Alfred E. McWilliams
Graduate of Yale Divinity School, 1936
Biography
Born in 1911 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Alfred Edward McWilliams was raised in Kansas. He graduated from Lane College in 1933. He married Elvira Minerva McWilliams. In 1943, McWilliams completed army chaplain training at Harvard University and was commissioned as a Methodist chaplain. From 1943 to 1964, he served in the US Air Force, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. Among his postings were air force bases in Ohio, Colorado, and Arizona. In 1945, McWilliams' name appeared in the national Black press for sending $402, collected from 55 members of his battalion, to the NAACP. McWilliams died in 1986 at the age of 75.
Full Name
Alfred E. McWilliams
Family Name
McWilliams
Yale Affiliation
Graduate of Yale Divinity School, 1936
Birth Date
1911
Birth Place
Educated At
Places Lived
Death Date
1986
Gender
male
Decade(s) at Yale
1930s
