Diversity and Inclusion
Past District Governor 2019-2020 ALFRED BROTHERS JR.
Alfred Brothers Jr. was born and raised in Boston Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Boston Latin School, the oldest Public High School in the United States, and Boston University College of Engineering, graduating in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Upon graduation, he was then commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, and assigned to pilot training at Williams AFB, Arizona where he graduated in 1965. His Air Force career spanned 22 years as a bomber and fighter pilot, an engineering branch chief at the Air Force Foreign Technology Division (Technical Intelligence) and commander of an Air Force ROTC Detachment at Wright State University Dayton Ohio. He had two tours in Vietnam first flying B-52 Bombers and then flying a B-57G test aircraft in combat which lead to an assignment in the then new FB-111A fighter aircraft. He amassed 155 combat missions in those two tours and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, Multiple Air Metals, and Chief of Chaplain Awards.
After retiring from the USAF in 1986, Al joined the Magnavox Company now Raytheon as a project engineer in the Electronic Warfare Division, and was quickly promoted to program manager leading various research and development programs for our military services in Electronic Warfare, Space Electronics and Research, Military Communications, and Software Development. Al retired from Raytheon in 2011.
Al joined Rotary in 1987 after being asked by a fellow senior staff member at Magnavox. He served as president of the Anthony Wayne Club in 2011-2012. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society member, Major Donor, Benefactor and Bequest Society Member. He served as an Assistant Governor for the Berne, Bluffton, Columbia City and Decatur clubs. Al and his wife, Sandi, attended Rotary International Conventions in New Orleans, Atlanta, Toronto and Hamburg. He is also a graduate of the Rotary Leadership Training Institute and the International Assembly in San Diego, California. He is a lifetime member of the Rotary Genealogy Fellowship and the International Scouting fellowship. His personal areas of focus are “Disease Prevention and Treatment” and “Water and Sanitation”.
Al is married to Sandra Wooten from Newton Massachusetts and they reside outside Spencerville, Indiana. Sandi, also a Paul Harris Fellow, is a former Quilt Shop Owner in Leo, Indiana, an avid quilter, quilt lecturer and instructor. Sandi is a life member of Rotarian Fellowship of Quilters and Fiber Artists. They have two grown children, a son and a daughter, and four grand children. When he has free time, Al enjoys genealogy, gardening, photography, and travel.
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