| LC control no. | no2011092939 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Alexander, Archie A. (Archie Alphonso), 1888-1958 |
| Variant(s) | Alexander, Archibald Alphonso, 1888-1958 |
| See also | United States Virgin Islands. Governor (1954-1955 : Alexander) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18880514 |
| Death date | 19580104 |
| Place of birth | Ottumwa (Iowa) |
| Place of death | Des Moines (Iowa) |
| Affiliation | University of Iowa National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Howard University Marsh Engineering Company Alexander & Repass Company Iowa Republican State Committee |
| Profession or occupation | Civil engineers |
| Found in | Nomination of Archie A. Alexander, 1954: p. 2 (Archie A. Alexander; b. Ottumwa, Iowa on May 14, 1888) Wikipedia, viewed June 15, 2011 (Archie Alexander; Archibald Alphonso Alexander (14 May 1888-4 January 1958); African-American mathematician and engineer; gov. of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-Aug. 18, 1955) African American National Biography, accessed November 1, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Alexander, Archie Alphonso; civil engineer, construction engineer; born 14 May 1888 in Ottumwa, Iowa; graduated from College of Engineering at the University of Iowa, Iowa City (1912); engineer at Marsh Engineering Company; president of the Des Moines chapter of the NAACP; cofounded Alexander & Repass (1929) and best-known projects completed were: Tidal Basin Bridge and Seawall, K Street elevated highway and underpass from Key Bridge to Twenty-Seventh Street, N.W., Whitehurst Freeway around Georgetown in washington D.C.; member of the Republican Party and assistant chairman of the Iowa Republican State Committee (1932 and 1940); supported Dwight D. Eisenhower for president (1952); governor of the Virgin Islands (1954); pressured to resign (1955); left a trust fund for the University of Iowa, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and Howard University in Washington, D.C. for engineering scholarships (1975); died 04 January 1958 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States) |
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