Facts:   - successor: stephen w. s. mckeever    - predecessor: w. arthur porter    - office: oklahoma secretary of science and technology      - term end: 2011    - term start: january 23 , 2004    - alma mater: university of arizona colorado state university university of tennessee    - name: joseph w. alexander    - website: -lsb- http://osu.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=262&amp;itemid=62 oklahoma state university -rsb-    - governor: brad henry    - occupation: educator   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph w. alexander .
dr. joseph w. alexander , dvm , -lrb- 1947 -rrb- is an american educator from the u.s. state of oklahoma .he served as the oklahoma secretary of science and technology under governor of oklahoma brad henry , having been appointed by henry in 2004 and leaving the post in 2011 .in addition to his service to governor henry , alexander is also the president of the oklahoma state university 's center for innovation and economic development .