Mirron “Mike” Alexandroff (1923-2001) was born on Chicago’s south side. During his 30 year career as President of Columbia College of Chicago, he increased enrollment from 200 to 7,000 students. Among its thousands of graduates are several famous CPS alum including: Bob Sirott, Mary Mitchell, Shecky Greene and Pat Sajak. Mr. Alexandroff received the Sydney R. Yates Advocacy award, the Clarence Darrow award for leading service in cause of social justice, a Distinguished Urban Fellow award from the Association of Urban Universities and an Outstanding Contributor to Latin American TV award from the Mexico National Association of Broadcasters.