Harrol Andrew Brauer

Background

Brauer, Harrol Andrew was born on October 17, 1920 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Harrol Andrew and Bertie (Gregory) Brauer.

Education

Bachelor, U. Richmond, 1942. Doctor of Laws, Christopher Newport U.

Career

Chief announcer, program director, account executive various radio stations in Virginia, 1939-1942, 45-49. Vice president Station WVEC radio, Hampton, Virginia, 1949-1980. Vice-president, director sales Station WVEC-television, Hampton, 1953-1982.

Vice president Peninsula Cable Corporation, 1966-1982.

Chairman Wyatt Brothers, 1983-1990. Board directors Peninsula Broadcasting Corporation President Hampton Community Chest, 1951-1952.

Crusade chairman Peninsula unit American Cancer Society, 1960.

Achievements

• Harrol Andrew Brauer has been listed as a noteworthy broadcasting executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Hampton School Board, 1963, vice chairman, 1964-1968, chairman, 1968-1970. Served as Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member.Hampton Retail Merchants.

Association (past president, board directors), Chesapeake Academy Foundation (vice-chairman 1988), Jamestowne Society, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce (past board directors), Broadcast Pioneers, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Clubs: James River Country, Hampton Yacht, Peninsula Executive"s (past president, board directors). Lodge: Kiwanis (past board directors, president, lieutenant governor).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Anne Hill, May 18, 1946. Children: Harrol Andrew III, William Lanier, Gregory Hill.

Father:

Harrol Andrew Brauer

Mother:

Bertie (Gregory) Brauer

Spouse:

Elizabeth Anne Hill

child:

Gregory Hill Brauer

child:

Harrol Andrew III Brauer

child:

William Lanier Brauer