2008 Woodie Awards
Alexander accepts presidency at CSU
Vanessa Childers
Issue date: 10/28/05 Section: News
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When the Board of Regents hired Alexander in September 2001, she was the Student Government Association president and the student regent.
"He was the last one we talked to, and when he left the room, we all just looked at each other," said Key, 2002 alumna. "We knew he was the one."
Alexander accepted the presidency at California State University at Long Beach on Thursday. It will be his second university presidency.
"I have decided to accept their invitation to become president of California State University at Long Beach," Alexander said in a release. "To assume the headship of the second largest university in California is a great honor and, indeed, a significant professional challenge."
Don Sparks, chairman of the Board of Regents, said members of the board went to Alexander after they learned he planned to interview at CSU Long Beach and asked him to stay at the University.
"My initial knowledge of it was when he called me and told me he had put his hat in the ring," Sparks said. "I had a bad feeling about this from then. I knew he had to have some interest on his part."
Sparks said Alexander had an "inside track" on the position because his father, Kern Alexander, and Charles B. Reed, chancellor of the California State University System, are "friends."
Reed served as the deputy chief of staff and the chief of staff in the Florida governor's office from 1981-85. Kern Alexander worked in the governor's office as the education policy coordinator for the state from 1982-85, according to their respective resumes.
King Alexander returned to the area late Thursday night after a long day of "mixed emotions" at CSU Long Beach.
He said the university's Board of Trustees offered him the position Wednesday night, and after a long night, he accepted the position Thursday morning.
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