| Wallace M. Alexander | |
| Birth Date: | November 10, 1869 |
| Birth Place: | Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Death Date: | November 22, 1939 |
| Death Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Education: | Yale University |
| Occupation: | Businessman, philanthropist |
| Party: | Republican Party |
| Spouse: | Mary S. Baker |
| Parents: | 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.
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]
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]
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]
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.
Alexander died on November 22, 1939, in Honolulu, Hawaii.[1] He was seventy years old.[1]