Alexander Butterfield
| Alexander Butterfield | |
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| United States Federal Aviation Administrator |
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In office March 14, 1973 – March 31, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | John H. Shaffer |
| Succeeded by | John L. McLucas |
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Alexander Porter Butterfield April 6, 1926 Pensacola, Florida |
| Alma mater |
University of Maryland, College Park (BS) George Washington University (MS) University of California, San Diego (MA) |
| Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
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| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Alexander Porter Butterfield (born April 6, 1926) is a retired U.S. military officer, public servant, and businessman. He served as the Deputy Assistant to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. He revealed the existence of White House taping system on July 13, 1973, during the Watergate scandal investigation, but had no involvement in the scandal. From 1973 to 1975, he served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Butterfield was born April 6, 1926, in Pensacola, Florida, to United States Navy pilot (later rear admiral) Horace B. Butterfield and his wife, Susan Armistead Alexander Butterfield. He grew up in Coronado, California, and left home in 1943. Butterfield enrolled in college at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he became friends with H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. He left the university to join the United States Air Force in 1948.
Butterfield was initially stationed at Las Vegas Air Force Base (now Nellis Air Force Base) as a fighter-gunnery instructor before being transferred to the 86th Fighter Wing in Munich, West Germany, in November 1951, where he was a member of the Sky Blazers jet fighter acrobatic team. He later served as the operations officer of a fighter-interceptor squadron in Knoxville, Tennessee, before being promoted to commander of a fighter squadron at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. During the Vietnam War, Butterfield commanded a squadron of low and medium-level combat tactical air reconnaissance aircraft. He flew 98 combat missions, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1965 and 1966, Butterfield served as the Military Assistant to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, where he became friends with Alexander Haig. He also gained extensive experience working at the White House, where he spent half his time. He advanced to the rank of Colonel, and beginning in 1967 was serving in Australia as the F-111 project officer; representative for the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Forces; and senior U.S. military representative.
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