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. 

## 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.

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