Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Alexander akapinda Chikoro cheCentral High School ndokupedza muna 1917, achipa hurukuro yaiti "Ramangwana revaNegro vokuAmerica", pamhemberero yokupedza kudzidza. Akanyoresa paYunivhesiti yePennsylvania pachikoro chekudzidza uye akava munhu wekutanga mutema akapedza kudzidza paWharton School of Business muna 1920. Akabva anyoresa paHarvard Law School. Ari ikoko, Alexander akawana chokurarama nacho nokushanda somubetseri womudzidzisi mukati megore rechikoro. Munguva yezhizha, aiita makirasi echikoro cheMasters muzvematongerwe enyika paColumbia University, kunyange zvazvo asina kupedza dhigirii racho. PaColumbia, Alexander akazviriritira nokushanda somutakuriri weDelaware, Lackawanna uye Western Railroad. Achiri kuchikoro chemutemo, Alexander akaunza mhosva yake yokutanga yokusarura, achipomera Madison Square Garden
nokuda kwokumuramba kupinda nemhaka yerudzi rwake, kutyora mutemo wokuenzana kworusununguko weNew York. Sezvo akanga asati agamuchirwa kubhawa, Alexander akahaya gweta kuti rimumiririre.