Biography

11/10/1929 - 05/06/2020

ALEXANDER, Jane M., a Representative from York County; born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., November 10, 1929; graduated, Dillsburg High School; A.B., Dickinson College, 1951; LL.B., Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1954; attorney; elected, council, Dillsburg (1955-1959; president, 1958-1959); elected, board, Northern Joint School District; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1964 and 1966; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1968); appointed, Children's Services Advisory Board (1969-1972); employed, Bureau of Foods and Chemistry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (1972); deputy secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (1972-1978); president and owner, J&J Agri-Products and Services, Inc.; vice president, Mesco, Inc.; died, May 6, 2020 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania.