A. Alex Porter

I always think of you. You are very missed

Dear Alex,
You will be truly missed. I am so sorry I haven't contacted you for so many months, and when I did, it was already too late… You were an extraordinary person, and I will always remember you.
I wish I had contacted you before, I so regret that I didn't.
You left just way too soon...
I will miss you so very much.

My sincere sympathy to Alex's family. I am deeply saddened by your loss. Alex will always be in my prayers.

I had the great pleasure of sharing a number of conversations with Alex over the last decade when I traveled through NYC. He was one of the great investors in the age of hedge funds and yet that was, without question, the least interesting thing about him. Our world is a less vibrant, interesting, and gracious place without him.

My years at Davidson coincided with Alex's, and though I didn't know him well, I was among the many who liked and admired him and who appreciate his steadfast support for Davidson. He was a most unusual Renaissance man---an athlete, scholar, and businessman with an unusual gift for friendship. I was amused once, on a trip to New York, to have a friend point him out in the locker room at the New York Athletic Club--- "See that guy? He's amazing: very successful on Wall Street, but really...

I never met Mr. Porter but he was a donor for Critical Thought Symposium scholarship that I received at Queens University of Charlotte. I am so grateful for his generosity and this scholarship has allowed me to learn to think about problems critically by analyzing the impacts and consequences. My heart goes out to the family of this wonderful man who helped inspire the program that I have learned and grown from. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family.