The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)

Museum hosting dinner, talk by Sandra Durbin

- By Editorial staff editor@news-herald.com

The Internatio­nal Women’s Air & Space Museum announced it will host its next “Dinner with a Slice of History” program on March 24.

Entitled “The Groundbrea­king Experience of Sandra Durbin,” the program features the first Black female Air Traffic Controller in the U.S. and US Navy. The program will be held both in-person and via Zoom.

Durbin joined the U.S. Navy in 1966 and after boot camp, had a choice: air traffic controller or electronic­s technician. After careful and strategic considerat­ion, she chose Air Traffic Control School, the release stated.

On March 24, Durbin joins the museum to explore her groundbrea­king career and service at both Naval Air Stations Pensacola and North Island. She will also share her post-military service activities and her work as the 2022-2023 California AMVETS commander engaging with and serving fellow veterans.

Dinner will begin at 6 p.m., with the program starting at 6:30.

Registrati­on is required by visiting www.iwasm.org or calling 216-623-1111. Inperson tickets are $27 for non-IWASM members and $17 for IWASM members and will include program admission and a boxed dinner. Virtual tickets are for a minimum donation of $10.

The museum offers a special ticket bundle and a discounted one-year membership for $55, the release stated.

For more informatio­n, call the museum or email info@iwasm.org.

IWASM is a nonprofit museum with the mission to preserve, educate, and inspire its communitie­s about the history and culture of

women in all areas of aviation and aerospace, the release stated. Located inside Cleveland’s Burke Lakefront

Airport, exhibits are free of charge seven days a week, offering guided tours and programs by appointmen­t.

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