“The Lives They Lived”: Alex Okrent ’05
Bill Holder"Do it for Alex" became a rallying cry for Obama campaign workers remembering their friend Alex Okrent '05.
The New York Times Magazine features the late Alex Okrent ’05 in “The Lives They Lived,” published December 29. He was working for the 2012 Obama campaign when he collapsed at his desk on July 13 and was pronounced dead at a Chicago hospital from what was later determined to be a cardiac arrhythmia. “If there was a single moment that unified our campaign and knit us together, it was this horrific event,” said David Alexrod, the campaign’s chief strategist.
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Mike Mavredakis