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Archibald Alexander was born
He was born in Iowa. -
He attended Iowa State University and received a civil engineering
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As a designer for the Marsh Engineering Company, he designed the Tidal Basin Bridge in Washington D.C. and the K street Freeway
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He studied bridge design in London University
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Alexander and his friend,George Higbee, constructed concrete bridges all over the world.
The construction firm built: the heating plant and power station in Iowa State University, a sewage treatment plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, an airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama, Tidal Basin bridge and seawall in Washington D.C., and Whitehurst Freeway in Washington D.C. -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower honored Alexander with the appointment as the first Republican Territorial Governor of Virgin Islands
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He was the Governor of the Virgin Islands
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Archibald Alexander died