Franklin A. Thomas
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1934 –
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Who is Franklin A. Thomas?
Franklin A. Thomas is the head of the TFF Study Group, a nonprofit institution assisting development in South Africa, For seventeen years Thomas was president of the Ford Foundation, a vast and self-perpetuating trust originally endowed by car manufacturer Henry Ford and his son Edsel.
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- Born
- May 27, 1934
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Franklin A Thomas
- Franklin Augustine Thomas
- Parents
- Spouses
- Dawn Conrada
( - 1972)
- Dawn Conrada
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University
( - 1963) - Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University
( - 1956)
- Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University
- Employment
- Head of Study Group, Ford Foundation
(1996 - ) - President and CEO, Ford Foundation
(1979 - 1996) - John Hay Whitney Foundation
(1977 - ) - President and CEO, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
(1967 - 1977) - Deputy commissioner, New York City Police Department
(1965 - 1967) - Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney's Office
(1964 - 1965) - Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
(1963 - ) - United States Department of the Air Force
(1956 - 1960)
- Head of Study Group, Ford Foundation
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on July 23, 2013
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