Michael B. Alexander Biographical FAST FACTS
- Ninth president of Lasell College
- Began tenure as president on July 1, 2007
- Has had successful corporate careers in media and entertainment, and technology
- Served as Executive Assistant to the President of Barnard College from 1979-1981
- Worked with Lew Wasserman at MCA, Inc., the entertainment conglomerate, and its subsidiaries and acquisitions
- Served as President and General Manager of WWOR-TV (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut)
- Formed a limited partnership to invest in computer software companies in 1993
- Chairman and CEO of Intermetrics and its acquisitions, merging with the Titan Corporation, a publicly traded NYSE company, in 2000
- Managing Partner and Founder of Echo Bridge Entertainment, LLC
- Served on the Board of Bloomfield College, chairing the Academic Affairs Committee and also serving on the Executive Committee
- Served on the Board of Antioch University
- Holds an A.B. degree in History and Literature from Harvard University
- Holds an M.A. degree in Education from Ohio State University
- Completed coursework toward his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Lives in Massachusetts with his wife of 46 years, Mary Barbara Alexander, an actress, activist and zoologist
- The couple has one daughter, Maggie, who lives and works in Florida
- Interests include creative writing, world and American literature, golf and animals