Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 6, 1999
STANFORD ALEXANDER is Chairman and CEO of Weingarten Realty Investors,
which is a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He has
held this position since 1962. He was educated in the Houston public
school system, attended the University of Texas, graduating in 1949 with
a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. A year later, he
attended Harvard Business School, where he received a Master's degree in
Business Administration. After a two-year tour of duty with the U.S. Air
Force, Mr. Alexander joined J. Weingarten, a family-owned 87-store
supermarket firm in an executive training program, working in various
operating areas. He became Director of Weingarten Markets Realty
Company, a real estate affiliated company, which was formed in 1948 for
the primary purpose of developing free-standing supermarkets. The firm
later changed its name to Weingarten Realty, Inc. In March 1998, the
company reorganized and became Weingarten Realty Investors. Mr.
Alexander, a former Director of Chase Bank of Texas, NA Houston, serves
as a Director of the Greater Houston Partnership Board of Directors; a
member of the University of Houston System Development Board; Director
of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts Board of
Governors; a Trustee of the National Jewish Center for Immunology and
Respiratory Medicine Council of National Trustees; Director of the Tax
Research Association; and a former Director of the Jewish Federation of
Houston. He also is the Director of the Edna Gladney Home and Director
of the National Conference of Community and Justice; and Director of
the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center/The University
Cancer Foundation Board of Members; advisory board member of M.D.
Anderson's Prostate Cancer Research Program; and Trustee of Landmark
School, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts; advisory board member of the Sam
Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America; a Director of the William A.
Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity; a member of the University of
Texas System Health Science Center Development Board; and a member of
the University of Houston-Downtown President's Advisory Council. From
1986 through 1993, Mr. Alexander received the Bronze, Silver, and Gold
Awards from 'The Wall Street Transcript' for the best CEO of a public
real estate company. During 1987, he was selected as one of the 25
people credited with changing Houston from a sprawling prairie to the
nation's seventh largest metropolitan area. 'BusinessWeek' also honored
Mr. Alexander by naming him to its 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992 Corporate
CEO Lists and in May of 1990, the Houston Chapter of the Stanford
Business School Alumni Association honored him with the Houston
Businessman of the Year Award. The National Conference of Christians and
Jews honored Mr. Alexander with one of their Brotherhood Awards for his
contributions to the REIT industry growth. Mr. Alexander received the
Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Ernst & Young and 'The Houston
Business Journal' in February of 1999, for his outstanding contributions
to the city of Houston. Mr. Alexander is also a strong supporter of many
charitable organizations and is equally supportive of the arts. He is
married and has two children. Profile
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Mr. Alexander: Weingarten Realty
