Hugh A. Woodle ’51
Winter 2006
Chemical engineering graduate Hugh Woodle of Midlothian,
Va., is still seeing the country from a bird’s-eye view. He’s
pictured here with his 59-year-old Cessna 120 at Leadville, Colo.,
at the highest public-use airport in the nation.
The challenge of his flight was to travel about 140 miles west of Colorado
Springs over and around 14,000-foot mountains in thin air that takes
away 80 to 90 percent of the performance of older, normally aspirated
aircraft.
Woodle has been a major force in efforts to perpetuate Clemson’s
proud military heritage including his work as fund-raising chair for
the Military Heritage Plaza. He’s also active in IPTAY.