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
John R Stafford	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Dwight C Schar	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Oliver North, John W Warner
Margaret Hunt Hill	Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North
Herbert A Allen	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Charles R. Black	Vito John Fossella, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Bill Grant
Henry Kravis	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Deborah Steelman	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Max M Fisher	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Holly Coors	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North, John W Warner
Lewis M Eisenberg	Vito John Fossella, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Abraham Mitchell	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
Lewis M Schott	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
Robert H Asher	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham
Harlan Crow	Vito John Fossella, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Smith Davis	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North
A Jerrold Perenchio	Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush
William L Morrison	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
T Boone Pickens	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North
Lodwrick M Cook	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Carol Kelly	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, John W Warner

Donor

Common Recipients

John R Stafford

Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush

Dwight C Schar

Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Oliver North, John W Warner

Margaret Hunt Hill

Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North

Herbert A Allen

Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush

Charles R. Black

Vito John Fossella, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Bill Grant