Arthur Fletcher

Arthur Fletcher

Arthur Fletcher (December 22, 1924 in Phoenix, ArizonaJuly 12, 2005 in Washington DC) was an American government official, widely referred to as the "father of affirmative action" as he was largely responsible for the Revised Philadelphia Plan. An African American and a Republican, he served in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. In 1995, he briefly pursued a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Numbers of his fellow Republicans were often at odds with the affirmative action policies which Fletcher initiated.

As head of the United Negro College Fund, he coined their famous slogan, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."

References

* [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8567206/ Presidential adviser Arthur Fletcher, 80, dies] , obituary on MSN. Accessed 20 July 2005.
* [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=526&category=lawMakers Arthur Fletcher] on HistoryMakers.com. Accessed 20 July 2005.
* NPR [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4754950 obituary] , in RealAudio or for Windows Media Player. Accessed 20 July 2005.
* NPR [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4757704 commentary] by his granddaughter, KUOW-FM reporter and producer Phyllis Fletcher. Accessed 20 June 2006.


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