Mark C. Alexander

Alexander is the son of Adele (Logan), an historian, and attorney Clifford Alexander Jr.(1933-2022) His family moved from New York City to Washington, D.C., when his father began public service during the Kennedy administration. His father also served under President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was appointed by the Carter administration as the first African American Secretary of the Army. Mark has an older sister Elizabeth, who became a poet and professor at Yale University. Alexander graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School. ==Career==

He became active in Democratic politics. He has worked for U.S. Senators Edward Kennedy and Howard Metzenbaum. In 1999–2000, Alexander served as Issues Director for the Bill Bradley for President Campaign. He was General Counsel to Cory Booker in the 2006 Newark Municipal elections and for Booker's transition team after his election as mayor. He also served as a law professor at Seton Hall University. In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Alexander to the 12-member J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board established by Congress to supervise the global Fulbright Program. In 2013, Alexander unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Nia Gill in the Democratic primary for the state senate position in New Jersey's 34th Legislative District. Alexander was a longtime resident of Montclair, NJ. In July 2016, he became Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law of the Villanova University School of Law. ==References==