Two aviation students from Springfield have won scholarships at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Arnold T. Banks and Ryan M. McShane received awards during the annual aviation banquet Nov. 5. The scholarships honor two distinguished graduates of the aviation department and are based on academic standing, a need for financial assistance and involvement in aviation activities. Banks of Springfield won the William R. Norwood Aviation Scholarship. Banks is a senior majoring in aviation management and flight and aviation maintenance.
Banks holds private and commercial flight certificates and an instrument rating.
He is the president of SIUC's Minority Aviation Council and a member of the Rotor and Wing Association of America. Now retired, Norwood is a member of the SIU Board of Trustees. The Jerry L. Kennedy Aviation Career Advancement Scholarship was awarded to McShane, of Springfield , a senior majoring in Aviation Management and Flight. The Kennedy scholarship is designed to cover the costs of taking specific courses in the aviation department. McShane holds private and commercial pilot certificates and an instrument rating.