F. King Alexander

Alexander is an inductee of the Boy's and Girl's Club Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|title=Alumni Hall of Fame|url=https://www.bgca.org/about-us/alumni-hall-of-fame|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.bgca.org}}

Alexander received a bachelor's degree in political science from St. Lawrence University. After completing his master's degree at Oxford, Alexander worked as Coordinator of External Programs and then as Director of Annual Giving at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro{{Cite web|date=2005-10-27|title=CSU Trustees Appoint F. King Alexander as the New President of California State University, Long Beach {{!}} CSU|url=https://www2.calstate.edu:443/csu-system/news/Pages/csu-trustees-appoint-f-king-alexander-as-the-new-president-of-california-state-university-long-beach.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322130833/https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/csu-trustees-appoint-f-king-alexander-as-the-new-president-of-california-state-university-long-beach.aspx|archive-date=2021-03-22|access-date=2021-03-22|website=calstate.edu|language=en-US}} prior to pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Alexander served as the 10th president of Murray State University in Kentucky from 2001 to 2005, his predecessor being his father Kern Alexander.{{Cite web|title=History of the office|url=https://www.murraystate.edu/about/administration/PresidentsOffice/HistoryoftheOffice.aspx|access-date=2022-01-22|website=www.murraystate.edu|language=en}} Murray State's faculty senate passed a resolution condemning the closed process behind his appointment by the university's board of regents, which had named itself as the search committee.{{Cite web|last=Sheridan|first=Edward|date=2001-10-03|title=Resolutions Pass on New President|url=https://www.murrayledger.com/resolutions-pass-on-new-president/article_8876a5a8-1b42-5903-a973-ed56389aca12.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Murray Ledger and Times|language=en}} As president, Alexander improved the relationship between faculty and the administration and oversaw the construction or renovation of several campus buildings, including the Alexander Hall Education Building and the Susan E. Bauernfeind Student Recreation and Wellness Center.{{Cite web|title=President's Office: History of the Office|url=https://www.murraystate.edu/headermenu/administration/PresidentsOffice/HistoryoftheOffice.aspx|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.murraystate.edu}}{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Kristin|date=2005-10-28|title=University Sets Sights on Filling 'Big Shoes' Left by Alexander|url=https://www.murrayledger.com/news/university-sets-sights-on-filling-big-shoes-left-by-alexander/article_cf28a4e8-9fbe-5d94-b62e-781f30b1af6f.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Murray Ledger and Times|language=en}}

Alexander was invited to testify to the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness in the 108th Congress in 2003.{{Cite web|title=College Costs {{!}} C-SPAN.org|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?178317-1/college-costs|access-date=2021-09-16|website=www.c-span.org|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|title=- THE COLLEGE COST CRISIS REPORT: ARE INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE ENOUGH TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS?|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-108hhrg90138/html/CHRG-108hhrg90138.htm|access-date=2021-09-16|website=www.govinfo.gov}}

Alexander was a Foundation Fellow at Harris Manchester College and a faculty affiliate at the University of Illinois and Cornell University.

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F. King Alexander was appointed as president of California State University, Long Beach in 2006.{{Cite news |date=May 21, 2013 |title=F. King Alexander took Cal State Long Beach to a higher level: Editorial |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/opinion/20130522/f-king-alexander-took-cal-state-long-beach-to-a-higher-level-editorial |access-date=November 22, 2013 |work=Press-Telegram}} During his time at CSULB, a new $70 million Student Recreation Wellness Center was completed along with a $110 million Hall of Science building. On May 15, 2013, the California Conference for Equality and Justice presented him with the Humanitarian Award.{{Cite web |last=Ballard |first=Ernie |title=Incoming LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander Receives Humanitarian Award |url=http://www.lsu.edu/ur/ocur/lsunews/MediaCenter/News/2013/05/item61084.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013184647/http://www.lsu.edu/ur/ocur/lsunews/MediaCenter/News/2013/05/item61084.html |archive-date=13 October 2013 |access-date=25 October 2013}} Cal State Long Beach's focus on improving graduation numbers and rates for all student populations, especially from underrepresented populations, gained national attention.{{Cite journal |last=Dowell |first=David A. |date=2016-03-03 |title=Highly Valued Degrees at California State University, Long Beach |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2016.1163191 |journal=Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=24–31 |doi=10.1080/00091383.2016.1163191 |issn=0009-1383 |s2cid=148055507|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |date=2013-05-22 |title=F. King Alexander took Cal State Long Beach to a higher level: Editorial |url=https://www.presstelegram.com/opinion/20130522/f-king-alexander-took-cal-state-long-beach-to-a-higher-level-editorial |access-date=2021-09-16 |website=Press Telegram |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Fain |first=Paul |date=2009-06-12 |title=At Long Beach, Success Is Measured by Degrees |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/at-long-beach-success-is-measured-by-degrees/?cid=gen_sign_in. |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education}} Alexander was an original signatory to the Long Beach College Promise.{{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Dennis |date=2018-07-16 |title=The History And Future Of The Long Beach College Promise |url=https://lbbusinessjournal.com/the-history-and-future-of-the-long-beach-college-promise |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Long Beach Business Journal |language=en-US}} Alexander was invited to testify to the U.S. House of Representatives hearing on "Barriers to Equal Educational Opportunities: Addressing the Rising Costs of a College Education" (November 1, 2007). The Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, 110th Congress.{{Cite web |title=BARRIERS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: ADDRESSING THE RISING COSTS OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg38493/html/CHRG-110hhrg38493.htm |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=www.govinfo.gov}} For his efforts in supporting students access, success and improved student aid programs, Alexander was selected by the California State University Student Association as California State University President of the Year in 2009–10.{{Cite web |date=2010-04-26 |title=CSU, Alexander pass student loan policy |url=https://daily49er.com/news/2010/04/26/csu-alexander-pass-student-loan-policy/ |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=Daily Forty-Niner |language=en-US}}

