Wallace M. Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 10, 1869 |
| Died | November 22, 1939
Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, philanthropist |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Spouse | Mary S. Baker |
| Parent(s) |
Samuel Thomas Alexander Martha E. (Cooke) Alexander |
| Relatives |
William Patterson Alexander (paternal grandfather) Amos Starr Cooke (maternal grandfather) |
Wallace M. Alexander (1869–1939) was an American heir, businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Early life
Wallace McKinney Alexander was born on November 10, 1869, in Maui, Hawaii. [1] [2] His father was Samuel Thomas Alexander. [2] His mother was Martha E. (Cooke) Alexander. [2] His paternal grandfather, William Patterson Alexander, was a missionary in Hawaii. [2] His maternal grandfather, Amos Starr Cooke, was a Hawaii missionary and founder of the Castle & Cooke company.
Alexander grew up in Oakland, California, and was educated at Oakland High School, [3] [4] then Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. [2] He graduated from Yale University in 1892. [1] [5]
Career
Alexander owned sugarcane plantations as well as sugar refining factories in Hawaii. [1] He served on the Board of Directors of Alexander and Baldwin. [1] He also served as the Vice President of the Matson Navigation Company and the Honolulu Oil Corporation. [1]
He served as president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. [1] [5] He was also a powerbroker in the Republican Party of San Francisco. [5] In 1928, he suggested prohibiting mutual immigration between the United States and Japan; the idea was rejected by Japan. [5]
Philanthropy
Alexander served on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. [1] He was a member of the Japan Society of San Francisco and a co-founder of the Institute of Pacific Relations. [1] [5] He supported the Boy Scouts of America. [1]
He served as president of the San Francisco Opera. [1] He also served on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University in Stanford, near Palo Alto, having been first elected in 1924 and re-elected in 1934. [1]
He received the Legion of Honor from France in 1937. [1]
Personal life
Alexander married Mary S. Baker in 1904,a classmate for when Alexander attended Oakland public schools. [2], As an adult he lived in Piedmont, California, and moved back to Hawaii where he died.
Death
Alexander died on November 22, 1939, in Honolulu, Hawaii. [1] He was seventy years old. [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stanford Historical Society: Wallace M. Alexander
- ^ a b c d e f Allen L. Chickering, 'Wallace M. Alexander, 1869-1939', California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Dec., 1939), pp. 379-381 [1]
- ^ "1888 OHS Memorial".
- ^ Gail Lombardi, Piedmonts History: The Building Years 1910-1930, The Attic Trunk a Publication of the Piedmont Historical Society 2006, p. 10]
- ^ a b c d e Izumi Hirobe, Japanese Pride, American Prejudice: Modifying the Exclusion Clause of the 1924 Immigration Act, Stanford University Press, 2001, pp. 121-124 [2]
- 1869 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Maui
- Businesspeople from Honolulu
- Businesspeople from Oakland, California
- Businesspeople from San Francisco
- Phillips Academy alumni
- Yale University alumni
- American corporate directors
- Philanthropists from California
- Stanford University trustees
- Hawaiian Kingdom people