Thousands of people each year pass through Rochester’s airport on their way to and from someplace else. Few think about the people who make it all possible. Even fewer think about the long history of Rochester’s airport beginning in 1921.
Westsiders will soon have an opportunity to hear the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport’s story. The Ogden Farmers’ Library, 269 Ogden Center Road, will host Rick Iekel, author of The ROC: Journey thru the 20th Century, for a presentation on Monday, April 22, at 6 p.m.
During a 28-year career at Rochester’s airport as airline customer service agent, assistant airport manager, and airport manager, Iekel has seen it all. Join the author for an easy ride through the years since the City of Rochester purchased 110 acres of land once known as Britton Field.
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