Alexander, Archie A. (Archie Alphonso), 1888-1958

found: Nomination of Archie A. Alexander, 1954:p. 2 (Archie A. Alexander; b. Ottumwa, Iowa on May 14, 1888)

found: Wikipedia, viewed June 15, 2011(Archie Alexander; Archibald Alphonso Alexander (14 May 1888-4 January 1958); African-American mathematician and engineer; gov. of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-Aug. 18, 1955)

found: African American National Biography, accessed November 1, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Alexander, Archie Alphonso; civil engineer, construction engineer; born 14 May 1888 in Ottumwa, Iowa; graduated from College of Engineering at the University of Iowa, Iowa City (1912); engineer at Marsh Engineering Company; president of the Des Moines chapter of the NAACP; cofounded Alexander & Repass (1929) and best-known projects completed were: Tidal Basin Bridge and Seawall, K Street elevated highway and underpass from Key Bridge to Twenty-Seventh Street, N.W., Whitehurst Freeway around Georgetown in washington D.C.; member of the Republican Party and assistant chairman of the Iowa Republican State Committee (1932 and 1940); supported Dwight D. Eisenhower for president (1952); governor of the Virgin Islands (1954); pressured to resign (1955); left a trust fund for the University of Iowa, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and Howard University in Washington, D.C. for engineering scholarships (1975); died 04 January 1958 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States)