Background
Schenck, Alexander Fairchild was born on September 7, 1912 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
Schenck, Alexander Fairchild was born on September 7, 1912 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Davidson College, 1934. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1936.
Division manager Vick Chemical Company, New York City, 1936—1941. Partner, president Industrial Equipment Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1946—1961. Executive vice president, director Richardson Foundation, Greensboro, New York, 1961—1966.
Owner-manager tree farms. Forest lands North Carolina, from 1955. Nurseries South Carolina, from 1955.
Chairman Charlotte Planning Board, 1951—1954. Trustee Mint Museum Art, Charlotte, 1952—1960. Co-founder North Carolina Fellows Program University North Carolina, Davidson College, North Carolina State University, A&T University, from 1967.
Board directors, organizer History Flat Rock, North Carolina, from 1969, president, 1968—1974. Board visitors Davidson College, from 1969. Board directors North Carolina Nature Conservancy, from 1981.
Served to lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1942-1946.
Member of History Preservation Society North Carolina (Merit award 1980), Biltmore Forest (Asheville, North Carolina), Yeamans Hall, Charleston.
Married Laurinda Carlson, June 22, 1946. Children: Michael Weldon, Alexander Lewis.