January 20, 2009 - 12:35pm
Inside Edge

The Alexander connection

Elizabeth Alexander, who was commissioned to write and deliver an original poem for President Barack Obama’s inauguration today, is the sister of Mark Alexander, a Seton Hall University law professor who ran Obama’s primary campaign in New Jersey.   They are the children of Clifford Alexander, who served as a White House aide under Lyndon Johnson and as U.S. Secretary of the Army under Jimmy Carter. 

Wally Edge can be reached via email at politicsnj@aol.com.