The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce has selected FAMU
alumnus Brodes H. Hartley, Jr. as the recipient of its 2015 Health Care Heroes
AXA Advisors Lifetime Achievement Award. It is the chamber’s highest award for
an individual who has made a significant contribution to the health care
industry in South Florida. Hartley will receive the honor during a special luncheon on May 19 in Miami.
Hartley is the president and CEO of Community Health of
South Florida, Inc. (CHI), a nonprofit health care organization, a position he
has held since 1984.
He attended FAMU from 1952 to 1956, where he was also a
member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. After earning his bachelor of
arts degree from FAMU, he received a commission to serve as a second lieutenant
in the Army Medical Services Corps. He continued to serve in the Army for 26
years until his retirement in 1983 at the rank of colonel.
Hartley has served as the chairman of the FAMU Foundation,
Inc. and is recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the
university.