Hugh B. Price is a nonresident senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at Brookings Institution and the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs visiting professor of public and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
Background: After graduating from Yale Law School, Mr. Price began his professional career as a legal services lawyer representing low-income clients in New Haven, CT. During the turbulent late 1960s, he served as the first executive director of the Black Coalition of New Haven.
In 1978, Mr. Price became a member of the editorial board of The New York Times, where he served until 1982. He wrote editorials on an array of public policy issues, including public education, welfare, criminal justice, and telecommunications. He then served for six years as senior vice president of WNET/Thirteen in New York, the nation's largest public television station. In 1984, Mr. Price became director of all national production. Notable series developed or produced for PBS under Mr. Price include Nature, Great Performances, The Mind, American Masters, Dancing, Art of the Western World, Childhood, and Global Rivals.
Mr. Price was appointed vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1988. He oversaw its domestic investments to improve education for at-risk youth and increase opportunities for people of color. He was instrumental in conceiving and launching such innovative initiatives as the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Corps, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future,and the Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth.
Taking the helm of the National Urban League in July 1994, Mr. Price led the way in tripling the League's endowment; restructuring and strengthening its board of directors and staff; defining a new mission and strategic vision for the 21st century; conceiving and launching the League's historic Campaign for African-American Achievement; establishing the League's new research and policy center, known as the National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality; reviving Opportunity, the League's landmark magazine; and establishing its new headquarters on Wall Street in New York City. Following the National Urban League, Mr. Price served for two years as senior advisor and co-chair of the Non-Profit and Philanthropy Practice Group at the global law firm of DLA Piper.
AFFILIATIONS Board Member, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Board Member, Verizon Board Member, Mayo Clinic Foundation Board Member, Jacob Burns Film Center Member, American Philosophical Society Member, Academy of Political Science Member, Westchester Clubmen Member, Boule Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
HONORS AND AWARDS 2006 Leadership Award, National Urban League 2006 Dateline Award, Washington (DC) Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Excellence in Public Service Award, Committee for Economic Development 2005 Notable Essay for 2005, in The Best American Essays 2006 2003 William C. Dawson Award, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 2002 Honorary Degree, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis 2000 Honorary Degree, Yale University 1999 Honorary Degree, Cleveland State University 1998 Honorary Degree, Pace University 1998 Honorary Degree, Long Island University 1998 Honorary Degree, Cambridge College 1998 Honorary Degree, Amherst College 1997 Honorary Degree, Northeastern University 1996 Honorary Degree, SUNY/Empire State College 1996 Honorary Degree, George Washington University 1996 Honorary Degree, Connecticut College 1996 Award of Merit, Yale Law School 1995 President's Medal, Hunter College
INITIATIVES CONCEIVED/LAUNCHED National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Corps National Commission on Teaching and America's Future Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth National Urban League Campaign for African-American Achievement
