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COL Dan Gower dedicated 27 years of service to Army serving 96
months in command and 147 months as a DUSTOFF pilot. His career was
marked with outstanding leadership, selfless service.
His unit was awarded
the
FORSCOM Commander's Trophy for Aviation Safety in 1981, signifying
the number one-rated unit of that size. He developed the Army's
safety guidelines on simulator sickness and development the SPH-5
aviation helmet. Serving as the DUSTOFF Association President in
1996-97, he lead in the development of its awards program. He
developed the plans and raised the funds to build the Neel DUSTOFF
plaza. It was Dan who developed the DUSTOFF Hall of Fame, securing a
prominent site on the grounds of the AMEDD Museum. He spearheaded
the effort to raise the money for the memorial honoring our DUSTOFF
KIAs. He served as the lead in the establishment of the DUSTOFF
Scholarship Program and obtained the partnership with the Army
Aviation Association of America. It has been said of Dan Gower that
he is "the heart and soul of the DUSTOFF Association.”
Dan Gower was inducted into the DUSTOFF Hall of Fame on 1 March
2008. |
