Obituary of Nathan Alexander

Nathan Joseph Alexander from Denver, Colorado, died on April 2, 2015 at age 20 in his dormitory room at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, where he was a sophomore. The cause of death was suicide. Nathan was born on July 31, 1994 at Rose Hospital in Denver. In Colorado, he attended Hackberry Hill Elementary School in Arvada and North Arvada Middle School. Nathan graduated from high school with a Classics Diploma from The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, where he was on the varsity sailing team and co-head of the Hotchkiss Political Union. In 2010, he attended the New England Young Writers Conference at Bread Loaf, Middlebury College. After his admission to Middlebury College, Nathan studied economics, computer science and public policy. He was a member of the Socially Responsible Investment Group, Sailing, Hillel, the Southern Society and Architecture Table. In the summer of 2011, Nathan served with the Round Square International Service program building a school in Ladakh in northern India. In the summer of 2012, he interned with the Denver Congressional Office of Rep. Diana DeGette, and in her Washington, D.C. office the following summer. The summer of 2014, he served as an intern with the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) in Austin, Texas. Nathan is survived by his mother, Marilyn S. Chappell of Lakewood, Colorado, his father, Barton Alexander of Denver, Colorado, his sister Elise Chappell Alexander of Lakewood and Denver and his grandmother and step-grandfather, Simie and David Bayless of Denver and Green Valley, Arizona. Memorial services in Middlebury, Vermont will be held at the Chapel at Middlebury College on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a reception. Services in the Denver area will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W 32nd Ave, Golden, Colorado, with a reception following. The burial will be on Sunday, April 19, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., at the Fairmount Cemetery, Temple Emanuel section, 430 South Quebec St. Denver, CO 80231. The family suggests that any donations be made in Nathan’s name to the scholarship funds of either the Hotchkiss School or Middlebury College: The Hotchkiss Fund The Hotchkiss School 11 Interlaken Rd. Lakeville, CT 06039 Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Scholarship Fund Middlebury College 700 Exchange Street Middlebury, VT 05753