Background
ALEXANDER, Clifford was born on September 21, 1933 in Harlem, New York, United States. Son of Clifford and Edith (nee McAllister) Alexander.
lawyer management consultant secretary of army
ALEXANDER, Clifford was born on September 21, 1933 in Harlem, New York, United States. Son of Clifford and Edith (nee McAllister) Alexander.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1955; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1958; honorary Doctor of Laws, Malcolm X College, 1972; honorary Doctor of Laws, Morgan State University, 1978; honorary Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest U., 1978; honorary Doctor of Laws, U. Maryland., 1980; honorary Doctor of Laws, Atlanta U., 1982.
Assistant to district attorney, New York County, 1959-1961;
executive director, Manhattanville Hamilton Grange (neighborhood conservation project), 1961-1962;
executive program director, HARYOU, Inc.
also private practice law, HARYOU, Inc., New York City, 1962-1963;
member of staff, National Security Council, 1963-1964;
deputy special assistant to, President Johnson, 1964-1965;
associate special counsel, President Johnson, 1965-1966;
deputy special counsel, President Johnson, 1966-1967;
chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1967-1969;
partner firm, Arnold & Porter, 1969-1975;
partner firm, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Alexander, 1975-1976;
secretary army, 1977-1980;
president, Alexander & Associations, Inc. (consultant), Washington, since 1981. Director Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Dreyfus Third Century Fund., Dreyfus Gen.Money Market Fund, Dreyfus Common Stock Fund, Dreyfus Government Securities Fund, Dreyfus Tax Exempt Fund, MCI Corporation.
Adjunct Professor Georgetown University. Professor Howard U., Washington. Member President's Commision on Income Maintenance Programs, 1967-1968.
President's special ambassador to the Independence of Swaziland, 1968. Member President' Common for Observation Human Rights Year, 1968. Board directors Mexico-American Legal Defense and Ednl.
Fund, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Ednl. Fund; board overseers Harvard University, 1969-1975. Trustee AtlantaU.
Commission, for the Observance of Human Rights 1968. Board of directors Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. Board of directors Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Dreyfus Third Century Fund Incorporated., Microwave Communications Incorporated Corporation, Dreyfus Common Stock Fund, Dreyfus Tax Exempt Fund.
American and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
Board Overseers Harvard University.
Married Adele Logan, July 11, 1959. Children— Elizabeth, Mark Clifford.