Section Leadership

The Buffalo Chapter of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences held its first meeting in April 1943. It merged with the ARS Niagara Frontier Section at midnight on January 31, 1963, to create the AIAA Niagara Frontier Section. Chair records for this era are incomplete.

Term	Name	Affiliation
1946–47	Dexter Rosen	Bell
1954	William B. Champney
1957–58	David Whitcomb
1962–63	Craig Schmidt	Bell

The Niagara Frontier Rocket Society held its first meeting in October 1951 and affiliated with the American Rocket Society by 1954. It merged with the IAS Buffalo Chapter to form the AIAA Niagara Frontier Section in January 1963.

Term	Name	Affiliation
1954	Willis Sprattling Jr.	Bell
1955	Tommie Zannes	Bell
1956	William M. Smith	Bell
1957	Harry Ferullo	Bell
1962	Fred Boorady	Bell

The AIAA Niagara Frontier Section was formed on January 31, 1963. The following list represents the most complete information available; many terms and affiliations for mid-century officers are unknown or unverified. The section was inactive from 2002 through 2006.

Term	Name	Affiliation
1963–64	Richard White
1965–66	Richard H. Gallagher
1966–67	David Benenson	University at Buffalo
1969–70	T.P. Glynn	Bell
1970–71	Joseph DiCamillo	Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
1971–72	Philip Reynolds	Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
1972–73	Morton Schorr	Bell
1973–74	Alfred Ritter	Calspan
1977–78	Henry Ph. Heubusch	Bell
1982–84	William Van Tassell	Bell
1985–86	Robert Riebling	Bell
1986–87	Earl Yim	Bell
1987–88	Charles Reid	Calspan
1992–93	D. Joseph Mook	University at Buffalo
1994–96	Walter Gordon	Sierra Research
1996–2001	Kevin Burns	Calspan
Section inactive 2002–2006 (chair departed; no successor)
2007–present	Walter Gordon	Calspan / Moog / Retired

Note: records for terms between 1974 and 1977, and between 1988 and 1992, are not available at this time.