The HistoryMakers video oral history with Darren Walker.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 16 min., 54 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2014.170
Subjects

Other author/creatorWalker, Darren, 1959- interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Darren Walker
Portion of title Darren Walker
Abstract Nonprofit and foundation executive Darren Walker was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in August 28, 1959. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 1982, and received his J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1986. Walker was hired at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in 1986. In 1988, he joined the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), where he spent seven years in the capital markets division. Walker then worked as Chief Operating Officer for the Abyssinian Development Corporation. He was hired by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2002, as director of its domestic urban program, and in 2006, was promoted to vice president for foundation initiatives. In 2010, Walker was appointed the Ford Foundation's vice president for Education, Creativity and Free Expression. In 2013, he was named tenth president of the Ford Foundation, becoming the second African American to serve in that role.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded New York, New York 2014 August 26.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2014.170 HistoryMakers

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