SOURCE: The Tuskegee News - Volume 133, Number 44 - Thursday, October 30, 1997 - Tuskegee, Alabama.
Alabama's Governor Fob James made a dozen appointments to the Tuskegee Airmen Commission, including several local representatives. The Tuskegee Airmen Commission was created by an act of the Alabama Legislature with the mission to "establish, operate and maintain a memorial to honor the Tuskegee airmen and other related individuals." Eighteen members comprise the commission, all who are appointed by the governor under the legislation guided through by State Sen. George Clay of Tuskegee. The appointments are effective until Oct. 23, 2005 with the purpose of establishing an Airmen memorial to the 332nd Fighter Group.
Those appointed are:
| Colonel Herbert Carter (USAF-RET.) | Tuskegee, Alabama |
| William Childs | Tuskegee, Alabama |
| Jesse Upshaw | Tuskegee, Alabama |
| Milton Davis | Tuskegee/Montgomery, Alabama |
| Dr. Daniel Williams | Tuskegee, Alabama |
| Lee Archer | New Rochelle, New York |
| William Campbell | Sea Side, California |
| Kenneth Wofford | Golden Valley, Minnesota |
| Frederick Gregory | Annapolis, Maryland |
| General Glenn Hennies (Ret.) | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Charles McGee | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Percy Sutton | New York, New York |
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