Lamar Alexander is an American politician. He was born in 1940, at Maryville, Tennessee. He has been Governor of Tennessee, president of the University of Tennessee and US Education Secretary. Governor Alexander helped Tennessee become the third largest automobile producer, the fastest growing state in family incomes and the first state to pay teachers more for teaching well. As chairman of the National Governor's Association he began 'Time for Results', the governors' five-year initiative to create better schools. He chaired President Reagan's Commission on Americans Outdoors, encouraging a 'prairie fire' of support for local land trusts and greenways and an expanded Land and Water Conservation Fund.
As the US Secretary of Education, he helped President Bush push for higher academic standards, 'break the mold schools' and a GI Bill for Kids to give poor families more choices of good schools. The Education Commission of the States and the National College Athletic Association have given him their highest honours, the James B. Conant and Teddy Roosevelt awards. In 1987, he co-founded Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc, (NASDAQ) which has become the nation's largest provider of worksite day care. He is an active investor in and board member of several private companies. Governor Alexander is author of seven books including Six Months Off, the story of his family's life in Australia after eight years in the Governor's residence.
An accomplished pianist, he has performed with twenty symphony orchestras and the Billy Graham Crusade and on the Grand Ole Opry. In 1996 and 2000, Governor Alexander was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. On January the 4th 1969, Lamar Alexander married Honey Buhler in Victoria, Texas. They have four children and live in Nashville where he is chairman of the Salvation Army Initiative to help families move from welfare to work, and she is president of Family and Children's Service. Governor Alexander is also an elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church. Research Lamar Alexander
Lynne Overman was an American actor. He was born in 1887 at Maryville, Missouri and died in 1943 of a heartattack. He was a character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, typically playing a second-role as the leading man's sidekick or friend. Research Lynne Overman
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