Alfred C. Richmond

Alfred Carroll Richmond (January 18, 1902-March 15, 1984) was a retired United States Coast Guard admiral who served as the 11th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1954 to 1962, the second longest tenure of any U.S. Coast Guard Commandant. Richmond was born in Waterloo, Iowa and moved to Northern Virginia with his family at the age of ten. After receiving a high school certificate from Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia, he entered the College of Engineering at The George Washington University at the age of 16 in 1918 and graduated in 1922, the same year he was appointed as a cadet at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. While a student at George Washington University, he was...