Background
Heard, Alexander was born on March 14, 1917 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Richard Willis and Virginia Lord (Nisbet) Heard.
Heard, Alexander was born on March 14, 1917 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Richard Willis and Virginia Lord (Nisbet) Heard.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1938. Doctor of Laws, University North Carolina, 1968. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1951. Doctor of Laws, Columbia University, 1965. 25 other honorary degrees.
United States Government service in departments Interior, War and State, 1939-1943. Research associate bureau public administration University Alabama, 1946-1949. Research associate Institute Research in Social Science, University North Carolina, 1950-1951, research professor, 1952-1958.
Associate professor political science University North Carolina, 1950-1951, professor political science, 1952-1963, dean Graduate School, 1958-1963. Professor political science Vanderbilt University, 1963-1985, chancellor, 1963-1982.
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Chairman President's Commission on Campaign Costs, 1961-1962. Special adviser to President United States on campus affairs, The White House, 1970. Director Citizens' Research Foundation, 1958-1971, president, 1968-1971.
Member United States Advisory Commission Intergovtl. Relations, 1967-1969, Trustee Ford Foundation, 1967-1987, chairman, 1972-1987. Trustee Robert A. Taft Institute Government, 1973-1976, Center for Study of Presidency, 1988-1991.
Chairman Task Force on Southern Rural Development, 1974-1977. Public trustee Nutrition Foundation, 1976-1982. Member council Rockefeller University, 1977-1982.
Member Commission on United States Policy Toward Southern Africa, Foreign Policy Study Foundation, 1979-1985. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member International Political Science Association, American Political Science Association (vice president 1962-1963), Southern Political Science Association (president 1961-1962), Association American Universities (director council federal relations 1969-1970, vice president 1973-1974, president 1974-1975), Council on Foreign Relations, Belle Meade Country Club (Nashville), (New York City), Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Laura Jean Keller, June 17, 1949. Children: Stephen Keller, Christopher Cadek, Francis Muir, Cornelia Lord.