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Archibald Stevens Alexander (28 October 1906 – 4 September 1979) was an American lawyer, civil servant, and Democratic politician. He served as Under Secretary of the United States Army in the Truman Administration and as New Jersey State Treasurer. ==Early life and war service== Alexander was born in New York City, New York, the son of Archibald Stevens Alexander and Helen Tracy Barney Alexander.〔(Biographical information for Archibald S. Alexander ) from The Political Graveyard, accessed 3 July 2008〕 Alexander's great-great-great-grandfather was John Stevens (c. 1715-1792), delegate in 1784 to the Continental Congress;〔Mark M. Boatner III, ''Encyclopedia of the American Revolution'', p. 271. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1966〕 his great-great-grandfather was John Stevens (1749–1838), who developed early versions of screw-propelled steamboat and steam locomotive; one of his great-grandfathers was Brigadier General James Scollay Whitney (1811–1878), president of the Metropolitan Steamship Company; another great-grandfather was Ashbel H. Barney (1816–1886), president of Wells Fargo & Company. Alexander received a B.A. degree from Princeton University (1928) and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1931). He married Susan Dimock Tilton in New York City on 24 June 1929.〔"Susan Tilton Weds A.S. Alexander; Members of Many Old New York Families at Wedding in St. Bartholomew's Chapel", ''The New York Times'', 25 June 1929〕 She died in 1935. He married Jean Struthers Sears (1907–1983) at Beverly, Massachusetts, on 4 August 1937; her sister was Emily Sears, who married Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.〔"Miss Jean Sears Married at Home", ''The New York Times'', 4 August 1937.〕 After completing law school Alexander joined the New York firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, where he was a partner from 1940 to 1949.〔(Biographical sketch ), Manuscript Collection 1190, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries, accessed 8 June 2008〕 During World War II Alexander served in the United States Army. He was commissioned as first lieutenant in 1942 and served in the European and Mediterranean Theatres. He was discharged from the Army in 1945, having risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel.〔(Official bio ), Former Under Secretaries, US Army, accessed 8 June 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald S. Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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