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
Roger Penske	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North
James D Dannenbaum	Phil Gramm, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
Preston A Wells Jr	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Oliver North
Robert Stuart Jr	Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North, John W Warner
Ronald Platt	Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek
A James Clark	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
Simon Falic	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Carrie Meek
David Koch	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
Herbert N Morgan	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, Oliver North
Edgar Bronfman Sr	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Michael Bloomberg	Vito John Fossella, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
William D Smithburg	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Alice Walton	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Jay Odom	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham
Warren L Batts	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot
John N Palmer	Phil Gramm, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush
Larry Ruvo	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush
James A Patterson	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North
Michael David Epstein	Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North, John W Warner
Paul J DiMare	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek

Donor

Common Recipients

Roger Penske

Phil Gramm, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North

James D Dannenbaum

Phil Gramm, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Thomas Lee Strickland, George H W Bush

Preston A Wells Jr

Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Oliver North

Robert Stuart Jr

Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Oliver North, John W Warner

Ronald Platt

Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek