Brice Weyrich graduates with honors from Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
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Brice J. Weyrich, formerly of Highland County, graduated on March 29 with honors from the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics in West Mifflin, Pa.
During the ceremony, Weyrich was inducted into Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society and served as valedictorian of the March 2017 graduating class. Through his course of study, Weyrich earned an associate degree in specialized technology through the PIA Aviation Electronics Technology Program. PIA has trained students in airplane maintenance and repair since 1929, when the institute was created out of an airplane service and pilot training company founded by Glenn Curtiss and Orville Wright. The Institute later was purchased by William J. Graham of the Graham Aviation Company and reorganized as a non-profit organization. The aviation electronics program was added in the 1980s.
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Weyrich is a 2004 graduate of Peebles High School. He is the son of Phil and Carleta Weyrich of the Belfast area, and resides in Pittsburgh with his wife, Loren, and family.
During the ceremony, Weyrich was inducted into Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society and served as valedictorian of the March 2017 graduating class. Through his course of study, Weyrich earned an associate degree in specialized technology through the PIA Aviation Electronics Technology Program. PIA has trained students in airplane maintenance and repair since 1929, when the institute was created out of an airplane service and pilot training company founded by Glenn Curtiss and Orville Wright. The Institute later was purchased by William J. Graham of the Graham Aviation Company and reorganized as a non-profit organization. The aviation electronics program was added in the 1980s.
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Weyrich is a 2004 graduate of Peebles High School. He is the son of Phil and Carleta Weyrich of the Belfast area, and resides in Pittsburgh with his wife, Loren, and family.