Alum Chosen To Chair Legislative Black Caucus

Virginia Delegate Kenny Alexander, a 1990 graduate of Old Dominion, was selected by his peers in December to chair the Legislative Black Caucus, a coalition of the 14 African American state legislators in the General Assembly.

A Democrat from Norfolk, in whose district ODU lies, Alexander is one of six university alumni serving in the General Assembly. He is the proprietor of the Metropolitan Funeral Service in Norfolk.

Alexander has announced that he will work to restore voting rights of convicts in Virginia, and also plans to focus efforts on gang prevention, greater access to health care and improvements in public education.

The following ODU alumni also currently serve in the House of Delegates: John Cosgrove ’85, Chesapeake; Ken Plum ’65, Reston; Bob Purkey ’68, Virginia Beach; Roz Tyler ’86, Jarratt; and Tommy Wright ’70, Victoria.