PS) Among original members it was also called the "Old Farts Club" jokenly.
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Dear Herb: The origin of the Bald Eagles was the brain child of Gordon Throne. It was conceived a short time after the incorporation of Rockwell and North American. There was a concern that the original founding employees of North American Aviation and Berliner Joyce would lose their identity and that the historic founding in Dundalk Maryland would fade away. This concern gained fruition in 1962 (or 1963) when Gordon contacted Chandler King, Bill Smith, Mary Dearfooe and myself to get our opinions and to see if we would serve on a committee to put together an organization. The first official committee meeting was held at Chan King's house. It was decided originally to limit membership to only those who had worked back east when Kindleberger started North American Aviation. In 1962 there were approximately 60 of the original back east employees living. Not all of them responded
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R. C. Young
Here's a note from RC Young from 1986 that details the origin of our organization, courtesy of Board member and aviation historian, Lowell Ford. Mr. Young noted that in 1962 there was a concern that the memory of the original Dundalk (Maryland) "founders" would slowly fade away. I hope we can keep the memory of those men and all of those who came after them alive for some time to come.
