Luis Roberto Scholtz

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Biography:
Luis was one of the founders of the first radio station in Venezuela in 1926. The following is from radiodx.com and is copyright of Ragusa Media Group, PO Box 14339, Wellington, New Zealand:
This year marks the 77 years of the issuing of the first official license to install a radio station in Venezuela; this first license was granted by the Ministry of Public Works and Economy the 25 of September, 1925, to Mr. Arturo Santana and Mr. Luis Scholtz, who founded "Arturo Santana, Scholtz & Company" with the purpose of operating the "Empresa Venezolana de Radiotelefonía"; it was Mr. Alfredo Muller who had the honor of being the first official announcer of this station, thus becoming the first ever radio announcer in Venezuela. This license not only gave them the exclusive rights to broadcast, but also the exclusive rights for the commercialization of the receivers. Friday, April 2, 1926, arrived at the port of La Guaira from New York the equipment for the first Venezuelan radio station.
This first station was called AYRE Broadcasting, their studios were located in a building in the corner of El Tejar, and the antenna and the transmitter in a lot nearby the bullring the "Nuevo Circo", not to far from the Bolivar square in Caracas. AYRE began its transmissions the night of May 23, 1926.
The newspaper El Universal, in its edition of May 24, 1926, depicts its inauguration as: "The Station AYRE Central Broadcasting of Caracas, inaugurated last night, was constructed by the powerful American company Western and its reach is of 2,000 miles, it is moved by two electrical motors, its power is of 12 horses. Its height is 65 meters".
Thanks to the technical capacity of Mr. Luis Scholtz, AYRE was as good as any of the best stations of its time; the station consisted of a transmitters made by the Western Electric and towers of 65 meters height to support the antenna. Some historical reviews indicate that its power was 1 Kilowatt, but if what was published by the newspaper El Universal is correct, and its power was 12 horses, then its actual power was + - 9 Kilowatt (12 HP multiplied by the conversion factor that is 746).
Unfortunately this station was in the air a very short time; the dictator of the moment, General Juan Vicente Gomez, did not see Mr. Arturo Santana with very good eyes, Santana was also a colonel in the Venezuelan army and aide-de-camp of his older son, General Jose Vicente Gomez, who was exiled in Switzerland for political reasons; and taking advantage of the serious political turmoil of April 7, 1928, when two military bases in Caracas revolt and a military conspiracy starts up, in which also some university leaders who in the end would finish jailed participated, Gomez, adducing reasons of "state security", ordered the closing of the station, this action marked the end of the first chapter of the broadcasting history in Venezuela. AYRE was born thanks to the political influence of Colonel Santana, and is this same political influence what determine its closing.

Died:
Age 69 at death.

Luis married Avelina Patcheco on 25 Jun 1892. Avelina was born about 1873 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 22 Jan 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Biography:
From the 1914 Senate records:
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit John C Scholtz a citizen of Venezuela to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point provided that no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby and that the said John C Scholtz shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the academy to be studious and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the course in the various departments of instruction and that tne said John C Scholtz shall not be admitted to the academy until he shall have passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States and that he shall be immediately withdrawn if deficient in studies or conduct and so recommended by the academic board And provided further That in the case of the said John C Scholtz the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended Military Academy Act March 4 1913 Public No 431
According to Leonard, John William, "Who's Who in Engineering, A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries 1922-1923", 1922:
Scholtz, John Christopher, 50 Church St., New York; res. 109 Fisher Av., White Plains, New York.
Civil Engineer; b. Caracas, Venezuela, March 25, 1893; s. Luis Roberto and Avelina (Pachedo) Scholtz; ed. Bordentown Mil. Inst., Bordentown, N. J.; C.E. Poly. Inst. of Brooklyn. Chief estimator, Eire Railroad Co., New York, N. Y. Commnd Capt. 3rd Reg. N. G. N. Y.; served as Sergt, 9th Coast Arty Corps of New York State. Mem. A.A.E.

John married Luisa Cristina Jahn on 19 Jul 1924 in Manhattan, New York. Luisa was born on 21 Jun 1901 in La Victoria, Venezuela; died on 21 Dec 1981 in Fr Lauderdale, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Maria Luisa Statius Muller

Maria married Carlos Antonio Statius Muller on 3 Jul 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. Carlos (son of Albert Willem Statius Muller and Josefina Alida Scholtz) was born on 17 Oct 1893 in Curaçao; died in Nov 1962 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Luisa Margarita Statius Muller

Luisa married Albert Willem Statius Muller, Jr on 20 Dec 1919 in Manhattan, New York. Albert (son of Albert Willem Statius Muller and Josefina Alida Scholtz) was born on 19 Jan 1900 in Curaçao; died in 1995 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Victor married Rebecca Sanabria on 29 Nov 1922 in Manhattan, New York. Rebecca was born about 1904 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Olga Everett
• Residence: Arizona

Olga married Willis Everett on 30 Dec 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. Willis was born on 30 Jun 1894 in Heater, Mississippi; died in Jul 1968 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: 1947; United States Military Academy at West Point

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Military:
Jack was a fighter pilot and fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Other Events:

• Name: Josephine cahill

Josephine married Joseph Harold Cahill, Jr. on Yes, date unknown. Joseph was born on 9 Nov 1917 in New York; died on 15 May 1980 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Norma O'Conner
• Residence: Hudson, Florida

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Residence:
13216 Shadberry Ln

Died:
Obiturary from St Petersburg Times
O'CONNOR, NORMA A., 79, of Hudson, died Wednesday (April 25, 2001) at Bear Creek Nursing Center in Hudson. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she came here 19 years ago from Woodcliff Lake, N.J. She was a certified public accountant with Ingersoll-Rand and member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband, Thomas; and a brother, Roger Muller, Florida. Prevatt Funeral Home, Hudson.

