William D. Carmichael
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William Daniel Carmichael (born September 5, 1929) is an American educator and the former fifth Dean of the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
at Cornell University
. Carmichael served as Dean from 1962 to 1968. Dean Carmichael holds a B.Lit. (Economics) from Oxford University, where he was honored as a Rhodes Scholar. He also took an M.P.A. (1953, Economics) from Princeton University
and holds an honorary LL.D. from the University of the West Indies
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Between 1968 and 1989, Dean Carmichael served with The Ford Foundation: Representative in Brazil (1968–71); head, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (1971–77); head, Office for the Middle East and Africa (1977–81); and Vice President, Developing Country Programs (1981–89). From the Fall of 1989 through June 1993, Carmichael was Executive Director, Soviet Union and Eastern European Programs, Institute of International Education.
After 1993, Dean Carmichael worked as an independent consultant to foundations, NGOs, and universities. He has advised Ashoka. Carmichael serves on the Human Rights Watch Board of Directors as Chairs, Finance Committee and the Advisory Committee for its Africa Division. He is also a Member, Human Rights Watch Africa Advisory Committee; Director, FilmAid International; Trustee Chair (NGO Board), Future Generations.
Dean Carmichael began his teaching career as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and the Director of the Undergraduate Program at the Woodrow Wilson School. Previously, he was a legislative analyst and budget examiner with the U.S. Bureau of the Budget and lecturer, University of Maryland.
S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1946 and renamed in 1984 after Samuel Curtis Johnson, founder of S.C...
at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. Carmichael served as Dean from 1962 to 1968. Dean Carmichael holds a B.Lit. (Economics) from Oxford University, where he was honored as a Rhodes Scholar. He also took an M.P.A. (1953, Economics) from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and holds an honorary LL.D. from the University of the West Indies
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies , is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica,...
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Between 1968 and 1989, Dean Carmichael served with The Ford Foundation: Representative in Brazil (1968–71); head, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (1971–77); head, Office for the Middle East and Africa (1977–81); and Vice President, Developing Country Programs (1981–89). From the Fall of 1989 through June 1993, Carmichael was Executive Director, Soviet Union and Eastern European Programs, Institute of International Education.
After 1993, Dean Carmichael worked as an independent consultant to foundations, NGOs, and universities. He has advised Ashoka. Carmichael serves on the Human Rights Watch Board of Directors as Chairs, Finance Committee and the Advisory Committee for its Africa Division. He is also a Member, Human Rights Watch Africa Advisory Committee; Director, FilmAid International; Trustee Chair (NGO Board), Future Generations.
Dean Carmichael began his teaching career as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and the Director of the Undergraduate Program at the Woodrow Wilson School. Previously, he was a legislative analyst and budget examiner with the U.S. Bureau of the Budget and lecturer, University of Maryland.