Bernard E. Anderson | |
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United States Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards | |
In office Feb 24, 1994 – January 20, 2001 | |
President | William J. Clinton |
Succeeded by | Victoria Lipnic |
Academic career | |
Field | Industrial Economics, Labor Economics |
Institution | Bureau of Labor Statistics Wharton School Rockefeller Foundation |
Alma mater | Livingstone College (BA) Michigan State University (MA) University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
Awards | Samuel Z. Westerfield Award |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Bernard E. Anderson is the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,[1] where he was the first African American tenured professor, and the first to be awarded an endowed chair, the Whitney M Young,jr chair. He was Assistant Secretary of Labor during the Clinton Administration, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee University.[1] He was awarded the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award by the National Economic Association in 2003.[2][3] He was also awarded the 2016 Living Legacy Award from the Philadelphia-based Urban Affairs Coalition.[4] and the 2022 Labor and Employment Relations Association Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award.[5]
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