KT&T Celebrates Black History Month!

Archie Alexander (May 14, 1888 – January 4, 1958) Archie Alexander was the first Black Civil Engineering graduate from the University of Iowa’s engineering program in 1912. Out of school, he formed Alexander & Repass. He worked on notable construction projects in the DC area, including the Whitehurst Freeway, Tidal Basin Bridge, and an extension to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Furthering his impact, Archie entered the political arena, serving as the assistant chairman of the Iowa Republican State Committee and being appointed to the special committee investigating conditions in Haiti in 1934. Archie’s financial and professional success led to several racial improvement efforts, and he held trustee seats at Tuskegee Institute and Howard University.