Background
Minton, Avalon Nichols was born on July 11, 1941 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Dewey Lincoln and Beatrice Varina (Nichols) Minton.
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Avalon Nichols Minton
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Bachelor, Wake Forest College, l963; postgraduate, U. Massachusetts, l963-64; postgraduate, Brown U., l964-69.
Career
Teaching fellow, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, l963-64; teaching fellow, Brown U., Providence, l965-68; member of faculty, Tougaloo (Mississippi) College, l965; professor political science, U. Massachusetts, Lowell, l969-.
Achievements
Membership
President Arlington (Massachusetts) Civil Rights Committee, 1980-1984, Friends Robbins Library., Arlington, 1986-1988. Member Arlington Fair Housing Committee, since 1980, president since 1990. Board directors Common Cause Massachusetts, Boston, since 1983.
Trustee Health and Welfare Trust, Boston, since 1985. Delegate Massachusetts Democratic Convention, 1987, 89, 90. Member American Political Science Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, Center for Study Presidency, Academy Political Science, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Massachusetts Teachers Association (board directors since 1988), Massachusetts Society Professionals (Executive Board U. Massachusetts-Lowell since 1983, vice president since 1989).
Connections
Married Cheryl Ann Renninger, September 4, l965. L child, Teresa Lynn.
