Background
Buffkins, Archie Lee was born on March 30, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Buffkins, Archie Lee was born on March 30, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Jackson State University, 1956; Master of Arts, Columbia, 1961; Doctor of Education, Columbia, 1963; postgraduate research, Harvard University, summer 1972; postgraduate study, July 1994; postgraduate research, University of Oxford, summer 1972; postgraduate research, U. Amsterdam, summer 1972; postgraduate research, Tel-Aviv U., 1973-1974; postgraduate research, U. Maine, 1970-1971; postgraduate research, Chicago Conservatory, summer 1956.
Instructor division band music Fort Ord (California) Military Band School, 1957-1958. Instructor, chairman division humanities Morristown (Tennessee) College, 1958-1959. Assistant professor, director freshman studies, division fine arts Jackson (Mississippi) State University, 1960-1961.
Associate professor, head department music Kentucky State University, Frankfort, 1963-1966. Professor, director graduate research in music, department music and fine arts Texas Southern University, Houston, 1966-1968. Professor, chairman department music Rhode Island College, Providence, 1968-1970.
Executive assistant to chancellor University Maine Eight-Campus System, Portland, 1970-1971. Chancellor University Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, 1971-1975. Assistant dean graduate studies University Maryland (College Park Campus), 1975-1979.
President National Commission on Cultural Diversity, Kennedy Center, 1979-1985, director Office Cultural Diversity, 1985-1993. Consultant producer Kennedy Center, 1992-1993. Senior vice president broadcasting Maryland Public television, Owings Mills, from 1993, interim president, Chief Executive Officer, 1995-1997, senior vice president strategic development, research, 1997-1999.
Vice president corporation affairs Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Cockeysville, Doctor of Medicine, 1999-2001. President Legacy of LearningCorp., Baltimore, from 2001. Commissioner higher education Afro-American Education Association in Rhode Island, 1968-1971.
Director Conference on Black Students and Higher Education in Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, 1969, Conference on Higher Education and Urban Setting, Boston, 1969, Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, 1986-1993. Coordinator Conference on Afro-American Studies and High School Curriculum, University Maine, 1971. Chairman National Black Think Tank, 1976.
President John F. Kennedy Center National Commission on Blacks in the Arts. Chief administrator Free Urban Education Center, Houston, 1966-1968. Director Academy Tutorial Institute in Black Community of Houston, 1966-1968, Black Fine Arts Festival, 1966.
Executive director Eastern division Council on Afro-American Studies, Boston, 1968-1971. Chairman experimental curriculum committee Governor's School for Gifted in Arts, Providence, 1968, board directors, 1969-1970. Chairman educational policy committee, board directors National School Volunteer Program, Incorporated, New York York City, 1968-1970.
Chairman education task force (Portland Model Cities Project), 1970-1971. Founder, director Center for Experimental Studies in Higher Education Administration, Portland, 1970-1971. Senior adviser National Accrediting Association for Afro-American Programs, New York City, 1968-1971.
Member United States National Advisory Council on Adult Education, 1974-1979. Chairman National Task Force on Adult Education and Urban Policy, 1977, National Black Music Colloquium and Competition, 1978, Maryland Black Congress on Higher Education. Coordinator Black Higher Education Caucus of University Maryland System.
Chairman National Task Force on Urban Policy and Adult Education. Chairman executive council Regional Research and Clearinghouse Network on Minorities and Graduate Education. Chairman Inter-Institutional Task Force on Pluralism, 1990-1995.
Member Governor Information Technology Board, Maryland, since 1995. Appointment by Maryland Governor to Maryland Commission for Celebration 2000, 1997, board directors Safe Waterways in Maryland Foundn. (SWIM), since 2000.
Board directors Eastern Shore Heart Association, Salisbury, Maryland, Rhode Island Council on Arts, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, International Economic Development Corporation, 1969-1970, Afro-Art Center, Inc., 1968-1970, Maine Savings Bank, Center for Experiments in Higher Education, Houston, 1967-1970. Trustee Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury, Maryland, 1970-1976, Portland Symphony Orchestra, 1968-1970. Member executive board Afro-American Society, New York City, 1966-1970, New England States College Association Music Faculties, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 1968-1970, Delmarva council Boy Scouts American, Wilmington, Delaware, 1970-1976.
Member corporation board Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts, 1970-1972, Peoples Savings Bank & Trust, Providence, 1968-1970. Member executive board National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, 1970-1975. Member National Arts Evaluation Panel for Minority Programs, 1970-1980.
Board directors Afro-American Museums Association, Washington, 1980-1995. Member advisory board District of Columbia Youth Chorale Association, since 1981, Prince George's Performing Arts, 1987-1995. Member national task force on anti-Semitic incidents Anti-Defamation League, New York City, 1980-1981.
Member national steering committee Martin Luther King Holiday, Washington, 1980-1995. Member planning committee National Black College Day, since 1981. Member Committee for a Free World, New York City, since 1981, The Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra, since 1987.
Member executive committee Coalition for Strategic Stability in Middle East, Washington, since 1981. American chairman FUBA: South African School of the Arts, 1986. Board trustees Maryland Citizens for Arts, 1995.
Board directors Gordon Center for Performing Arts at Jewish Community Center, since 1994. District chairman Baltimore Trailblazers-Boy Scouts American, 1994-1999, board directors Baltimore council, since 2000. Trustee St. Mary's College Maryland, since 2000.
Served with United States Army, 1956-1958. Member Maryland Association for Higher Education (chairman panel administrative affairs 1973), Middle States Association Colleges and Secondary Schools (evaluation board 1972-1996), American Council on Education, National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (executive board Prince George's chapter 1979-1986, chairman education committee 1980-1986, Maryland education committee 1985-1987).
Son of John and Ada (Stittians) B. Divorced; 1 child, LeRachel Harombe.