Background
Calloway, Augustus James was born on June 24, 1908 in Texarkana, Texas, United States. Son of Augustus James and Alice Ann (Hawkins) Calloway.
Calloway, Augustus James was born on June 24, 1908 in Texarkana, Texas, United States. Son of Augustus James and Alice Ann (Hawkins) Calloway.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1936. Postgraduate Washington and Jefferson University, 1943-1944.
Government, 1936-1937. Investigator Welfare Department, Detroit, 1938-1940. Commercial representative Michigan Bell Telephone
Company, Detroit, 1940-1943, 46-50, manager public office, 1950-1955, 57-61, staff representative commercial personnel, 1955-1957, manager business office, 1961-1962, manager public relations, 1962-1963, assistant manager customer relations, 1963-1964, manager customer relations, 1964-1967, director community affairs, 1967-1971, assistant vice president urban affairs, 1972-1973.
Member Trade Union Leadership Council, 1962-1977. Board of directors San Antoine Young Men's Christian Association, 1958-1959, Chairman of Commission management, 1958-1960. Member Executive Committee Family Services Metropolitan Detroit, 1964-1977.
Member Detroit Community Council, 1951-1952, president, 1953-1955.
Member Detroit Council Political Education, 1965-1977. Trustee Michigan College Osteopathic Medicine, 1966-1971, Burton Mercy Hospital.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Institute Black Elected Officials, Booker T. Washington Business Association (president 1957-1958), Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi.
Married Mary Frances Billups, May 31, 1937. Children: Augustus James III, Brian Joseph.