Original name was Nime Kulczinsky. In 1934, Herman Hofer Hegner, acting president of Petalozzi Froebel Teachers College and Columbia College of Expression, asked Alexandroff to begin a course of study at Columbia for radio broadcasting. By 1937,he had become vice president of Columbia Colege of Expression and was a member of both institutions Board of Directors along with Herman Hofer Hegner, his wife Erme Rowe Hegner, and Cherrie Alexandroff. In 1939 he served as director of the Howard Association, an organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and aid to released prisoners and in 1940 he started the National Artists Foundation to launch young actors into their careers. In 1944, Columbia College of Expression became a separate institution from the Pestalozzi Froebel Teachers College and was now known simply as Columbia College. The school held several credentials, inclu- ding the Illinois State Examining Board for Teacher Education credential, qualifying it to enroll G.I. Bill veterans. In the same year, Norman, withpsychologist Dr. Daniel D. Howard, wrote 'The Occupational and Educational Adjustment of Veterans, a study looking at the effects of war on returning veterans. Columbia College was designated as one of fifteen Veterans Guidance Centers in the United States which made available free comprehensive testing, educational and occupational counseling and psychologi- cal services to World War I veterans.