Thomas J. Kemp

Thomas J. Kemp of Fort Worth, Texas, was reelected National Secretary of the Air Force Association by delegates to the AFA National Convention meeting in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2005.

Kemp joined AFA in December 1964 and became a Life Member in 1982. He has served as an AFA National Director and member of AFA’s Audit, Executive, Finance, Membership, and Resolutions Committees. Kemp has also served as Texoma Region President, Texas State President and Vice President, and Fort Worth Chapter President.

Among his many awards, Kemp has received personal recognition as AFA’s Member of the Year in 2002 and as Texas State Member of the Year. He received AFA’s Presidential Citation in 2000, Exceptional Service Awards in 1990, 1991, 1994, and a Medal of Merit in 1987. He also has received the Oklahoma State Medal of Merit.

Kemp was commissioned in the Air Force in December 1964 and was trained as both a navigator and a pilot. His 20-year career included service in the C-130, C-141, OV-10, and B-52 and increasingly responsible staff positions in plans, operations, and training. Following retirement he has done work in instructional systems and course-work design and most recently worked on development of bar code sorters for the US Postal Service as Manager of Integrated Logistics Support for Siemens ElectroCom.

He is a graduate of Loras College in Iowa with a bachelor of arts in business (accounting) and a master’s degree in systems management from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.

He and his wife, Ruth, have four children.