Alexander Trowbridge
| Alexander B. Trowbridge | |
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| 17th United States Secretary of Commerce | |
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In office June 14, 1967 – March 1, 1968 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | John T. Connor |
| Succeeded by | Cyrus R. Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 12, 1929 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | April 27, 2006 (aged 76) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Nancey Horst Trowbridge (divorced) Eleanor Hutzler "Ellie" Trowbridge |
| Children | Stephen Trowbridge Corrin Trowbridge Kimberly Trowbridge Parent Barbara Verdaguer (stepdaughter) Charles Hutzler (stepson) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Alexander Buel Trowbridge III (December 12, 1929 – April 27, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. He was the United States Secretary of Commerce from June 14, 1967 to March 1, 1968, in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Trowbridge was born on December 12, 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey. He was the son of American University Professor of Russian History, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., and the grandson of the Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Sr., the former dean of the Cornell University College of the Architecture (1897-1902). His grandmother Gertrude Mary Sherman was the great-great-granddaughter of American founding father Roger Sherman. His mother, the former Julie Chamberlain, who was the executive director of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation from 1942 to 1961. Trowbridge's parents divorced, and he was raised by his mother.
As a young man, Trowbridge attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1947, before graduating from Princeton University in 1951. After World War II, he worked with various reconstruction efforts. After working with the International Intern Program of the United Nations in Lake Success, New York, he served in the Korean War in the Marine Corps.
Between 1954 and 1965, he was an oil businessman. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce. On January 19, 1967, he became acting Secretary of Commerce, and in June of that year he became U.S. Secretary of Commerce, a position he served in until March 1, 1968. He resigned to return to business, serving first as the President of the American Management Association before the joining Allied Chemical as a Vice-Chairman of the Morristown, NJ-based parent company and the Chairman of their Canadian subsidiary, Allied Chemical Canada Ltd. of Pointe-Claire (QC).
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