Oxford Round Table - Company History and Officers

Company History and Officers

For most of its history the Oxford Round Table has been an American organization run by members of the Alexander family and variously headquartered in Kentucky, Illinois, Florida, and California. Kern Alexander, Professor of Excellence at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, founded the Oxford International Round Table on Education Policy in 1989. However, it was not incorporated until 1994, when it was established in Florida as a for-profit corporation, with Alexander as president. It was administratively dissolved in 1996. Alexander also incorporated the Oxford Round Table, Inc., a Florida for-profit corporation; it was established and dissolved at the same time as the Oxford International Round Table on Education Policy.

In 1995, the Oxford Round Table, Inc., a for-profit Kentucky corporation, was incorporated by Samual K. Alexander III (son of Kern Alexander). It was administratively dissolved in 1998 and reinstated in 2006. This corporation dissolved itself 22 September 2008.

In 1998, the Oxford Round Table, Inc., a for-profit corporation, was incorporated in Illinois. It was involuntarily dissolved in 2000.

In December 2001, the non-profit Oxford Round Table of Godstow Hall, Inc., was incorporated in Kentucky by several members of the Alexander family. In May 2007, the non-profit Oxford Round Table, Inc., NFP, was established in Illinois. It changed its name to Oxford Round Table, North America, Inc., NFP, in October 2008. In July 2008, the non-profit Oxford Round Table, Ltd., was established in the United Kingdom.

In the 2007 annual report of the Kentucky for-profit Oxford Round Table, Inc., Kern Alexander was listed as company president. The coordinator, in 2007, was Shenette (Campbell) Alexander, wife of F. King Alexander who was at the time president of California State University, Long Beach. As of the 2008 annual report, J.C. Buckman was listed as president.