Citations with the tag: THOMAS, Franklin
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- Building a better foundation.
Curry, G. // Black Enterprise; Jul90, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p54Profiles Franklin Augustine Thomas, president of the Ford Foundation since 1979. How Thomas has rebuilt the world's richest philanthropic organization over the past ten years; Background; Career development; Chief skills and qualifications; Personal philosophy; Key achievements. INSET: Black...
- Franklin Thomas steps down as Ford Foundation head.
Curry, G. // New York Amsterdam News; 12/17/94, Vol. 85 Issue 51, p4Reports on Ford Foundation president, chief executive officer and trustee Franklin Thomas' intention to resign in 18 months. Discussion on the role of the foundation in immigration, gender and reproductive rights; Thomas' plans to be involved in activities in South Africa.
- B'klyn's `favorite son' moves on and ever upward.
Feddoes, Sadie // New York Amsterdam News; 12/17/94, Vol. 85 Issue 51, p9Reports on the future retirement of Franklin A. Thomas, president, chief executive officer and trustee of the Ford Foundation in 1996. Achievements; Increase in the foundation's endowment; Educational background and professional experience on the improvement of life in the cities.
- Ford Foundation president named to PepsiCo's board of directors.
Feddoes, Sadie // Nation's Restaurant News; 11/7/94, Vol. 28 Issue 44, p14Reports on the election of Ford Foundation president Franklin A. Thomas to the board of directors of PepsiCo. Increase in the foundation's endowments under Thomas' direction; Other positions held by Thomas; Awards; Educational background.
- Franklin Thomas set to leave Ford Foundation.
Feddoes, Sadie // Jet; 1/23/95, Vol. 87 Issue 11, p7Reports on the plans of Franklin I. Thomas to leave Ford Foundation in March 1996 and head an enterprise in South Africa. Succeeded by Susan Vail Berresford, currently the vice president for programs; Details of his career.
- This Week In Black History.
Feddoes, Sadie // Jet; 2/3/2003, Vol. 103 Issue 6, p20Looks at significant events in African American history, including the debut of Leontyne Price, an opera singer, at the Metropolitan opera on January 27, 1961. Naming of Franklin A. Thomas as president of the Ford Foundation in 1979.
- Franklin Thomas signaled as `grant maker of the year'.
Feddoes, Sadie // New York Amsterdam News; 3/4/95, Vol. 86 Issue 9, p18Reports on the Council of Foundations' presentation of its 1995 Distinguished Grantmaker Award to Franklin A. Thomas, president of the Ford Foundation. Featuring of Thomas in `Foundation News and Commentary'; Impressions of James A. Joseph on Thomas; Achievements of Thomas while at the Ford...
- This Week In Black History.
Feddoes, Sadie // Jet; 2/2/2004, Vol. 105 Issue 5, p24Discusses issues in the history of Afro-Americans in the U.S. Appointment of Elaine Weddington Steward at professional baseball organization Boston Red Sox in January 1990; Details of the appointment of Franklin A. Thomas, an attorney, at Ford Foundation, the country's largest private...
- Young celebs.
Feddoes, Sadie // New York Amsterdam News; 5/25/96, Vol. 87 Issue 21, p9Presents photographs of Pratt Institute honorees. C. Adrianne Rhodes, highest ranking African-American female at the `Daily News'; 1995 revenues Black executive Karl Kani's firm; Franklin Thomas' resignation from Ford Foundation.
- Weeksville honors courage and leadership.
Browne, J. Zamgba // New York Amsterdam News; 11/11/2004, Vol. 95 Issue 46, p8This article presents information related to the award winners of 2004 Save the Memories of Self Award given by Brooklyn based Weesville Society. Entrepreneur Morris Reid, was honored for his savvy entrepreneurship, Franklin Thomas, former president of the Ford Foundation for brilliant...
- FRANKLIN THOMAS: A Man With $120 Million a Year to Spend.
