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
Yousif Ghafari	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
John H Dasburg	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Victor F Ganzi	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Janet Berman	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Craig Robins	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Elaine Bloom
Charles J Wyly Jr	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Donald G Fisher	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Haley Barbour	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Martin D Gruss	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Audrey Butvay Gruss	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
S Craig Lindner	Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot
Jeno F Paulucci	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush, Oliver North
Bradford M Freeman	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
John Woodhouse	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Walter Scott Jr	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot
Terry J Kohler	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Political Action Committee, George H W Bush
Louis Bacon	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Oliver North
Earle I Mack	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, John W Warner
Roy H Cullen	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
David Carmen	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

Donor

Common Recipients

Yousif Ghafari

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

John H Dasburg

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

Victor F Ganzi

Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

Janet Berman

Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner

Craig Robins

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Elaine Bloom