Kathleen Hildreth, a West Point graduate and commissioned U.S. Army officer, gave a $1 million gift to Texas Woman’s University, half of which is funding scholarships for every student in the university’s inaugural class of the Doswell School of Aeronautical Sciences. The other half will match future donations to the school’s aviation program.

Hildreth flew VIPs in Korea and served as a maintenance test pilot, and after her military stint, she found other ways to support her country through Department of Defense contracts, giving to veterans causes, and serving on the board of the Wounded Warrior Project.

Now, as a successful businesswoman and philanthropist, Hildreth is serving her country by helping some of its youngest prospective pilots gain solid footing in an industry badly in need of new aviators.