Background
Alexander, John David was born on October 18, 1932 in Springfield, Tennessee, United States. Son of John David and Mary Agnes (McKinnon) Alexander.
Alexander, John David was born on October 18, 1932 in Springfield, Tennessee, United States. Son of John David and Mary Agnes (McKinnon) Alexander.
Bachelor, Southwestern at Memphis, 1953; student, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1953-1954; Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes Scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1957; Doctor of Laws, University of Southern California Doctor of Laws, Occidental College, 1970; Doctor of Laws, Centre College of Kentucky, 1971; Doctor of Laws, Pepperdine U., 1991; Doctor of Laws, Albertson College Idaho, 1992; Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola Marymount U., 1983; Doctor of Letters, Rhodes College, 1986; Doctor of Letters, Pomona College, 1996.
Association professor, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1957-1965;
president, Southwestern at Memphis, 1965-1969;
president, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1969-1991. American secretary Rhodes Scholarship Trust, 1981-1998. Member of commission liberal learning Association American Colls., 1966-1969, member of commission institutional affairs, 1971-1974.
Member of commission colleges Southern Association Colleges Schools, 1966-1969. Member National Commission Academy Tenure, 1971-1972. Director American Council on Education, 1981-1984, National Assn.Ind.
Colleges Universities. Board directors Children's Hospital Los Angeles, chair Research.Inst., since 1997. Trustee Teachers Institute and Annuity Association, since 1970, WoodrowWilson National Fellowship Foundation, since 1978, Seaver Institute, since 1992, Phi Beta Kappa Associations, since 1993, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, since 1995, Webb Schools California, since 1995.
Board overseers Huntington Library., since 1991.
Member Society Bib. Literature, Society Religion in Higher Education, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in Southern California (president 1974-1976), Century Club, California Club, Bohemian Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Nu.
Married Catharine Coleman, August 26, 1956. Children: Catharine McKinnon, John David III, Julia Mary.
