Sullenberger's 1973 Air Force Academy senior class photograph He also earned a master's degree in industrial psychology from Purdue University in 1973 and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 1979. Sullenberger earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy. He said that the training he received from a local flight instructor influenced his aviation career for the rest of his life. At 16, Sullenberger learned to fly in an Aeronca Champion 7DC from a private airstrip near his home. He graduated from Denison High School in 1969, near the top of his class of about 350. He was an active member of the Waples Memorial United Methodist Church in Denison. In high school, he was the president of the Latin club, a first chair flutist, and an honor student. When he was 12 years old, his IQ was deemed high enough that he was allowed to join Mensa International. He went to school in Denison and was consistently on the 99th percentile in every academic category. According to his sister, Sullenberger built model planes and aircraft carriers during his childhood she says he became interested in flying after seeing military jets from an Air Force base near his house. The street on which he grew up in Denison was named after his mother's family. His father was a descendant of Swiss-German immigrants named Sollenberger. 3.2 Post-flight accolades and publicityĬhesley Burnett Sullenberger III was born Januin Denison, Texas.On December 2, 2021, Sullenberger was confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate to serve as the next United States Ambassador to ICAO. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of ambassador. On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden announced he would nominate Sullenberger to the post of U.S. He was ranked second in Time 's Top 100 Most Influential Heroes and Icons of 2009, after Michelle Obama. His second book, Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders, was published in May 2012. Sullenberger is the co-author, with Jeffrey Zaslow, of the New York Times bestseller Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, a memoir of his life and of the events surrounding Flight 1549, published in 2009 by HarperCollins. In May of the following year, he was hired by CBS News as an aviation and safety expert. Sullenberger retired from US Airways after 30 years as a commercial pilot on March 3, 2010. He served as the co-chairman, along with first officer Jeffrey Skiles (his co-pilot during Flight 1549), of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013. Sullenberger has since become an outspoken advocate for aviation safety and has helped develop new protocols for airline safety. He is best known for his role as pilot in command in the 2009 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan after both engines were disabled by a bird strike all 155 people aboard survived. Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization. Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951), better known as Sully, is an American retired Air Force fighter pilot, airline captain, and is U.S.
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