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Robert S. Alexander
June 14, 1917 - November 11, 2008
Obituary taken from timesunion.com
website.
Alexander, Robert S. TROY Dr. Robert S. Alexander,
91, Professor Emeritus of Albany Medical College, formerly of Delmar and
more recently a resident of Beechwood in Troy, died of cancer on November
11, 2008. Following a childhood in Melrose, Mass., he graduated from
Montclair N.J. High School in 1934 and attended Amherst College where he
earned AB and MA degrees. Upon receiving a Ph.D from Princeton University in
1942, he accepted an appointment as instructor in physiology at Cornell
Medical College in NYC. Subsequent academic appointments took him to the
School of Medicine of Western Reserve in Cleveland and to the Medical
College of Georgia at Augusta before coming to Albany Medical College in
1955 as professor of physiology and chairman of the department. He also
served as consultant to numerous hospitals and the Office of Naval Research.
He served R.P.I. in the original development of their biomedical and
bioengineering programs. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Alexander
performed extensive research dealing chiefly with the control of the heart
and blood vessels and also published a textbook on clinical physiology. In
retirement, as church historian of First Church in Albany, he became
fascinated with the neglected archives of his church which the Dutch founded
in 1642. He translated eight volumes of the early financial records and
published a comprehensive history of the church and the Dutch settlement in
Albany. He is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Eleanor Paddock
Alexander, with whom he had five children: Joan Fordham of Baraboo, Wis.,
Holly Adams of Rehoboth Beach, Del., Lindy Perez of Pacific Grove, Calif.,
Beverly Pill (deceased), and Bruce Alexander of Winchester, Mass. He also
leaves nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service
will be held at a later time suitable for the family. Contributions in his
memory may be made to the First Church in Albany, 110 N. Pearl St., Albany,
NY 12207 and The Community Hospice of Rensselaer County, 295 Valley View
Blvd., Rensselaer, NY 12144. For a private family guest book, visit
www.brycefh.com.
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