District Information - District Governor for 2009-2010

District Governor 2009-2010
Harold (Alex) and Marnee Alexander

Alex served four years in the Navy as a medical corpsman and later graduated from embalming school and was a funeral director and Deputy Coroner for Placer County, CA for seven years. In 1965 he joined the California Highway Patrol and served fifteen years, first as a traffic officer, then a motor officer and retired as Sergeant after being injured in a car accident. During his CHP career he met his wife, Marnee, who was working as a pharmacy technician at a small hospital - medical center in Newhall, CA. They married in 1967 and Alex started back to college in ’68; subsequently earning his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.

They and their daughter Jenny moved to Castle Rock, WA in 1979. Alex started to work as an insurance agent for State Farm and Marnee joined him as his office manager and secretary. In 1985 Alex was invited to join the Rotary Club of Longview. He has chaired almost every committee in his 24 years as a member, was president in 1994-95, Assistant Governor in 2000-2001 and 2003-2005 in Area 10. Alex proposed Marnee as member in 2002. She is serving on the board 2007-10. Together they came up with a hands-on project, creating the Rotary Angel Program which helps local school children from low income families to have a very special Christmas. Alex also took on the fund-raising for this program. Alex and Marnee are multiple Paul Harris Fellows, Bequest Society Members and Benefactors.

Alex is particularly interested in any projects and programs that benefit children through young adults. Due to the current fashion of dishonesty in schools, sports and politics at all levels, he feels it is important Rotarians continue to be involved with our young people by providing them with positive role models who embrace the highest ethical standards in their personal and professional lives.