Joyce Alexander Walker ’75

Our classmate Joyce, an influential figure in Camden County, N.J., public life, died of cancer Dec. 28, 2013.

Coming to Princeton from East Orange, N.J., Joyce majored in economics and went on to earn an MBA at Rutgers–Newark in 1979. She married Felton Walker in 1989 and became the loving stepmother of Kimlon Walker Collins and Alissa Nicole Walker.

For more than two decades Joyce and Felton managed Multifacet Inc., a wholesale distributor of industrial products in Cherry Hill, N.J. Joyce became active on the Cherry Hill Economic Development Council and served on the township planning board. In 1997 she became the first African American elected to the Cherry Hill Township Council, on which she served until 2005.

Joyce worked on President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and was chosen in 2012 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, which she attended despite undergoing chemotherapy. Cherry Hill’s mayor declared Nov. 5, 2013, Joyce Alexander Walker Day in recognition of her service.

In addition to Felton and their daughters, Joyce is survived by her mother, Edna Alexander; her sister, Donna Alexander; three grandchildren; and many family members and friends. The class mourns the loss of one of our most vibrant members.