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  • Mr. Ruwan N. Salgado
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    Avid aviation and space enthusiast and former international management consultant. Founding donor of Imperial War Museum's American Air Museum in Britain. Volunteer on NASA ISAMs satellite project at Rutherford Appleton Labs while Oxford University student. Met aerospace luminaries such as Edwin Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Eugene Kranz, Shuttle Commander Rick Hauck, Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager and several test pilots. Visitor at numerous air shows including Paris. Flown over a million miles on over 50 scheduled commercial airlines, visiting over 75 countries in six continents. Flown in over 20 aircraft types including the Concorde. A 100 thousand flyer on United Airlines for four years. Also reached elite level status on American Air, Continental and TWA. Graduate of St. Albans School, DC; BS Engineering; M. Ph in economics, University of Oxford; MBA, University of Chicago. Current President, University of Chicago. Business School Club of Washington, DC/Baltimore. College Chapter VP, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Former member of IEEE and Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chicago Council and Foreign Relations.

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