Background
Alexis, Marcus was born on February 26, 1932 in New York City.
Alexis, Marcus was born on February 26, 1932 in New York City.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1953. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1959.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Brooklyn College, 1986.
Instructor economics, University of Minnesota, 1954-1957;
assistant professor economics and marketing, Macalester College, 1957-1960;
associate professor marketing, DePaul University, 1960-1962;
associate professor to professor business administration, U. Rochester, 1962-1970;
professor economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1970-1985;
chairman, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1976-1979, 82-85;
dean College Business Administration, U Illinois at Chicago, 1985-1990;
professor economics, professor management and strategy, Northwestern University, since 1991. Ford Foundation visiting scholar Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1962. Visiting associate professor of University Minnesota, 1962.
Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1969-1971. Visiting associate professor of University Minnesota, 1962, 65. Board directors Federal Reserve Bank Chicago, since 1985, deputy chairman 1986-1989, chairman, 1990, Control Illinois Light Company, since 1987.
Board of directors Operation Push (People United to Save Humanity), 1971-1973. Director summer program in economics for minority students, 1974-1979. Commissioner Interstate Commerce Commission, 1979-1980, vice chairman, 1981, acting chairman, 1981.
Trustee Macalster College, 1984-1987. Member American Economics Association (member commission to increase supply of minority economists since 1971, chairman 1974-1984, member commission on honors and awards 1972-1978, member nominating committee 1981-1982), American Marketing Association (board directors 1968-1970), Caucus Black Economists (chairman 1969-1971, steering committee 1969-1973, 75-76), National Economics Association (steering committee since 1976, Samuel Z. Westerfield award 1979), Teacher Insurance and Annuity Association (board directors since 1987, trustee, deputy chairman since 1986).
3 children.