Father to Alexia and Alfred Ashford, Alexander was a great man. With any great man comes flaws, of course. He made a lot of mistakes in his life, although he tried his best to succeed and let the Ashford name live on. Through all his trial and error, he made it so the Ashford name was shamed. I am still not certain as to how this happened, still trying to figure that one out. In my opinion as of now, I'd say he failed when he let Trevor take the T-virus. Alexander and Trevor discorvered together, as you read in one of the files found in RE:CV. Then Trevor wanted to take over the research, and Alexander let him. Trevor soon left Alexander never to talk to him again. Trevor got credit for the T-virus, Alexander, or, more importantly, the Ashford name, got no credit at all.