Q:Facts:   - title: president of    - spouse: ruth -lrb- bohon -rrb- alexander -lrb- current -rrb- -lrb- hammack -rrb- alexander -lrb- 1st -rrb- elizabeth      - children: samuel alexander wesley kane alexander kern alexander iii fieldon king alexander klinton west    - name: s. kern alexander    - birth place: marrowbone , kentucky    - alma mater: b.a ed.d. , indiana university , centre college m.a. , western kentucky university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kern alexander .
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samuel kern alexander , jr. is professor of excellence at the university of illinois , urbana-champaign , where he is coordinator of the leary endowment and editor of the `` journal of education finance '' , published by the university of illinois press .