Marstin Alexander, a former associate comptroller in Penn’s Division of Finance, died on May 31, 2025. He was 72.

Mr. Alexander started working in the comptroller’s office at Penn as a student and accepted a full-time position after he graduated in 1975. He served as an accounting clerk, accountant, an operations accountant, and a fiscal and budget coordinator, then became assistant comptroller and finally, in 1998, associate comptroller. He stayed in that position until 2003. He joined Penn’s 25-Year Club in 1997. After leaving Penn, he worked in a family business until he retired in 2018.

He is survived by his wife, Isabella (Bella); his daughters, Heather Pierce (Calvin Pierce, Jr.) and Amanda Stanley (Rob); his son, M. Nathan Alexander (Jamie); his grandchildren, Zachary and Ethan Pierce, Andrew and Aaron Stanley, and Hannah and M. Nathan Alexander; his brother, P. Nixon Alexander; his sister, Lorinda Krause; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

In lieu of flowers, donations in his name can be made to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida or to Agape Care of South Carolina.