Clifford Alexander, Jr.

Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. is an American lawyer, businessman and public servant from New York City. He was the first AfricanAmerican Secretary of the Army.

Clifford Alexander Jr was born in New York City in 1933 to Clifford Leopold Alexander and his wife. He attended its private Ethical Culture and Fieldston Schools. Alexander graduated from Harvard College in 1955 and from Yale Law School in 1958. He enlisted in the New York National Guard in 1958 and served briefly with the 369th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

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