{"id":12320,"date":"2009-01-28T13:53:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T20:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=12320"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:36:03","slug":"plane-crash-takes-lives-of-two-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/plane-crash-takes-lives-of-two-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane crash takes lives of two alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Protiva<\/strong>, 47, and\u00a0Thomas Moody<\/strong>, 58, died in a private airplane crash on Jan. 23. Both men were NAU graduates and strongly connected to the university’s civil and environmental engineering programs.<\/p>\n

“Both individuals were substantial contributors to our close-knit engineering community here in northern Arizona,” said\u00a0Debra Larson<\/strong>, associate dean of the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n

Moody worked two years as a research associate at NAU before starting his own business specializing in stream restoration and natural resource planning. He also worked on environmental issues with Grand Canyon Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Protiva was a principal owner of Shephard-Wesnitzer Inc., a northern Arizona civil engineering firm. Besides being a large contributor to NAU’s engineering department, the company devotes volunteer time to mentor NAU students.<\/p>\n

“Frank and Tom were special people whose presence would light up a room,” said\u00a0Paul Trotta<\/strong>, a professor of civil and environmental engineering. “It’s a reminder to do what both Frank and Tom would say, ‘Live life and be happy.'”<\/p>\n

A celebration of Moody’s life will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the Elks Lodge at 2101 N. San Francisco St. Participants are welcome to bring instruments and be included in a music jam session.<\/p>\n

Condolences for Moody can be sent to\u00a0Stephanie@naturalchanneldesign.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A celebration of Protiva’s life will be an open-house potluck from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Wiseman Aviation Hanger located at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, Protiva’s family requests donations to the Utah Back Country Pilots, Sky Park Airport, 1887 S. Redwood Road #16, Woodscross, UT 84087.<\/p>\n

Condolences for Protiva can be sent to\u00a0norvelowensmortuary.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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