John F and Marjorie J. Alexander established this scholarship in 2006 to support students seeking a degree in the College of Education. John graduated from UF with a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences in 1978. Marjorie received her master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling the same year as well as earning a master’s in urban and regional planning in 1985 and an EDS (Specialist in Education) in mental health counseling in 1993. John was a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida. John and Marjorie have four children: Grover L. Alexander, John F. Alexander III, Miriam Moore and Sarah Warre