JOHNSON, HERSCHEL // Ebony; Oct1982, Vol. 37 Issue 12, p33The article features Franklin A. Thomas, the first African American president of the Ford Foundation in the U.S. Thomas has reportedly streamlined the most influential private foundation of the country and reshaped its priorities and programs. The author says that the task of restructuring an...
- Ford Foundation To Reward Improvement in Urban Schools.
Mirga, Tom // Education Week; 2/9/1982, Vol. 1 Issue 20, p4The article looks at the creation of the City High School Recognition program at Ford Foundation in the U.S. which would reward urban high schools that can document significant improvements in their overall performance. Winners will be selected on the basis of documented improvement in such...
- Ford Foundation Awards $3.1 Million For Child Health.
Mirga, Tom // Education Week; 11/24/1982, Vol. 2 Issue 12, p2The article reports on the 3.1 million dollars grants given by Ford Foundation for health programs. According to foundation president Franklin A. Thomas, the main objective of the program is to provide parents with information about good nutritional and health habits. The grants are part of the...
- Ford Targets Urban Dropouts.
K. G. // Education Week; 11/19/1986, Vol. 6 Issue 11, p10The article announces that Ford Foundation will award 1.1 million dollars in grants to 21 school districts in an effort to discourage students from dropping out to school in the U.S. The announcement was made by Franklin A. Thomas, the president of the foundation. Ford granted 25,000 dollars to...
- Grant Divisions Reorganized.
K. G. // Education Digest; Dec1979, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p68This article informs that the Ford Foundation has announced it has consolidated its grant-making divisions into three major units as the international division, the national affairs division, and a new division of education and public policy. Foundation president Franklin A. Thomas says the...
- Sadie Feddoes' New York.
Feddoes, Sadie // New York Amsterdam News; 6/3/2004, Vol. 95 Issue 23, p9It was a grand birthday celebration with family and friends from school days in Brooklyn, with former members of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation family, fellow Board of Directors and members of corporations whore he also serves, community leaders, and leaders on the world stage...
- Ford Grants $650,000 To Test Training Teachers in Schools.
L. O. // Education Week; 12/7/1988, Vol. 8 Issue 14, p6The article reports on the planning grants worth 650,000 dollars awarded by Ford Foundation to help 11 teaching communities shift the primary responsibility for the training of teachers from colleges and universities to public schools in 1988 in the U.S. According to Franklin A. Thomas, Ford...
- THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY.
L. O. // Jet; 1/31/2005, Vol. 107 Issue 4, p19No abstract available.
- National Service.
L. O. // Society; Sep/Oct86, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p2The article focuses on a proposed program of national service in which young U.S. citizens would be required to serve the nation in a military or civilian capacity. Efforts to create a system of national service, says the study, might also be more successful if older people could participate,...
- This Week in Black History.
L. O. // Jet; 2/6/2006, Vol. 109 Issue 5, p38This article discusses this week in African-American history. On January 30th, 1979, Franklin A. Thomas became president of the Ford Foundation. He directed millions of dollars into projects for minorities and women. On February 5th, 1958, Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. became the first...
- The Public SERVANT.
Dingle, Derek T. // Black Enterprise; Feb2008, Vol. 38 Issue 7, p138The article features African American Franklin A. Thomas, consultant at the Study Group. He also serves at the boards of Citigroup Inc. and Alcoa Inc. His board memberships evolved from public service. It was 1967, and the young attorney was tapped to run Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., an...
- National Service.
Dingle, Derek T. // Society; Sep/Oct86, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p2The article focuses on a proposed program of national service in which young U.S. citizens would be required to serve the nation in a military or civilian capacity. Efforts to create a system of national service, says the study, might also be more successful if older people could participate,...
- The 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK AMERICANS.
Dingle, Derek T. // Ebony; May1988, Vol. 43 Issue 7, p138The article announces Ebony's 100 Most Influential Black Americans in 1998, including entertainer-activist Bill Cosby, the President of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change Coretta Scott King, and President of The Ford Foundation Franklin H. Thomas.
