Background
BUTTERFIELD, Alexander was born on April 6, 1926 in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Son of Admiral Horace Butterfield and Susan Armistead Alexander Butterfield.
federal official air transportation executive
BUTTERFIELD, Alexander was born on April 6, 1926 in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Son of Admiral Horace Butterfield and Susan Armistead Alexander Butterfield.
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.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1949, advanced through grades to colonel, 1966, retired, pilot, fighter-gunnery instructor, parachutist, weapons officer, member Skyblazers (United States jet aerobatic team Europe), 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 Southeast Asia, 1963-1964. Tactical air warfare policy planner United States Air Force, 1964-1965. Military assistant to special assistant to secretary United States Department Defense, 1965-1966.
Student National War College, 1966-1967. Senior United States military representative and Commander in chief Pacific representative United States Department Defense, Australia, 1967-1969. Retired, 1969; deputy assistant to President The White House, 1969-1973.
Administrator Federal Aviation Administration, 1973-1975. Lecturer Ethics in Government American Program Bureau, 1975-1976. Executive vice president, chief operating officer International Air Service Company Ltd., 1977—1979.
President, chief operating officer California Life Corporation, 1979—1980. Chairman Global Media Arts Corporation, Global Network Inc., 1981—1982. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Armistead & Alexander, Inc., 1983—1994.
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).
Married Charlotte Mary Maguire, September 9, 1949 (divorced January 1985). Children: Leslie Carter (deceased), Alexander Porter Junior, Susan Carter Holcomb, Elisabeth Gordon Buchholz.