LittleSis: George Batchelor

Aviation entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the namesake of the Batchelor Children's Research Institute at the University of Miami's School of Medicine. A pilot for 65 years, Batchelor founded Arrow Air in California in 1947 and moved it to Florida in 1964. He also founded Batch Air, an aviation maintenance firm, and International Air leases, which bought and sold aircraft. Batchelor is believed to have donated more than $100 million to South Florida charities. His $15 million gift to the University of Miami Medical School was used to build the build the Batchelor Children's Research Institute. Other benefactors included Metrozoo - which named a cheetah, King George, after him - the Miami Museum of Science, Community Partnership for the Homeless and public television. In 1985, a plane leased from Arrow Air crashed in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 248 U.S. military personnel on board. The Federal Aviation Administration then grounded 10 other Arrow DC-8s. The company lost its business from the Air Force and soon filed for bankruptcy. Born in Shawnee, Okla., the American Indian descendant married five times, most recently three weeks ago to Amanda Rodgers, 41, of Houston. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Jonathan and Douglas; stepdaughters Amy and Sarah Thibodeaux; brothers Jim and Robbin; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Donor	Common Recipients
Linda J Wachner	Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Andrew C Taylor	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Bruce C Gottwald	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North, John W Warner
Marc Goldman	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
Patricia Frost	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom
Wayne E Chaplin	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, William Lehman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Elaine Bloom
Alfred R Camner	Phil Gramm, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Elaine Bloom
Bernyce Adler	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom
Tim Wuliger	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland
Eugene Applebaum	Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Terry Stiles	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham
Peter Lawson-Johnston	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Shawn Smeallie	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, John W Warner
Sue M Cobb	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
Albert Galatyn Hill Jr	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North
John F Fish	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Charles F Dolan	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Marilyn Berry Thompson	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek
Leonard A Lauder	Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Donna W Sternberg	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot

Donor

Common Recipients

Linda J Wachner

Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner

Andrew C Taylor

Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

Bruce C Gottwald

Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North, John W Warner

Marc Goldman

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee

Patricia Frost

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom