Alvin M. O'Hanlon

Alvin M. O'Hanlon, was born in East Liverpool, Ohio on October 19, 1932, graduated from East Liverpool High School in 1951. He enlisted the United States Air Force and was trained as an aircraft mechanic at which he worked until he entered Officer's Candidate School in September of 1959 and graduated as a Second Lieutenant on March 18, 1960. He graduated from Ground Electronics Officer School at Keesler AFB, Mississippi in May of 1961 and remained in that field until his retirement as a Major on June 30, 1972.

After retirement he worked as a Senior Internal Auditor for American Express, operated a real estate office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, worked with the Census Bureau, the US Postal Service, the State Of Florida Department of Transportation, and tutored military personnel in Mathematics and English at MacDill AFB, Florida.

Alvin started his photography in the black and white era of the early fifties. Career, marriage, and raising two daughters interrupted his love of photography. He renewed his interest in photography in 2003 when he spent six months traveling around the perimeter of the U. S. Mainland and made his first visit to Hawai'i since 1959. He has amassed hundreds of photographs during these travels.

He is the author of the book, Reflections; sharing thoughts one-on-one, has run seven marathons, including Boston, has a private pilot's license, a degree in Economics and Business Administration. He is the founder of the Francis Calistus O'Hanlon Memorial Scholarship which all proceeds from his book Reflections goes directly to college scholarships. He has two daughters, Cathy, who lives in Ridgecrest, California and Sherry, who lives in Wooster, Ohio.

You can find Alvin on any given evening walking along Kailua-Kona's Ali'i Drive photographing Kona's beautiful sunsets.