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Chartered from Grand Lodge of Texas on December 7th, 1933.
A native of Austin, Texas, Captain William Millican Randolph attended Texas A&M before entering the Army in 1916. Following pilot training at Kelly Field,
he received his wings in 1919. He earned a remarkable record and contributed immeasurably to the progress of aviation during his 9-year flying career .
In 1928 he was selected to a committee to recommend a suitable name for the new flying training field the Air Corps planned to build just east of San Antonio.
On 17 February 1928, Captain Randolph was killed when his AT-4 crashed on takeoff from Gorman Field, Texas.
Seven months later the War Department agreed to name the field after Randolph.
Randolph Field was dedicated June 20, 1930, with an estimated 15,000 people in attendance and a fly-by of 233 planes, possibly the largest assembly of military aircraft in the world.
Captain Randolph is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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