Dan Dale Alexander (18 July 1919 - June 15, 1990) was a nutrition theorist, lecturer and writer.
Born in Norwich, Connecticut, on July 18, 1919, he attended the Norwich Free Acade...view moreDan Dale Alexander (18 July 1919 - June 15, 1990) was a nutrition theorist, lecturer and writer.
Born in Norwich, Connecticut, on July 18, 1919, he attended the Norwich Free Academy and Trinity College, both in Connecticut, and Columbia University in New York.
He was a popular lecturer at health and nutrition seminars for four decades and achieved international attention in the 1950s with his first book, Arthritis and Common Sense (1950).
He wrote four other books on nutrition and health: Good Health and Common Sense (1960); Healthy Hair and Common Sense (1969); The Common Cold and Common Sense (1971); and Dry Skin and Common Sense (1978).
Alexander appeared on national network television shows, including The Johnny Carson Show and The Merv Griffin Show, and his theories were described in Life and other national magazines.
A resident of Los Angeles, California since the 1960s, Dan Dale Alexander filed as a candidate for governor in the Democratic primary election of 1966, challenging incumbent Governor Edmund G. Brown, who was renominated but lost the election to Ronald Reagan.
Alexander died in Los Angeles in 1990, aged 70.view less