File:2015-04-30 John Crain King Alexander.jpg (left), President of Southeastern Louisiana University, Alexander responds to questions about funding for Louisiana's public universities, on a panel hosted by the Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce during 2015.]]

It was announced on March 27, 2013, that Alexander would become president of the LSU system and chancellor of Louisiana State University A&M effective July 1, 2013.{{cite press release|date=March 27, 2013 |publisher=California State University, Long Beach |title=Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander to Become President-Chancellor of the Louisiana State University System |url=http://urd.csulb.edu/press-release/story.cfm?hackid=1448 |access-date=2013-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509092242/http://urd.csulb.edu/press-release/story.cfm?hackid=1448 |archive-date=2013-05-09 }} Some criticism occurred over the way the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors had conducted its search to fill the position of president of LSU after John V. Lombardi had been fired from it under alleged influence by Governor Bobby Jindal and as Alexander was named the sole finalist for president of LSU. The decision was met with a unanimous vote of no confidence by LSU's faculty senate against the LSU Board of Supervisors, but Board of Supervisors chair Hank Danos asserted that Alexander "was clearly the right guy for LSU."{{cite news

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}} The interim president after Lombardi's firing was William Jenkins, who had preceded Lombardi in the position. The Faculty Senate's vote of no confidence in Alexander's hiring noted that Alexander had never been a tenured full professor at a major research university and that the graduation rates at CSULB were lower than those at LSU."LSU Faculty Senate votes 'no confidence' in board", WWLTV.com, March 20, 2013, http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/199191511.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224957/http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/199191511.html |date=2013-12-02 }}

Alexander was elected to become President of Oregon State University on December 13, 2019, by the Oregon State University Board of Trustees.Colbert, Debbie (December 13, 2019). [https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/sites/leadership.oregonstate.edu/files/191213_bot_min.pdf "Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees"] (Meeting minutes). The Board of Trustees of Oregon State University, Corvallis OR. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701181955/https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/sites/leadership.oregonstate.edu/files/191213_bot_min.pdf |date=2020-07-01 }} He assumed office on July 1, 2020.

Alexander's first wife, Elizabeth Williams Alexander, died of breast cancer in 2000.{{cite journal|last=Ambrose|first=Anne|date=Spring 2006|title=CSULB Welcomes President Alexander|url=http://www.csulb.edu/misc/beachreview/archives/2006/spring/feature2.htm|journal=The Beach Review|publisher=California State University, Long Beach|access-date=2008-10-30|archive-date=2012-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921002040/http://www.csulb.edu/misc/beachreview/archives/2006/spring/feature2.htm|url-status=dead}} In 2006 he married Shenette (Campbell) Alexander.Doug Krikorian, [https://archive.today/20120714185536/http://longbeachstate.cstv.com/genrel/051307aaa.html "LBSU Reflects Its President"], Long Beach Press Telegram, 13 May 2007

• {{Cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Kern |title=Financing public schools: theory, policy, and practice |last2=Salmon |first2=Richard G. |last3=Alexander |first3=F. King |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-64534-8 |location=New York |ref=none}}
• {{Cite book |title=Maximizing Revenue in Higher Education |publisher=Jossey-Bass |year=2003 |isbn=9780787972219 |editor-last=Alexander |editor-first=F. King |location=San Francisco |ref=none |editor-last2=Ehrenberg |editor-first2=Ronald G.}}
• {{Cite book |title=The University: International Expectations |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |year=2002 |isbn=9780773569546 |editor-last=Alexander |editor-first=Kern |ref=none |editor-last2=Alexander |editor-first2=F. King}}
• {{Cite book |title=Residential Colleges: Reforming American Higher Education |publisher=Oxford International Round Table |year=1998 |editor-last=Alexander |editor-first=F. King |location=Lexington, KY |ref=none |editor-last2=Robertson |editor-first2=Don E.}}

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