NBAA to honor Jean Rosanvallon with the Doswell Award


Former Dassault Falcon Jet CEO Jean (John) Rosanvallon is the recipient of this year’s John P. “Jack” Doswell Award from the NBAA. The Doswell Award has been given out since 1987 for lifelong individual achievement on behalf of and in support of the aims, goals and objectives of business aviation.

“Throughout his 47 years in business aviation, John Rosanvallon has exemplified the finest attributes of leadership and a passionate commitment to making our industry stronger and safer,” NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen said. “It is our honor to recognize him with the association’s Doswell Award.”

Rosanvallon’s has served on many aviation-related boards including NBAA’s Advisory Council, the Corporate Angel Network, the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the Wings Club of New York, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, GAMA Board of Directors and chairman of the GAMA board in 2011.

Rosanvallon joined Dassault Aviation in France in 1975 and then became assistant to the president at DFJ, based in Teterboro, NJ, four years later. He returned to France and spent 10 years as an executive before returning to Teterboro as senior vice president, sales and marketing with responsibility for consolidating worldwide Falcon commercial activities. In 1996, he took charge of the U.S. affiliate, while serving as senior vice president of civil aircraft in France. At the end of 2019, he stepped down as CEO and now is senior advisor to the chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation.

In January 2019, Rosanvallon received the Lifetime Aviation Industry Leader Award at the Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Los Angeles. That same year he received the Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award from the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). Also in 2019, he was honored with the Mike Davis Lifetime Achievement Award at the Asian Business Aviation Association’s Icons of Aviation Gathering in Hong Kong.

The Doswell Award ceremony will take place during the 2022 NBAA Business Aviation Convention (NBAA-BACE), Oct. 18-20 in Orlando, Florida.



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