David Alexander (shugaban kwaleji)

John David Alexander CBE (18 ga Oktoba, 1932 - 25 ga Yuli, 2010) wani malami ɗan ƙasar Amurka ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Kwalejin Pomona a wani lokaci inda ya jagoranci faɗaɗa babbar makarantar, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakataren Ƙasa na Amurka na Rhodes Trust, yana kula da tsarin zaɓen waɗanda suka sami tallafin karatu na Rhodes daga Amurka. See tribute to David Alexander in Donald Markwell, "Instincts to Lead": On Leadership, Peace, and Education (Connor Court, Australia, 2013).  http://www.connorcourt.com/catalog1/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=256 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Alexander a ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 1932, a Springfield, Tennessee . Ya girma a Princeton, Kentucky kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Southwestern a Kwalejin Memphis, wacce yanzu aka sani da Kwalejin Rhodes, inda ya kammala karatun Phi Beta Kappa kuma ya sami girmamawa a harshen Girkanci, sannan ya halarci Makarantar Tauhidi ta Louisville Presbyterian . An zaɓe shi a matsayin ƙwararren Rhodes a shekarar 1954 kuma an ba shi digirin digirgir a fannin tauhidi daga Cocin Christ Church, Oxford, inda ya karanci Girkanci, Ibrananci da tarihin coci.  

 Sana'a 
Bayan ya koma Amurka, ya koyar a Kwalejin Tauhidi ta San Francisco . Ya zama shugaban yankin Kudu maso Yamma a Memphis a shekarar 1965, inda ya raba kan al'umma da ƙungiyoyin 'yan uwa na kwalejin.  Yana da shekaru 33, Alexander ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin jami'a mafi ƙanƙanta a Amurka kuma shi ne tsohon ɗalibi na farko da ya fara aiki a wannan matsayi. 

An naɗa shi shugaban Kwalejin Pomona a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1969.  A cikin fiye da shekaru ashirin da ya yi a kwalejin fasaha ta 'yan sassaucin ra'ayi ta ƙasa, ya jagoranci babban faɗaɗa a cikin tallafin makarantar daga dala miliyan 24 zuwa dala miliyan 296 da kuma gina sabbin gine-gine da yawa a harabarta da ke Claremont, California.   Ya jaddada wani ɓangare na tsari a rayuwar ilimi ta kwalejin. 

Ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakataren Ƙasa na Amurka a Rhodes Trust daga 1981 zuwa 1998. Rhodes Trust tana gudanar da tallafin karatu na Rhodes, waɗanda sune mafi tsufa kuma waɗanda ake iya cewa sune mafi daraja a fannin tallafin karatu na ƙasa da ƙasa a duniya. David ne ke da alhakin kula da zaɓar 'yan takara don guraben karatu 32 na shekara-shekara da aka ware wa mazauna Amurka don yin karatu a Jami'ar Oxford wanda ɗalibai za su iya yin karatu a ƙarƙashinsa a kowane kwas na cikakken lokaci na digiri na biyu da jami'ar ke bayarwa. Mata sun fara cancanta a amince da su a matsayin Rhodes Scholars a 1976 kuma a lokacin mulkinsa Alexander ya kula da ƙoƙarin ƙara yawan guraben karatu da mata suka nema kuma suka bayar.  Tsarin zaɓe na shekara-shekara wanda Alexander ke kula da shi ya haɗa da tuntuɓar jami'ai a kwalejoji da jami'o'i har 800 a faɗin ƙasar.  A shekarar 1992, a karon farko, rabin guraben karatu na Rhodes da aka bayar an ba wa mata.  Sarauniya Elizabeth ta Biyu ta naɗa shi a matsayin Kwamandan Daular Burtaniya a shekarar 1998 saboda hidimar da ya yi wa Oxford, kuma an zaɓe shi a matsayin memba na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka a shekarar 2006.  

 Daga baya rayuwa da mutuwa 
Alexander ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansa yana da shekaru 77 a ranar 25 ga Yuli, 2010, a gidansa da ke Claremont, California .

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Alexander ya auri Catharine Coleman. Yana da 'ya'ya mata biyu da ɗa ɗaya. [1] 'Yarsa Julia (1967–2025), masanin tarihin fasaha kuma mai kula da fasaha, ita ce darektan Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Walters da ke Maryland daga 2013 zuwa 2024.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2010
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1932