Background
Alexander, Raymond Pace was born on October 13, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hilliard Boone and Virginia Margaret (Pace) Alexander.
Alexander, Raymond Pace was born on October 13, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hilliard Boone and Virginia Margaret (Pace) Alexander.
Bachelor of Science in Economics magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1920. Postgraduate Columbia, summer 1921-1922. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1923.
Doctor of Laws, Shaw University, Virginia State College, 1940.
Doctor of Letters, Western University, 1947, Campbell College, 1948.
Admitted Pennsylvania bar, 1923. Member firm Raymond Pace Alexander, Philadelphia, 1923-1958. Former general counsel National Medical Association, National Baptist Convention, General Conference African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Counsel Pennsylvania Baptist Convention, board bishops African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Counsel Pennsylvania, Philadelphia chapters National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Counsellor Haitian embassy, Washington, 1946-1949, honorary Haitian consul, Philadelphia, 1948-1956.
Specialist civil and criminal trial practice, state and federal courts Judge Common Pleas Court Philadelphia, from 1959, senior judge, from 1970.
Member Philadelphia City Council, 1952-1958, Chairman of Commission public property public works. Vice chairman Philadelphia County division United Fund. Member of advisory committee Bicentennial Committee Philadelphia, 1973-1974.
Member past Chairman of the Board managers
South.W. branch Young Men's Christian Association, Philadelphia, 1948-1958. Member Philadelphia Council Churches (past director), National (president 1929-1930), American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia bar associations, Brandeis Law Society, Philadelphia Crime Prevention Association (president 1967, director 1960, chairman of the executive committee 1970), Turkish-American Law Association (honorary), American Judicature Society.
Member Bar Republic Haiti, Barrister’s Library High Court India, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Sadie Tanner Mossell, November 26, 1923. Children: Mary Elizabeth (Mistress Melvin Frank Brown), Rae Pace (Mistress Thomas K. Minter).