List of Silver Wings chapters

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Silver Wings is an American service organization for college students. Originally known as Angel Flight, it was established in 1951 at the University of Omaha as a women's auxiliary organization for the Arnold Air Society. [1] In the following list of chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics. [2] [3] [4]

ChapterCharter dateInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
Allegheny College Meadville, Pennsylvania Inactive
Captain Carmen A. Lucci Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Active [5]
John "Boots" Stratford Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Active [6]
Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Inactive
Baylor University Waco, Texas Active
Captain Lance P. Sijan Boston University Boston, Massachusetts Active
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio Inactive
Bradley University Peoria, Illinois Inactive
Brigham Young University Provo, Utah Inactive
California State University, Fresno Fresno, California Inactive
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Inactive
Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. Inactive
William H. Pitsenbarger Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Active
Major Dennis H. Sattler Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Active
Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Active
Drake University Des Moines, Iowa Inactive
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive
East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina Inactive
Challenger1986 Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, Florida Active
Steven M. Scherp Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Prescott, Arizona Active
Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Inactive
Fordham University New York City, New York Inactive
George Washington University Washington, D.C. Inactive
Howard University Washington, D.C. Active
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Inactive
Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Inactive
Kent State University Kent, Ohio Inactive
Captain Frank S. Hagan Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana Inactive [7]
General Emmett O'Donnell Louisiana Tech University Ruston, Louisiana Inactive [7]
Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Inactive
Dotsie Stewart Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan Active [8]
Kenneth J. Snedden Mississippi State University Mississippi State, Mississippi Active
Montana State University Bozeman, Montana Inactive
New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico Inactive
New York University New York City, New York Inactive
North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North Carolina Inactive
Martha Emily Metz North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Active
North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota Inactive
David Louis "Bullit" Curtis-Robinson Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Active
Colonel Francis J. McGouldrick Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Active [9]
Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio Inactive
Dee FinneganAugust 2019 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Stillwater, Oklahoma Active [10]
Pembroke College in Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Inactive
Bluford Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania Active
Ivan C. Kincheloe Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Active
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Active
Andrew J Dougherty Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Active
Colonel James B. Irwin Samford University Homewood, Alabama Inactive [7]
John Burdette Binkley San Diego State University San Diego, California Active
San Francisco State University San Francisco, California Inactive
South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota Inactive
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois Inactive
Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Inactive
Tennessee State University Nashville, Tennessee Inactive
Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Inactive
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas Inactive
Texas State University San Marcos, Texas Inactive
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas Active
Colonel George S. Roberts Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama Inactive [7]
Thomas H. Borders University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Inactive [7]
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Inactive
William P. Bowden University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [7]
University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York Inactive
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Inactive
Robert M. WhiteOctober 2019 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Active [10]
John P. Hyde University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Active
Bernadette M. Jarvis University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado Active
University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, Michigan Inactive
University of Evansville Evansville, Indiana Inactive
Colonel L. G. Duggarr University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active
Hickam University of Hawaiʻi Honolulu, Hawaii Active
Steven R. Nagel University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois Active
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Inactive
General Jack I. Gregory University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Active [11]
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Inactive
University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland Active
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland Inactive
University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Inactive
University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida Inactive
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Inactive
Al Key University of Mississippi Mississippi State, Mississippi Inactive [7]
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri Inactive
1951 University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Inactive
General Wilbur Creech University of Nevada, Las Vegas Paradise, Nevada Active
University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire Inactive
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Inactive
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Inactive
University of North Texas Denton, Texas Inactive
Joseph Stanley Smith2019 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana Active [10]
Walter R. "Waddy" Young University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Active [12]
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Inactive
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive
General Jimmie V. Adams University of South Alabama Mobile, Alabama Active [7]
University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Inactive
George Robert Hall University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi Active [7]
Lieutenant General Frank M Andrews University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Active
University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive
Lieutenant Colonel Michael P. Anderson University of Washington Seattle, Washington Active
University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Inactive
Washburn University Topeka, Kansas Inactive
Washington State University Pullman, Washington Inactive
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Inactive
Charles E. Yeager West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia Active [13]
Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas Inactive

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