Alfred Eugene Thomas, Jr.,MD.

- Graduated Ferris Institute and Olivet College - Dr. of Medicine degreee from Meharry Medical College - Colonel and Flight Surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during WWII (Tuskeegee Airman) serving under General B.O. Davis at Tuskeegee Army Airfield and oversees in Liberia as a member of the 25th Station Hospital (first racially integrated unit selected for foreign duty) - Elected member of the Detroit Board of Commerce in 1952 - Originator of the NAACP $100/plate Freedom Fund Dinner - Major contributor to the Founders' Society, African Art Gallery and Detroit Institute of Arts - Member of the first Human Relations Committee of the Detroit Police Department