Alexander Porter P. BUTTERFIELD

Background

BUTTERFIELD, Alexander was born on April 6, 1926 in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Son of Admiral Horace Butterfield and Susan Armistead Alexander Butterfield.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, 1956. Master of Science, George Washington University, 1967. Master of Arts, University California, 2005.

Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Embry-Riddle University, 1973.

Career

Second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1949; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1966; fighter pilot, fighter-gunnery instructor, weapons officer, member Skyblazers (United States jet aerobatic team Europe), United States Air Force, 1949-1953; aide to commander 4th Allied Tactical Air Force, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1954-1955; operations officer interceptor squadron, 1955-1956; assistant professor, United States Air Force Academy, 1957-1959; senior aide to commander-in-chief, United States Pacific Air Forces, 1959-1962; commander fighter squadron, Okinawa, 1962-1963; commander tactical reconnaissance task forces, S.E. Asia, 1963-1964; tactical air warfare policy planner, United States Air Force headquarters, 1964-1965; military assistant to special assistant secretary defense, 1965-1966; student, National War College, 1966-1967; senior United States military representative, commander in chief Pacific representative, Australia, 1967-1969; retired, 1969; deputy assistant, President Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1973; secretary to Cabinet, 1969-1973; administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, 1973-1975; lecturer Ethics in Government, American Program Bureau, 1975-1976; executive vice president, chief operating officer, director, International Air Svc. Company Ltd., 1977-1979; president, chief operating officer, director, California Life Corporation, 1979-1980. Chairman Global Media Arts Corporation, Global Network Inc., 1981-1982.

Chairman, chief Executive officer Armistead & Alexander, Inc., 1983-1994. Board directors Aloha Airlines Inc.

Achievements

• Alexander Porter Butterfield has been listed as a noteworthy business executive, government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Presidentially appointed member National Armed Forces Museum advisory board Smithsonian Institution, 1970—1976. Member military-science expedition to South Pole, 1968. Leader of United States government and industry delegate to Moscow for ministerial level talks on technical and trade, 1973.

Key witness select committee's hearings on Watergate United States Senate, 1973. Key witness during deliberations of impeachment of President Richard Nixon United States House of Representatives Judicial Committee, 1974. Chairman Chancellor's Associates University California, San Diego, 2005—2006.

Board directors International Flight Safety Foundation, 1976—1981, Los Angeles County Museum Natural History, 1981—1985. Member of Screen Actors Guild, Air Force Association, Tailhook Association, Council for Excellence in Government, American Film Institute, Thunderbird Alumni Association, Bel-Air Country Club (Los Angeles), University Club (San Diego).

Connections

Married Charlotte Mary Maguire, September 9, 1949 (divorced January 1985). Children: Leslie Carter (deceased), Alexander Porter Junior, Susan Carter Holcomb, Elisabeth Gordon Buchholz.

Father:

Horace Bushnell Butterfield

Mother:

Susan A. (Alexander) Butterfield

Spouse:

Charlotte Mary Maguire

child:

Susan Carter Holcomb Butterfield

child:

Elisabeth Gordon Buchholz Butterfield

child:

Leslie Carter Butterfield (deceased)

child:

Alexander Porter Junior Butterfield