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Charles E. Merrill, Jr.

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American academic and writer (1920-2017)

United StatesWritersLived 1920 to 2017 · aged 97
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Charles Edward Merrill Jr. was an American educator, author, and philanthropist, best known for supporting historically black colleges and founding the Commonwealth School in Boston.

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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the United Negro College Fund in the Oval Office. Left to right: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Waddell and Reed, Inc., Chauncey L. Waddell; investment banker from New Orleans, Louisiana, Edgar B. Stern, Jr.; President of the United Negro College Fund and President of the Tuskegee Institute, Luther H. Foster; Editor of The Atlantic Monthly, Edward A. "Ted" Weeks; Headmaster of the Commonwealth Schools of Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, Charles Merrill, Jr.; former Vice President and General Counsel of the Ford Motor Company, William T. Gossett; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, William J. Trent, Jr.; President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and Founder of the United Negro College Fund of New York, Frederick D. Patterson; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tuskegee Institute, Basil O'Connor. White House, Washington, D.C.President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the United Negro College Fund in the Oval Office. Left to right: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Waddell and Reed, Inc., Chauncey L. Waddell; investment banker from New Orleans, Louisiana, Edgar B. Stern, Jr.; President of the United Negro College Fund and President of the Tuskegee Institute, Luther H. Foster; Editor of The Atlantic Monthly, Edward A. "Ted" Weeks; Headmaster of the Commonwealth Schools of Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, Charles Merrill, Jr.; former Vice President and General Counsel of the Ford Motor Company, William T. Gossett; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, William J. Trent, Jr.; President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and Founder of the United Negro College Fund of New York, Frederick D. Patterson; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tuskegee Institute, Basil O'Connor. White House, Washington, D.C.

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Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2017 · aged 97
Written about in
5 languages

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