James Heywood Alexander ’51

Heywood came to Princeton after graduating from Deerfield Academy. He was a music major, president of the Glee Club, and a member of The Daily Princetonian editorial board, Theatre Intime, and Campus Club. He roomed with David Colwell and Chester Davis.

After graduating, Heywood earned an MBA from Harvard. Upon finishing three years of service in the Coast Guard, he decided to pursue a career in music and returned to Harvard for a second master’s degree, and then a doctorate from the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He joined the faculty at Cleveland State University and became professor emeritus and served several churches as director of music. He spent his summers in Randolph, N.H., where he was president of the Randolph Foundation and played the organ for 80 years.

Heywood died June 15, 2024, in Bloomfield, Conn. He is survived by his children Elizabeth, James, and Linda; and his companion Julie Fewster.