| Summary: | Physician and nonprofit executive Alfred Stovall was born on August 13, 1936, in Birmingham, Alabama, moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana, at seven years old with is parents. After high school, he attended Purdue University and Fisk University. He served Fort Wayne's predominately minority neighborhoods for years, improving their access to healthcare. In 1966, Stovall earned an M.D. degree at Howard University Medical School, before being drafted into the U.S. Army to serve in Vietnam. He worked as a battalion surgeon and attained the rank of Captain. Upon returning home in 1969, he opened a private family practice. As Stovall and another African American physician, Dr. Jeff H. Towles, saw the need for a full-service medical facility, they raised the necessary funds to build the Lafayette Medical Center, opening in 1993. Stovall serves as founder and president of the Fort Wayne Black Medical-Dental Association.
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