Jefferson County Historical Association
O’Neal Library 50 Oak Street , Mountain Brook, Alabama 35213
Jeffco Historical Assoc. Lecture July 17
Montgomery businessman Nimrod T. Frazer, author of the recently-published "Send the Alabamians," will speak at the Jefferson County Historical Association meeting Thursday, July 17.
The public is invited to the reception, 6:30 p.m., and lecture, 7 p.m., at the Emmet O’Neal Library, Mountain Brook. Books will be available for signing.
Frazer will discuss “Alabama's Rainbow Soldiers' involvement with the 167th Infantry Regiment in World War I.” His father was a WWI Rainbow Division veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart.
Frazer is a graduate of Huntingdon College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. The retired chairman and CEO of Enstar Group Inc., a publicly-held financial holding company, Frazer was inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame in 2008. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in the Republic of Korea, where he was a tank platoon lieutenant.