Embry-Riddle Historical Photos

Embry-Riddle Company
headquarters were located
at Lunken Field in Cincinnati,
Ohio, from 1926 to 1930.

The logo of the Embry-Riddle
Company.

Embry-Riddle mail plane
and pilot.

Embry-Riddle's first
basketball team.

Carlstrom Field, near Arcadia, Florida.

Cadets, led by John D. Fradet, heading to their aircraft at Carlstrom Field in Arcadia.

The Technical Division was located in the Aviation Building in Miami.

Jack Hunt helps volunteers
move Embry-Riddle from
Miami, Florida, to its new
home in Daytona Beach, Fla.

A convoy of trucks heads for
Daytona Beach on the second
day of the move from Miami.

The first administration
building in Daytona Beach,
Florida, on Ridgewood Boulevard.
John Paul Riddle, left,
and T. Higbee Embry.

T. Higbee Embry
Cofounder

John Paul Riddle
Cofounder

Jack R. Hunt
President 1963-1984

Steven M. Sliwa
President 1991-1998
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An Embry-Riddle biplane
in 1927.

Embry-Riddle fleet in
the late 1920s.

Air mail pilots working for
the Embry-Riddle Company.

Embry-Riddle joins the war
effort by training WWII
U.S. and Allied Forces
pilots and mechanics.

WWII cadets train at Carlstrom
Field in Arcadia, Fla.

Aircraft Overhaul Department at Carlstrom Field.

Reorganized as Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical Institute, the
nonprofit school offered courses
in jet engines and electronics.

The first edition of
Embry-Riddle's first newspaper, Fly Paper.

The "Committee of 100,"
composed of local businesses
including The News-Journal,
move Embry-Riddle to Daytona Beach.

The first building on the
Daytona Beach campus
was the Tine W. Davis
building, which houses
flight operations.

Groundbreaking of
Spruance Hall.

John Paul Riddle
Cofounder

Kenneth L. Tallman
President 1985-1991

George H. Ebbs, Ph.D.
President 1998-2005

John P. Johnson, Ph.D.
Current President
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