Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida sadarkani - Alexander wuxuu dhigan jiray Central High School wuxuuna ka qalin jabiyay 1917, isagoo ka jeediyay khudbad "Mustaqbalka Madowga Mareykanka", xaflada qalin jabinta. Waxa uu is qorey Jaamacadda Pennsylvania oo uu ku qaatay deeq waxbarasho, wuxuuna noqday qofkii ugu horreeyay ee madow ah ee ka qalin jabiyay Dugsiga Ganacsiga ee Wharton sanadkii 1920. Kadib wuxuu iska qorey Harvard Law School. Intii uu halkaas joogay, Alexander waxa uu noloshiisa ku kasbaday in uu ka caawiyo macallinka inta lagu guda jiro sanad dugsiyeedka. Xilliga xagaaga, wuxuu ka qaatay koorsooyin shahaadada mastarka ee cilmiga siyaasadda ee Jaamacadda Columbia, in kasta oo uusan dhammayn shahaadada. Kolombiya, Alexander wuxuu ku taageeray naftiisa isaga oo u shaqeynaya sidii xamuul loogu talagalay Delaware, Lackawanna iyo Western Railroad. Intii uu ku guda jiray dugsiga sharciga, Alexander wuxuu keenay dacwaddiisa takoorka ee ugu horeysay, wuxuu dacweeyay Madison Square Garden
in loo diiday in uu dalka galo sababo la xiriira jinsiyadiisa, taas oo xadgudub ku ah sharciga isku qiimo ahaanshaha ee New York. Maadaama aan wali loo aqbalin qareenka, Alexander wuxuu kiraystay qareen si uu u matalo.