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Louis O. Alder

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Major General Louis O. Alder

Louis Orin Alder (23 March 1922 in Preston, Idaho - 22 January 2001 in Riverside, California) was a United States Air Force Major General.

Early life[]

Louis was born in Preston, Idaho on March 23, 1922. He graduated from North Gem High School, Bancroft, Idaho, in 1940.

Education[]

He attended Boise Junior College and the University of Colorado; graduated from the University of Maryland in 1959 with a bachelor of military science degree and from The George Washington University in 1961 with a master's degree in business administration. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1969 and is a 1965 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Military service & assignments[]

  • October 2, 1942: Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces from Salt Lake City, Utah (ASN: 19116868) and served in New Guinea as airplane armorer in the 38th Bombardment Group; completed Officer Candidate School in Brisbane, Australia, and was commissioned a Second lieutenant in September 1944. He then was a squadron armament officer in the 3rd Bombardment Group, serving in the Philippines and on Okinawa.
  • January 1946 - August 1947: he was at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado as an instructor and later was senior instructor, Aircraft Armament Branch.
  • August 1947: transferred to Chanute Field in Illinois as armament instructor; then was officer in charge of Polar Training Unit; and lastly, was assistant design and development officer.
  • October 1948: Reassigned to Lowry Air Force Base as officer in charge of the Armament Fundamentals Branch. He then attended Air Tactical School at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
  • April 1950: became assistant chief for the Photo-Armament-Intelligence Division, Air Training Command, at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
  • July 1951 - December 1953: served at Headquarters Technical Training Air Force at Gulfport, Mississippi as assistant chief for the Armament-Photo-Weapons Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, and later was program monitor, Director Technical Training.
  • December 1953: became exchange officer with the Directorate of Armament at Headquarters Royal Australian Air Force. He was the armament project officer for acquisition of the Australian Sabrejet.
  • March 1956: was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in the Pentagon as a staff officer in the Weapons Systems Branch, Technical Training Division in the Directorate of Personnel Procurement and Training.
  • July 1961: assigned for three years to the Contract Management Office at the Ballistic Systems Division, Norton Air Force Base, Calif. Was reassigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force as chief of Development Support Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development.
  • September 1966: transferred to Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and served as director of procurement operations and then as assistant deputy chief of staff, procurement and production. He then returned to Headquarters AFSC at Andrews Air Force Base
  • November 1970: became deputy chief of staff, comptroller.
  • May 1974: assigned to Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
  • November 1974: served as deputy chief of staff, comptroller, until his reassignment as deputy chief of staff for data automation upon formation of the deputate.
  • April 24, 1974: promoted to Major General.
  • September 1, 1975: Retired from military service

Later life[]

He also worked as deputy controller for a year in the Energy Research and Development Administration in Washington, D.C., until 1976. He worked for TRW in Redondo Beach, California, from 1980 until 1987, when he retired as manager of military satellite subcontracts. He also was president of the Manchester, England mission from 1976 to 1979. He was a sealer who married couples in the Los Angeles temple from 1984 until this year. He also was president of the Corona, California, stake from 1988 to 1995.

He volunteered for many different youth organizations, and received the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award for service in Corona in 1993.

Personal life[]

He married a girl named Sue and together they had three daughters and a son.

Death[]

He passed away on January 22, 2001 in Riverside, California at the age of 78. He was buried in the Chesterfield Cemetery in Chesterfield, Idaho.

Awards and decorations[]

Sources[]

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