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David Alexander: Pomona College president, Rhodes scholar and musicianJohn David Alexander, president of Pomona College from 1969 to 1991, died on July 25, 2010 in Claremont. He was 77. Mr. Alexander was inducted as Pomona's seventh president on October 18, 1969, his 37th birthday. During this tumultuous time for the nation and for many colleges and universities, he helped to bridge national and campus concerns by saying in his inaugural address, "Our task now is to winnow from the welter of changing values those transcendent values for which this college exists, so that while trying to move with society, Pomona College will help move society through education." ENTIRE STORY |
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