Two past members of the ARRL Foundation Board of Directors have been honored with emeritus status. Named as a Director Emeritus were Thomas W. Comstock, N5TC, who served on the ARRL Foundation Board from 1991 until 2012 and chaired the Scholarship Committee, and Eugene H. Hastings, W1VRK, who served on the ARRL Foundation Board from 1993 until 2014 and was a member of the Scholarship and Proposals Committees. The honors were unanimously approved by the ARRL Foundation Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting on January 21. The Board expressed its appreciation to both for their “many years of dedicated service to the ARRL Foundation.”

Established in 1973 by the ARRL as an independent and separate IRS 501(c)(3) organization, the ARRL Foundation administers programs to support the Amateur Radio community. It is funded entirely through the contributions of radio amateurs and friends.