Oliver (Ollie) Kaldahl was honored at the 29th National Congress on Aviation and Space Education as one of five to receive the Crown Circle for Aerospace Education Leadership Award for his outstanding leadership and commitment to aerospace education. This award was established in 1979 by the National Congress. Induction into the Congress's Crown Circle is one of the highest honors bestowed worldwide in the field of aerospace education. Ollie has been a long-term aerospace educator, workshop director and active NCR-AEA member. He is the founder and initial instructor for the first aeronautics summer school program in Minnesota. Since l972, he has taught a summer aerospace workshop for teachers in the Department. During the 23 years Ollie has taught this course, he has introduced hundreds of educators to aerospace curriculum activities, providing "hands-on" activities for both elementary and secondary teachers. He has dedicated himself to the task of providing aviation and space education both to young people and to their teachers. His efforts have been recognized by the Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics; the Federal Aviation Administration; the World Aerospace Education Association; and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

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