Alice Mendell Baylor Ken Starr’s Wife

Alice Mendell

Alice Mendell is the wife of Baylor University president, Ken Starr. It isn’t a good time to be in her husband’s shoes who has been removed from his position at the University in Waco, Texas, amid the mishandling of sexual assault reports involving multiple football players.

Alice’s lawyer, judge, educational administrator and author husband, is also known for carrying out a controversial investigation of members of the Clinton administration.

The 69-year-old born, Kenneth Winston Starr, Starr, in Vernon, Texas, and grew up in San Antonio –was a high-flying lawyer before he was Clinton’s widely tormentor. He taught at New York University School of Law, George Mason University School of Law in Fairfax, Virginia and Chapman Law School in Orange, California.

According to Baylor.edu, Starr was named president at Baylor on June 2010, becoming the 14th president to serve Baylor University. He was named to the position of President and Chancellor on November 11, 2013.

Prior to coming to Baylor, Judge Starr served for six years as The Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law at Pepperdine, where he taught current constitutional issues and civil procedure. He has also been of counsel to the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner from 1993 to 2004, specializing in appellate work, antitrust, federal courts, federal jurisdiction and constitutional law. Judge Starr previously taught constitutional law as an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law and was a distinguished visiting professor at George Mason University School of Law and Chapman Law School. He is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, Virginia and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Starr is the author of more than 25 publications, and his book, “First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life,” published in 2002.

He has argued 36 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including 25 cases during his service as Solicitor General of the United States from 1989-93. He also served as United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989, as law clerk to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger from 1975 to 1977 and as law clerk to Fifth Circuit Judge David W. Dyer from 1973 to 1974. Starr was appointed to serve as Independent Counsel for five investigations, including Whitewater, from 1994 to 1999.

Baylor confirmed that Ken Starr is out as President in a release, and remains professor at Baylor University Law School.

There are split opinions whereas Starr should be held accountable over the claims that the school failed to address allegations made by at least six female students that members of the football team had committed sexual assault between 2009 and 2016. An online petition is asking for signatures to keep him in his role.

Ken Starr’s reputation precedes him and he obviously has many supporters. Will his wife of many years will also support him? And the reason we ask is because 67-year-old Alice Mendell isn’t just any lady, she is the type of woman who will grill Ken Starr about anything. They have been married for over 40-years.

Alice Mendell is the mother of the couple’s three grown children, son Randy Starr, and daughters Carolyn Doolittle, and Cynthia Starr. Together they are also the grandparents to six grandchildren. Alice Mendell along with her long time husband are members of the Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco.

Alice Mendell a tireless volunteer and philanthropic leader. She is a respected businesswoman who has served on several nationally known boards. And she has dedicated her adult life to helping the sick and disabled, mentoring students and promoting the arts.

According to wacotrib, Baylor’s first lady, was a Jewish girl from Mamaroneck, N.Y., and attended Skidmore College. She met Ken at a summer Spanish class at Harvard University. They tied the knot on Aug. 23, 1970.

She worked as vice president of marketing for a large Virginia commercial real estate firm for 16 years. But most of her jobs have been unpaid volunteer positions.

She has served on the boards of Childhelp USA, which assists victims of child abuse; SongFest, a summer arts program offered at Pepperdine University; the McLean (Va.) Project for the Arts; George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens; and Medical Care for Children’s Partnership, which helps provide medical and dental care for children in Fairfax County, Va. She also is former chair of the Fairfax County Library Foundation. And that’s far from a complete list.

In the mid-1990s while Ken was investigating the Whitewater affair, she was president of the McLean Chamber of Commerce.

In 2005 Alice formed Starr Strategies, a public relations and marketing firm that caters to nonprofit organizations. She is president and CEO of the company, which also became Texas-based.