Austin Boyd served as the guest speaker for the Alexander City Rotary Club Monday at Central Alabama Community College’s Betty Carol Graham Technology Center, giving an in-depth look at the war in Syria and Islam.
Boyd, who has a background as a business developer, spent 37 years in military aerospace, is a former navy pilot and was a NASA astronaut finalist.
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