Donald Frank Lisowski

Lisowski, Donald Frank
was born March 21, 1933 in Buffalo NY to father Frank and mother Mariam. He was educated in the Jesuit tradition at Canisius High School and Canisius College and completed graduate work in Business Administration at the University of Michigan and Columbia. He was an outstanding two sport athlete (baseball and basketball), played baseball in college, and enjoyed a brief stint as a minor league pitcher. Don also enjoyed golf and was a member of various Arizona country clubs over the years, such as Desert Mountain, Firerock and Seven Canyons. Don's professional business career consisted of a 40+ year relationship with Moog Inc. The first half of that career saw his ascension to the Director of Sales & Marketing of the Moog Aerospace Group where he worked many exciting projects headlined by NASA's Mercury and Apollo programs. In the second half of his career, Don owned and operated a successful manufacturer's representative firm primarily selling Moog flight control products for commercial aviation to The Boeing Company. While his professional accomplishments were important, it was his friendships towards those from all walks of life and discrete generosity towards many who were less fortunate that proved to be his proudest legacy. Don passed away on February 14th in Los Gatos, CA after a brief bout with gastric cancer. Don is survived by Joan Ackerman, his loving wife of 55 years as well as children Robert, Barbara and Frank, and their spouses Mary, Michael and Carey and seven beautiful grandchildren, Laura, Donny, Mackenzie, Evan, Morgan, Courtney and Brooke.