Family/Spouse: Thomas O'Conner. Thomas was born on 3 Apr 1915 in Brooklyn, New York; died on 1 Dec 2001 in Florida; was buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Biography:
From his obituary in the Norwalk Hour:
Roger L. Muller
Resident of Wilton
Roger L. Muller, of Wilton, CT, passed away May 20th from cancer following a brief illness.
Born in 1925 to Carlos and Maria Statius-Muller, Roger lived to be an impressive 87, just missing his next birthday on June 7th. Roger grew up in Brooklyn, attending Erasmus High School, where he played varsity football and baseball. In 1944, he was inducted into the Navy at the young age of 18, where an aptitude test led him to be trained and to serve his country as an Electrician's Mate 3rd Class. Discharged May 6th, 1946, he went on to Sampson College under the G.I. Bill. After matriculating, he was employed by U.S. Rubber and Kaiser Aluminum. One of the highlights of his career at Kaiser Aluminum includes switching the wiring at Madison Square Garden from copper to aluminum.
On September 6th 1959, he met and married the love of his life, Pamela A. Archibald. They made their home in Rowayton, CT with their two children, Tony and Brooke. Dedicated to his community, Roger took every opportunity to get involved. He taught First Holy Communion at St. Joseph's church in Norwalk, was the treasurer for the Rowayton Civic Association and a member of the Republican Town Committee for the 6th Taxing District. He also continued a lifelong passion for baseball by coaching Little League. Roger's involvement even extended to assisting Frank Espisito in his first run for mayor of Norwalk.
In his spare time, Roger enjoyed reading and was an avid tennis player, playing competitively into his 70s. He could often be found playing at the courts of his beloved Bailey Beach or searching the stacks of Wilton Library for a good book.
Roger is predeceased by his wife, Pamela A. Muller, son, Anthony Muller, brother, Albert Muller, and his sisters, Josephine Cahill and Norma O'Conner. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Brooke and Larry Brown and their children, Larry Brown Jr., Hannah Brown, and Georgia Brown.
A memorial service will be held on June 9th at 10:30 am in Our Lady of Fatima Church, 225 Danbury Road, Wilton. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the American Cancer Society. Internment will be private and there will be no calling hours.

Roger married Pamela A. Archilbald on 6 Sep 1959. Pamela died before 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Military:
Albert served in the Military during the Korean War.

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Military:
Louis served as a fighter pilot during WWII and the Korean War.

Biography:
Lou Everett was a test pilot and died during an exhibition in front of the military and press when he was showing an experimental Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Biography by his son David from 2006:
Willis Louis “Lou” Everett was born on November 28, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. Lou graduated from high school at seventeen during World War II, and wanted to fly fighter aircraft for the United States Navy. Because he was too young for the Navy Cadet program, he enlisted in the Army. Within a few months he transferred to the Army Air Corps and began training as a fighter pilot assigned to fly P-51 Mustangs. Stationed in Florida, he was awaiting assignment to go overseas when the war ended.
Lou joined the Mississippi Air National Guard, attended Millsaps College, and continued to fly by crop dusting and instructing at a local air school. While attending Millsaps he married Betty June Coleman and soon after the couple moved to Starkville, Tennessee where Lou enrolled in the Aero Physics Department at Mississippi State University.
In 1950, Lou and June had their first baby, Tom. In December of that year the Mississippi Air National Guard was called to active duty because of the Korean Conflict. The family followed the unit to Albany, Georgia and then to Louisville, Kentucky, where in 1952 their second child, Kathy, was born. Shortly thereafter Lou was called to serve in Korea, where he flew AT-6 Texans on forward air control missions.
Lou returned to the states to resume his education at Mississippi State and graduated in 1954 with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and joined Chance-Vought in California as an engineer. However, Lou still yearned to fly.
In 1955 June gave birth to their third child, David. Lou was hired by Ryan Aeronautical Company as their second test pilot for the X-13 Vertijet, joining Ryan’s Chief Test Pilot, Pete Girard. The X-13 was the world’s first pure jet VTOL aircraft, and Pete and Lou were the only pilots to fly it. As a result of their research work on the X-13, both Pete and Lou received awards from the New York Academy of Sciences. During this time Lou became one of the original 17 members of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. In 1957 June gave birth to their fourth child, Glen
During the test phase of Ryan’s VZ-3RY Vertiplane, Pete Girard resigned from test piloting, and Lou became Ryan’s Chief Engineering Experimental Test Pilot. Lou continued testing the Vertiplane and began testing the Flexwing, which was a Rogallo-wing aircraft and a powered fore-runner of modern hang-gliders.
The next project was the XV-5A Vertifan, jointly developed by Ryan and General Electric. The Vertifan employed the lift fan concept to achieve vertical flight, diverting jet thrust to spin louvered fans in the wings and nose.
On April 27, 1965, the two Vertifan prototypes made their public debut during a press demonstration at Edwards. One was to fly horizontally in front of the grandstand, while the other would convert from horizontal to vertical flight and descend. Lou was in the plane scheduled to descend. Flying at 180 knots and an altitude of 800 feet, Lou prepared to transition from conventional to fan mode, but unexpectedly the Vertifan violently pitched nose down. Lou ejected, but the ejection seat failed and his parachute caught on the plane’s high tail. Lou went down with the plane and was killed.
Lou was a devoted family man, an outstanding engineer, and a passionately dedicated test pilot during a seminal time in the history of United States aerospace.