Board of Directors

Honorable Alexander B. Trowbridge
President, Trowbridge Partners, Inc.
Former Secretary of Commerce
(1966-1968)
Former President, National Association of Manufacturers
(1980-1990)

Alexander B. Trowbridge became president of Trowbridge Partners Inc. following his service as president of the National Association of Manufacturers for ten years from 1980 until January 1, 1990.

Before joining the NAM, Mr. Trowbridge served as vice chairman of Allied Chemical Corp. from 1976 to 1980, and as president of The Conference Board Inc. in New York City from 1970 to 1976. From 1968 to 1970 he was president of the American Management Association.

In 1967 and 1968, Mr. Trowbridge served as Secretary of Commerce in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, having served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic and International Business from 1965 to 1967.

From 1954 to 1965, he was employed by Caltex Petroleum Inc., and subsequently Esso Standard Oil, S.A., in various posts in the Far East, Central America and the Caribbean, becoming president of Esso Standard Oil (Puerto Rico) in 1963.

Mr. Trowbridge served with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1951 to 1953. He was awarded a Bronze Star for combat service as a platoon leader and tactical air observer in the Korean conflict, and is a Major, USMCR (Ret.). He is a Trustee of the Marine Corps University Foundation.

He graduated cum laude from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received the Arthur Flemming Award in 1966 as one of the ten outstanding young men in federal service. In 1988, he received the Bryce Harlow Award for his contributions to improvements in business-government relations. He served on the National Commission on Social Security Reform in 1983, and on the Competitiveness Policy Council from 1991-1994.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Trowbridge has been a charter trustee of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Ellie, live in Washington, D.C., and have five children and eight grandchildren.

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