EXECUTIVE WATCH Ray Lamas


VP-North America, Loft Dynamics By Rick Weatherford


It was bound to happen. As the American


workforce and


aerospace industry become more diverse, we now have two consecutive


Executive Watch


profiles, published in the last issue on Anthony Rios and this time on Ray Lamas, that feature second-generation Hispanic Americans who make positive contributions to the vertical-lift industry and show how healthy immigration fuels American economic growth and ingenuity. “Everyone is born somewhere and I was very


fortunate to


be born in the United States,” Lamas said.


More specifically, the lifelong Steelers football fan was born and raised in Pittsburgh by his father (a doctor) and mother (a lawyer) who immigrated from Spain in 1972. “Many immigrant families have a high level of patriotism and deep appreciation for this country, and I attended the U.S. Naval Academy as a way to pay back


the United States for what it offered our family, and also because I’m a history buff with a great interest in Naval aviation and its role in defeating Japan in World War II,” Lamas said. That interest motivated him to earn a bachelor’s degree in history as a midshipman in Annapolis, Maryland, and his history appetite is still strong today. For example, he’s currently reading Eighteen Days in October: the Yom Kippur War and How it Created the Modern Middle East by Uri Kaufman. “I’m passionate about history, and like to study how past events occurred and influence what is happening today,” he said.


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