The HistoryMakers video oral history with Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer and airplane pilot Alfred Brothers was born on December 14, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston University in 1964 with his B. S. degree in engineering and went on to join the United States Air Force. In 1972, he served in the foreign technology division at Wright-Patte...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Brothers, Alfred, 1942- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Brothers, Alfred, > 1942- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Engineer > Airplane Pilot.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 32 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Alfred Brothers, Jr.
Alfred Brothers, Jr.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Engineer and airplane pilot Alfred Brothers was born on December 14, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston University in 1964 with his B. S. degree in engineering and went on to join the United States Air Force. In 1972, he served in the foreign technology division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Brothers was the wing commander of Wright State University's Air Force ROTC and worked to increase graduation rates. He retired from the Air Force in 1986, moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to work at the Raytheon Company. He was promoted from engineer to program manager. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in business administration from Century University, at age sixty. Brothers was an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America and a board member of the African/African American Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:32:00
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Fort Wayne, Indiana 2002 July 30.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.