William Gorham
William "Bill" Gorham (born 1930)[1] is an American economist and founding president of the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based social and economic policy think tank.
Career
Gorham was a researcher at the RAND Corporation from 1953 to 1962.[1] He then served as Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1962 to 1965, and then Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1965 to 1968.[2] He was among a group of economists hand-selected by President Lyndon B. Johnson to launch a new, independent research organization to evaluate the Great Society social programs, a mandate that led to the formation of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Urban Institute.[3] Gorham served as Urban Institute president from its founding in 1968 until his retirement in 2000.[4]
Personal life
Gorham graduated from Stanford University in 1952.[5] He has five daughters including Jennifer Ackerman who is a nature writer. She is married to Karl Ackerman, a fiction writer, with whom she has two daughters.[6]
References
- 1 2 Bell, Daniel; Graubard, Stephen Richards, eds. (1997). Toward the Year 2000: Work in Progress. MIT Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780262522373.
- ↑ Who's Who in America
- ↑ "Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks at a Meeting With the Board of Trustees of the Urban Institute". Public Papers of the Presidents, The American Presidency Project. 1968-04-26. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ↑ "The Urban Institute Through the Years". The Urban Institute. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ↑ Hillman, Herman D. (1977). "Book Review: The Urban Predicament; Edited by William Gorham and Nathan Glazer". Hofstra Law Review. 5 (3). Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ↑ Schoettler, Carl (1995-05-18). "Lessons at low tide". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
External links
- Reports authored by William Gorham while at the RAND Corporation