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20-Apr-2021 Source: Summit Aviation
Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, announced that it has promoted Dennis Hurst to the position of regional sales manager.
A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Hurst has 17 years of mechanical experience with 15 of those years dedicated to aviation. Mr. Hurst was initially introduced to Summit Aviation in 2011 as a contracted flight test mechanic for Strom Aviation. He officially transitioned from that role to the Summit team in 2013. In time, he moved up as Summit’s flight test team lead, and most recently, program lead.
As a regional sales manager, Mr. Hurst will support Summit’s airborne law enforcement and ISR customer base; state and federal agencies; King Air owners and operators and other general aviation aircraft.
The life of John Penniman, ORHS Class of 2001 Part One
Benita Albert and D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking
Benita Albert brings us a great story of yet another amazing Oak Ridge schools graduate. John Penniman’s story is one Benita selected because of his contribution to the 75th anniversary book on Oak Ridge schools. It is a two-part story and Part One of his first-person account of his time in Oak Ridge.
John David Penniman arrived in Oak Ridge with his family in the summer of 1995. He began seventh grade at Jefferson Middle School (JMS) soon thereafter, and he graduated from Oak Ridge High School (ORHS) in 2001. His post-secondary studies led to a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University followed by a Ph.D. from Fordham University in the History of Christianity. Now an assistant professor of Religious Studies at Bucknell University and an author, John says of his current work: “From my (undergraduate) years at Elon College, I had always wanted to teach