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J. Alfred Broaddus


J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. (born July 8, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia) was the sixth president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, headquarters of the Fifth District of the Federal Reserve System serving the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia with the exception of the Northern Panhandle.

Broaddus succeeded Robert P. Black and served as the Richmond Fed's president from January 1, 1993 until his retirement on July 31, 2004. He was succeeded as president by Jeffrey M. Lacker.

Broaddus attended Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond, Virginia), and in 2012 he was honored by Richmond Public Schools as an outstanding alumnus of the city's school system. Broaddus received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington and Lee University in 1961. At W & L he was elected to Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. He studied abroad in France with a Fulbright Fellowship and received a graduate degree from the Center for Advanced European Studies at the University of Strasbourg before earning a master’s degree and doctorate in economics from Indiana University. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Washington and Lee in 1993 and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indiana University in 1996.


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