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Page 7 Portland Observer March 2,1989
landscape architecture
JSU PRESIDENT
NAMED
FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD
CHAIRMAN
Dr. James A. Hefner, president of Jackson
State University, was named chairman
of the Board of Directors of the New
Orleans Branch of the Federal Reserve
Board of Atlanta, Ga. on Jan 1. Hefner
was named to a three-year term on the
seven-member board in 1987.
The Federal Reserve Board makes
recommendations on monetary policies,
reviews the annual audit program of the
Reserve Bank and provides advice to
the bank’s president for meetings of the
Federal Open Market Committee - the
top monetary policy-making unit of the
Federal Reserve System.
The New Orleans Branch serves the
southern halves of Mississippi and
Louisiana. It also serves Baldwin and
Mobile counties in Alabama.
A noted economist, Hefner is the seventh
president of Jackson Stale. The Brevard,
N.C. native is a renowned authority on
minority economic issues and has
authored numerous articles and books
on economic research and policy.
Before assuming the presidency at
Jackson State, Hefner was provost at
Tuskegee University. Prior to that, he
was professor of economics and chairman
o f the dep artm en t o f business
administration at Morehouse College
in Atlanta, Ga.
Earlier in his career, Hefner taught
economics at Atlanta University, Clark
College in Atlanta, Ga. and at Florida
A&M University in Tallahassee.
Additionally, he has been a visiting
research associate at Harvard, Princeton,
and the University of Wisconsin-
Madison.
In addition to the Federal Reserve Board,
Hefner sits on a number of national,
regional and local boards including
Southern Regional Education Board,
American Council on Education,
American Association of State Colleges
and Universities, ACT, Earl R. and
Martha Lyles Wilson Foundation and
SL Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Inc.
His scholarship and public service have
brought numerous honors and awards
including his election to Phi Beta Kappa,
Phi Kappa Phi, membership in MENSA,
the NAFEO Achievement Award in
Research, and listings in W ho’s Who in
America and W ho’s Who in Black
America,
BLACK WOMEN AND WHITE MEN;
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Expertise in landscape architecture is opportunities for students with an Merest
increasingly valued, especially in light in technology, the sciences and the arts
of growing concern throughout the world to enter a career in landscape architecture.
Dreck S. Wilson, a landscape architect
about environmental issues and the practicing in W ashington, D.C.,
impactof development. Although there encourages all students, particularly
are relatively few African-Americans African-Americans to consider this
practicing this profession, there are many exciting career.
Ethnic Minority
Youth Caucus
100 delegates of minority communities
from throughout Oregon will be meeting
on February 27, 1989 in an Ethnic
Minority Youth Caucus sponsored by
Oregon’s Juvenile Justice Advisory
Committee and the State Juvenile
Services Commission.
Representatives of the Black, Hispanic,
A sian, and N ative A m erican
communities in our state are gathering
to discuss the needs of youth in their
communities and strategies to increase
resources
for
these
youth.
Recommendations for improvements in
cultural sensitivity of agencies towards
these communities will also be discussed.
The Caucus is being sponsored to address
concerns regarding the o v er
representation of minority youth in
Oregon’s Juvenile Justice System and
the lack of culturally appropriate services.
David Fuks, Executive Director of the
Juvenile Services Commission said,
“ The recommendations of participants
will be used in prioritizing expend itures
of the sponsoring bodies and to establish
an agenda for advocacy for minority
youth served by state agencies.” Fuks
added, “ We are committed to assuring
that minority youth are served.”
The Meeting will take place from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February
27, 1989 at the Chumaree Hotel and
Convention Center 3301 Market St. N.E.
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