Muckety mover - Alexander family constellation

The Alexander family, already a large constellation in the Obama universe, has added another star.

The White House has nominated Adele Logan Alexander, a history professor at George Washington University, to serve on the National Council on the Humanities.

Muckety wrote about Alexander’s daughter, Elizabeth, in December, after then President-elect Barack Obama asked her to write and read a poem for his inauguration. Elizabeth Alexander is a professor of African-American history at Yale.

Adele Alexander’s son, Mark, is a professor at Seton Hall University Law School. He was Obama’s New Jersey campaign director and a member of the transition team.

Her husband, Clifford Alexander, served as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and secretary of the Army.

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