Working for civic unity in government, business, and philanthropy
By: Interviewed in 1991 by Gabrielle Morris for the History of Bay Area Philanthropy Project, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Morris, Gabrielle S.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Published: 1994
Subjects: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.); San Francisco Foundation.; Nonprofit organizations -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; African American civic leaders -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Politics and government.; Oakland (Calif.)
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Youth and education in Indiana; education, Antioch College, Case Western Reserve; University of California, Berkeley doctoral studies (1958-1964) with field work in England, Africa; Peace Corps, Washington, D.C. (1964-1966); U.S. Economic Development Administration training and job development programs, Oakland, (1966-1968); World Airways, Inc., vice president (1968-1985): affirmative action, public affairs, community relations, Ed Daly; Oakland Convention Centers executive, (1986-1993); programs and policies of San Francisco Council for Civic Unity, Center for Study of Democratic Institutions, West Oakland Health Center, New Oakland Committee, KQED, San Francisco Foundation (1976-1986) including comments on the Buck Trust, East Bay Community Foundation (1986-1994), and other Bay Area nonprofit organizations.