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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

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  • 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
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