Minnesota Aviation Hall Of Fame
31st Annual Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame
teaching them technology and aeronautics through the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Program. Dr. Harold H. Brown was a Tuskegee Airman during World War II, served in the Korean War, and was a pilot with the Strategic Air Command (SAC), college vice president, lecturer, and book author. Brown was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is a graduate of Minneapolis North High School. He took his first airplane ride at WoldChamberlain Field in 1941 and soloed at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, after enlisting in the Army Air Corps. Brown trained in the PT-17, BT-13 and AT-6 and was assigned to fly fighter aircraft. He went on to fly combat missions in the P-47N Thunderbolt, P-38
Photos by Randy Arneson
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies was held October 30, 2021, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South. Persons inducted included Eugene R. Andreotti, Jr., Dr. Harold H. Brown, Chester W. Hazelton, Glenn L. Hovland, Barbara J. Wiley-Lindquist, James T. Hancock, and William A. Mavencamp.
2020 MAHF inductee, Maj. Gen. (Ret) Eugene R. Andreotti, Jr. (center).
Eugene Andreotti, Jr. (Maj Gen Ret), long associated with the Minnesota Air National Guard, was Minnesota Adjutant General, 1988-2003. Andreotti was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. He worked briefly for North Central Airlines and later for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Joining the Minnesota Air National Guard, Andreotti was commissioned after graduation from pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. In 1971, he began flying the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. He was an air technician and held many positions, including Chief Safety and Maintenance Group Commander for the 133rd Airlift Wing (AW). Andreotti later transitioned to the C-130 Hercules and logged over 5,000 hours of flight time. In 1988, Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich appointed Andreotti Minnesota Adjutant General; the first and only Air National Guard member to be appointed to that position, which he held thru 2003. Andreotti advocated for and installed at Minneapolis and Duluth, the Starbase Minnesota education program, which has served over 50,000 inner city students,
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