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
Jay I Kislak	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Political Action Committee, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
Stanley Tate	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek, Javier D Souto
H Wayne Huizenga	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek, Bill Grant
Armando M Codina	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
Richard D Fain	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek, John W Warner
Madeleine Arison	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom, John W Warner
Lowell W Paxson	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom, John W Warner
Jorge Mas	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
Norman Braman	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom
Dr Zachariah P Zachariah	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Bill Grant
Carl H Lindner	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North, John W Warner
Thomas A Davis	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Bill Grant, John W Warner
Sam Fox	Vito John Fossella, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, John W Warner
Charles Cobb Jr	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, John W Warner
Micky Arison	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, Elaine Bloom
Benjamin Leon Jr	Vito John Fossella, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Carrie Meek
Dean White	Larry Pressler, William Lehman, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, Oliver North, Bill Grant
Joseph Petrone	Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, John W Warner
Roy Pfautch	Phil Gramm, Connie Mack III, Larry Pressler, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Lightfoot, John W Warner
Edward A Dauer	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Connie Mack III, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Bob Graham, Carrie Meek, Elaine Bloom

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Jay I Kislak