Members

We're 70 members strong!

Midway Historians Membership Roster

Club President: Capt. Robert “Bob” Russo – UAL, ret.
Club Vice-President: Robert F. “Bob” Soraparu – USAir (formerly Allegheny), ret.
Mark Angstadt
Jeff Bartgen – FA, MDW, ATA, ret.
Capt. Scott Batzel – UAL, former Midway Connection pilot
Robert "Rob" Bitunjac – Historian, Manager - Clearing Library, Clear-Ridge Historical Society
Capt. Sam Breeden – SWA, ret.
Phil Brooks – UAL Dispatcher
Bob Brzostowski – AA mechanic, ret.
Patrick “Pat” Bukiri – Historian; Curator of the Midway Historians Photo Gallery (Flickr twa1049g); Photographer
James "Jim" Casey – Historian; grandson of Midway's iconic manager, John Casey.
Paul Casey – Historian; grandson of Midway's iconic manager, John Casey.
Capt. Nick Caulfield – SWA; Assistant Chief Pilot, MDW
Edward “Ed” Cermak - Historian
Capt. John Chiros, ret. – ML, NK, ATA, Ryan Intl.
Robert C. "Bob" Colby – CFI-I, ATE/American Flyers, MDW
Capt. William "Bill" Curry – MDW, ret.
Eugene "Gene" Deutsch
Shirley Deutsch – Historian; Collector
Raymond “Ray” Drozs - SWA ground equipment Mechanic; Aviation teacher, Lewis University
Robert “Bob” Dusak – TWA, AA; Historian
Frank Fabian
Capt. Don Falenczykowski, “Donny Falen” – SWA
Charles "Chuck" J. Felle Jr. — DAL ret. (charter member)
Nora Fennessey (Rock River, OH) - Midway Historians Docent
Michael "Mike" Haupt – Author; Historian
Kenneth “Ken” Hickey – TWA mechanic, ret.
John Horvath – PAA, Historian
Jeannine Janulis, stewardess, author
Jeanne Jesernik
Robert "Bob" Jesernik
Robert “Bob” Jesko – BNF (ret.); Historian; Photographer
Dianne Johnson – Clearing area resident and historian; owner of Midway Jewelers
Martin E. “Marty” Johnson
Capt. Scott Joseph – UAL, ret., Corporate Air/Beckett, ret.
Capt. Thomas “Tom” Kalina – Chief Pilot, SC Johnson; noted aviation artist
David Kaufman, "Dave Kilo" – Chief of Ops, Chi. Dept. of Aviation, MDW
Boyd Kelly – Airboyd TV
David E. “Dave” Kent – pilot; author; historian
Anne Billingsley Kerr – stewardess, NWA, ret.; author; aviation writer
Richard “Rich” Kowalski – AA
Eva Marie Kozlowski – Pilot; Midway Historian, member Chicagoland Aviation Spotters
Gary Latronica – SWA ground equipment Mechanic
M. Christopher “Chris” Lynch – Monarch; pilot; author
William "Bill" Mackey – Formerly with UTA French Airlines; leadership strategist
Charles "Charlie" McKinney
Marisa Merkel, SWA In-Flight Manager, MDW-based
Ronald "Ron" Monahan, Clearing/Garfield Ridge Historian
Richard "Dick" Neish – FAA Team Supervisor FSD ATCT/Tracab, ret.
Kenneth “Ken” Pochocki – AA
Patricia "Pat" Pochocki – MDW
Richard "Rich" Potoki – PAA
William “Bill” Poturica (Kemon01); Historian; Photographer; Curator MDW Facebook Page
Gene Poulin – Aircraft Maintenance Technician
Gail Robb – EAL flight attendant
Neal Samors – Aviation Historical Author
Dr. Joseph "Joe" Schwieterman, Chicago historical author, director, professor at DePaul University
Laird A. Scott – Aviation photographer
Ronald “Ron” Stuart
James "Jim" Swenson
T. Rodney Tatum – PBI TWR; also former student of Capt. Bob Russo at B&W Aviation, MDW
Daniel “Dan” Uscian – journalist, historian
Richard "Rick" Voit – Pilot, businessman, regular MDW flyer.
Thomas E. “Little Tommy” Wartell – MDW TWR; ARR TWR.; CFI-I, ATE/American Flyers, MDW
James "Jim" Wissemes – SWA mechanic; aviation photographer (Flickr name: old06cphotos)F.O. Robert F. “Bob” Zilinsky – AA, ret./Chief Mechanic, Flight Engineer; Historian
Arnold A. “Arnie” Zimmerman – CFI-I, Zimtac Aviation, MDW, award-winning pilot

Members Who Have Flown West

William C. "Bill" Aitken
Michael "Mike O'Hare" Branigan
John Daraska – MDW GA Mechanic, ret.
Jerry C. Davis — Transportation Editor Chicago Sun-Times
Wallace D. "Dip" Davis
John “Jack” Dusak
Charles "Charlie" Feigel
Richard "Rich" Fennessy
Frederick "Fred" Hartman
Robert Milton "Moose" Hill
Joseph "Uncle Joe" Lipien
W.W. "Will" Martin – pilot, author and owner of military aircraft based at MDW.
Elmer H. Maves – TWA historian
Ruth Van Etten-Osgood
Jon Proctor — TWA Historian, Journalist
Nicholas C. Selig
Eugene “Gene” Smith — TWA, ret.; Chief Pilot, ret. – Sears, Morgan Stanley-DeanWitter
Bill Thompson — Aviation photographer and slide dealer

If you don't see your name on this page, please email us with a request to be added to the membership roster. Be sure and include your contact information along with your request, plus a little back story about yourself, to info@midwayhistorians.com