On Dec. 17, 1925, exactly 22 years after the historic flight of the Wright Flyer, barnstormer John Paul Riddle and entrepreneur T. Higbee Embry founded the Embry-Riddle Company at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The following spring the company opened the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University began with a simple plan to train airplane pilots. Today, Embry-Riddle leads the world in aviation and aerospace higher education. Embry-Riddle is an independent, nonsectarian, not-for-profit, coeducational university. The University serves culturally diverse students seeking careers in aviation, aerospace, engineering, and related fields. Residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., provide education in a traditional setting, while the Worldwide Campus provides instruction through a globally recognized learning system that leverages online and face-to-face methods and a network of education facilities designed to support student advancement in the U.S. and abroad. In 2016 Embry-Riddle is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the university’s founding, and in 2015 it marked the 50th anniversary of the move from Miami, Fla., to Daytona Beach, Fla. Additional Embry-Riddle statistics may be found on the Institutional Research website at http://ir.erau.edu.