Michigan Association of Airport Executives

The MAAE offers $1,000.00 scholarships to a full-time student who are actively pursuing an associate or baccalaureate level degree in an aviation management related program. The scholarship applications are evaluated by the MAAE Academic Relations Committee and awarded by the Executive Board.

MAAE’s scholarship is named after Robert Peckham. Bob was an airport engineer that graduated from Michigan State University and began work for Michigan Department of Aeronautics after WWII. Bob created his own firm in the early 1950s serving more then 40 airports in Michigan and mentoring hundreds of Airport Managers and Engineers along the way. Bob was a member of Michigan Association of Airport Executives since its inception in 1949. Bob passed away in 2014 at age, 92 never retiring, but always building, designing, planning for the future. Peckham Engineering won numerous awards, but Bob said, “To be honored with the naming of the MAAE Scholarship was the greatest achievement of his career. It is about the future and building those careers that will create the airports of tomorrow.” 

To be considered for the award of the Robert Peckham Academic Scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Be enrolled in an associate or baccalaureate level Aviation Management Degree Program at an accredited college or university and plan to continue this pursuit the following year.

2. Be a student that attends a state of Michigan college or university or a resident of the state of Michigan attending a college or university outside the state of Michigan.

3. Be of sophomore, junior or senior standing at the time the application is submitted.

4. Have achieved academic proficiency (grade point average) at the time of the application of 3.0 or better (based on a 4.0 system).

5. Submit a short essay on Airport Management as a Career, what benefit would the scholarship give you and why did you choose this career path.

6. Applications must be accompanied by a copy of a transcript or semester/quarter grades from the applicant’s college or university.

7. Applications must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a member of the Aviation Department faculty at the institution in which the applicant is currently enrolled.

8. Applicant must not have previously received the scholarship from the Michigan Association of Airport Executives.

9. Applicant must complete all requested information on the scholarship application form and sign the document.

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