[2] Great-grandfather Frederick H. Prince was a successful businessman, who made his fortune through investments in a variety of business ventures, including the Union Stockyards and Transit Company of which he served as chairman.
To form the squadron, he fought the isolationist attitudes of America, the French military fearful of spies and even the wishes of his own father, who pressed Norman into attending law school at Harvard.
de Ramel began his career at CMD Investors, Inc., a division of F. H. Prince & Co., a company which developed the first master-planned office park in the country.
In April 2014, he took over Aero Ways Inc. in Wilmington Delaware, offering worldwide jet charter, executive and corporate flight management, maintenance repairs (MRO) and Fixed-Base Operations (FBO) services, as well as aircraft sales.
The Blue Bell Wings Field location (LOM) offers full executive and corporate management services for light jet and prop aircraft.
[8] The institute has been featured in Providence Business News and lauded by Lifespan CEO and President, Timothy Babineau, as having "an opportunity to create a world-class neurosciences program here in Rhode Island.
He previously served on the boards of Washington College, Chestertown, MD; Gould Academy and Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) Education at Sea.