Background
Alexander, Robert Spence was born on June 14, 1917 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Bannister and Ethel Clement (Sargent) Alexander.
Alexander, Robert Spence was born on June 14, 1917 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Bannister and Ethel Clement (Sargent) Alexander.
AB, Amherst College, 1938. Master of Arts, Amherst College, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1942.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Union University, 1982.
Instructor Cornell Medical College, New York City, 1942-1945. Assistant professor School Medicine Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1945-1953. Associate professor Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1953-1955.
Professor, chairman department physiology Albany (New York ) Medical College, 1955-1980. Historian 1st Church Albany, since 1988. Consultant physiologist Brecksville (Ohio) Veterans' Hospital, 1947-1951, Albany Medical Center Hospital, 1955-1980.
Research consultant Office Naval Research, Washington, 1965-1981.
President Heart Association Northeast New York, Albany, 1965-1970. President of the board directors Five Rivers Environmental Center, Delmar, New York, 1985-1990. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society (chairman circulation section 1952, Distinguished member).
Married Eleanor Blanche Paddock, April 4, 1942. Children: Joan Alexander Fordham, Helen Alexander Adams, Carolyn Alexander Perez, Beverly Alexander Pill, Bruce E.