RANDOLPH W. BROMERY (1926– ), geologist and geophysicist, is president of Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts. As an educator he has held many distinguished posts at the University of Massachusetts, including chancellor, executive vice president, and commonwealth professor of geophysics. He was also chancellor of the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education. He has been awarded distinguished alumnus awards by Howard University and Johns Hopkins University, where he is also on the Board of Trustees. In addition, Dr. Bromery was one of the Tuskeegee Airmen, the remarkably successful African American unit serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He has served on numerous advisory boards for the federal government as well committees of the National Research Council.