Thomas G. Alexander

American historian and academic (born 1935)
Thomas Glen Alexander (born August 8, 1935) is an American historian and academic who is a professor emeritus at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, where he was also Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor of Western History and director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies. After studying at Weber State University (WSU) and Utah State University (USU), he received a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 1965. He taught history at BYU from 1964 until 2004, and served in the leadership of various local and historical organizations.

Alexander was born in Logan, Utah to Glen M. and Violet B. Alexander. In 1965, Alexander received a PhD in American History from UC Berkeley. He was the director of the Charles Redd Center for Wester Studies at BYU from 1980 until 1992. He taught at USU, UC Berkeley, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Utah. He has received BYU's highest faculty award, the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award. Alexander has served in various historical and academic organizations. He was president of the Mormon History Association from 1974 until 1975. He has also been president of the Pacific Branch of the American Historical Association; president and fellow of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters; president of the Association of Utah Historians; chair of the Utah Board of State History; chair of the Utah Humanities Council; national president of Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society; fellow of the Utah State Historical Society; and chair of BYU's Faculty Advisory Council. and as of 2019 was on the editorial staff for the organization's publication, Pioneer Magazine.