Young Eagles Visionary Wins Phillips 66 Award

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, August 05, 2014 at 08:50 PM ET

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** Greg Anderson**

Key Takeaways:

Greg Anderson, the creator of the EAA's Young Eagles program, received the 2014 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award.
Anderson conceived the Young Eagles program in the late 1980s to inspire young people in aviation, a program that has since flown over 1.8 million youths.
He personally flew more than 600 young people and continues his work inspiring youth as the head of the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum.

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Greg Anderson, the former EAA staffer who came up with the idea for the Young Eagles program, received the 2014 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award last week during AirVenture Oshkosh 2014.

Anderson has dedicated much of his life to inspiring young people to get involved in aviation, personally flying more than 600 youths on Young Eagles flights. Now the head of the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, Anderson worked for EAA for more than 20 years.