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AACA Jim Snead Memorial Scholarship
December 1, 2021 - December 2, 2021
The Jim Snead Memorial Scholarship was established by his wife, Almarene Snead to promote careers in the transportation industry. Jim was a highly respected businessman in Anchorage for over 20 years. He got his start in the transportation industry in 1959 working for Northwest Airlines in Seattle. Subsequent jobs in the industry included a stint at Alaska Airlines and over eleven years with Pacific Air Freight/Airborne. In September of 1976, Air Land Transport was formed as a partnership between Jim and his brother John.
Almarene and John Snead will sponsor one scholarship and a second scholarship will be taken from the Jim Snead Memorial Fund previously managed by the Anchorage Air Cargo Association. Scholarship will be awarded at the 2021 AACA Convention February 15-19 2021.