Andrew Brimmer

Andrew Brimmer
Chair of the District of Columbia Financial Control Board
In office
June 1, 1995 – September 1, 1998
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAlice Rivlin
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
In office
March 9, 1966 – August 31, 1974
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byC. Canby Balderston
Succeeded byPhilip Coldwell
Personal details
Born
Andrew Felton Brimmer

(1926-09-13)September 13, 1926
Newellton, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 7, 2012(2012-10-07) (aged 86)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDoris Scott
ChildrenEsther
EducationUniversity of Washington, Seattle (BA, MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Brimmer being sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board by William McChesney Martin in 1966. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Brimmer's wife and daughter, Esther, look on.

Andrew Felton Brimmer (September 13, 1926 – October 7, 2012)[1] was an American economist and business leader who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1966 to 1974. A member of the Democratic Party, Brimmer was the first African American to sit on the Board.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Andrew Brimmer, First Black on Fed Board, Dies at 86". The New York Times. 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-10-12.