restaurant. Please include the name of the person your party is honoring and your relationships to the departed member, if applicable.
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Please forward this invitation to all who may be interested in attending.

We look forward to seeing you on March 8 to remember and celebrate our departed colleagues.

 

To RSVP for the event, please reply to distribution@hsv-aiaa.org by March 5th with the following information:

1. The names of everyone in your party who will attend the first portion of the event at the USSRC Saturn V Courtyard bricks. Please include the name of the person your party is honoring and your relationships to the departed member, if applicable.
2. The names of everyone in your party who will attend the dinner event at Terra Nova’s Italian Restaurant. Please include the name of the person your party is honoring and your relationships to the departed member, if applicable.
1. The names of everyone in your party who will attend the first portion of the event at the USSRC Saturn V Courtyard bricks. Please include the name of the person your party is honoring and your relationships to the departed member, if applicable.
2. The names of everyone in your party who will attend the dinner event at Terra Nova’s Italian Restaurant. Please include the name of the person your party is honoring and your relationships to the departed member, if applicable.

Location

US Space & Rocket Center Memorial Brick Courtyard
1 Tranquility Base
Huntsville, AL 35805