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
Cesar L Alvarez	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
George L Argyros Sr.	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Leonard Blavatnik	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Thomas Lee Strickland
Bennett S Lebow	Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, Elaine Bloom
Richard Hohlt	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Tom Hicks	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
E Llwyd Ecclestone Jr	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Red McCombs	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Stephen Schwarzman	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Jack Rudin	Vito John Fossella, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Lewis Rudin	Vito John Fossella, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
A Alfred Taubman	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Gary Winnick	Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Richard Egan	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
David E Franasiak	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, John W Warner
Hans J Hvide	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Bill Grant
Melvyn J Estrin	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Leslie Rose	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Trammell Crow	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Lawrence Kadish	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

Donor

Common Recipients

Cesar L Alvarez

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek

George L Argyros Sr.

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

Leonard Blavatnik

Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Thomas Lee Strickland

Bennett S Lebow

Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, Elaine Bloom

Richard Hohlt

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