John Peter Rubino Memorial

The scholarship was established by the family, friends, and colleagues of John Peter Rubino, a professional pilot who died in an air crash at the age of thirty-four.

Early in life, John gained a love for flying; he began flight lessons at the age of fourteen, soloed at sixteen and became a commercial pilot at eighteen. While a student at the University of Florida, John operated a glider flight school and graduated as an aeronautical engineer in 1974. He continued his career in aviation in California, and became a jet pilot for a corporation based in Orange County. In May 1984, John and another flight instructor were killed in the crash of an ultra-light aircraft.

John had attended classes at Orange Coast College and had given flying lessons at Orange County Airport. The scholarship will provide for flight instruction to other students of aviation.