Alexander, Jesse N.

Jesse Nelson Alexander, Jr. was born 19 August 1928 in Somerset, Kentucky. Alexander grew up and was educated in Louisville, Kentucky, graduating from Central High School and earning his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Louisville Municipal College. He served as an officer for the U.S. Army during the Korean war and later pursued graduate studies at George Williams and New York University. Nearly his entire professional career was devoted to the YMCA. He started in 1946 with work as a youth leader for his local YMCA branch in Louisville, went on to executive positions at Associations in Chicago, Brooklyn, and Washington D.C., and eventually became a member of the National Board's staff, where he served as Associate Executive Director for Black and Non-White Concerns, director of the Board's Human Rights Unit and the National YMCA's Affirmative Action Officer. In 1968 he helped to found the National Conference of Black and Non-White YMCA Volunteers and Staff, known as BAN-WYS. Alexander retired from the YMCA in 1981, but work for the YMCA in a volunteer capacity.

From the description of Jesse Alexander papers, 1961-1998 (bulk 1969-1982). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62693757

Executive Director of Black and Non-White YMCA Volunteers and Staff, 1969-1981, and Director of the Human Rights Unit of the National YMCA, 1973-1981.

From the description of Jesse N. Alexander papers, 1969-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346174