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
Alfred Hoffman Jr	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush
Barry J Silverman	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush
Bronson Thayer	Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Bill Grant
Dwayne O Andreas	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham
Jorge Lopez Jr	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek
Lawrence Flinn Jr	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush
Richard DeVos	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
David H Dewhurst	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Hugh Westbrook	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, William Lehman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom
Irma Braman	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Elaine Bloom
Charles B Johnson	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North
Terry S Semel	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Jean Kislak	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Duane R Roberts	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North
Robert Traurig	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, William Lehman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom
Fred Malek	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North, John W Warner
Kenneth Lay	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Phillips Peter	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Murray H Goodman	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush

Donor

Common Recipients

Alfred Hoffman Jr

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush

Barry J Silverman

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush

Bronson Thayer

Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Bill Grant

Dwayne O Andreas

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham

Jorge Lopez Jr

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek