Background
Anderson, Bernard E. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Dorothy (Gideon) Anderson.
Anderson, Bernard E. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Dorothy (Gideon) Anderson.
Bachelor with summa cum laude, Livingstone College, 1959. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1969.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Shaw University, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Livingstone College, 1995. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Benedict College, 2002.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tuskegee University, 2005.
Economist United States Bureau Labor Statistics, Washington, 1963-1965. Successively assistant professor, associate professor, professor Wharton School University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969-1979. Director social science Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1979-1986.
Managing partner Urban Affairs Partnership, Philadelphia, 1987-1991. President Anderson Group, 1991-1993. Assistant secretary United States Department Labor, 1994-2001.
Chairman Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, Philadelphia, 1991-1993. Whitney M. Young professor management Wharton School, University Pennsylvania, 2001—2008. Vice chairman Manpower Demonstration Research Company, New York City, 1977—1993, Pennsylvania Economic Development Partnership, Harrisburg, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1988—2002.
Visiting fellow Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1985. Board directors United Bank Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. With United States Army, 1961-1963.
Member President's Commission Employment/Unemployment Statistics, Washington, 1979, Committee Foreign Relations, Philadelphia, 1983—1994. Trustee Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1980—1994, since 2005. Vice chairman Tuskegee University, since 2006, trustee, since 2006.
Chairman board trustees Lincoln University, Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1987—1993. Board directors Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 2002—2005, Opportunities Industrialization Centers American, since 2001, Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, since 2002, Philadelphia Orchestra, since 2004, International Foundation for Education and Self Help, since 2001. Member of National Economic Association (president 1982, Samuel Z. Westerfield award 2003), Industrial Relations Research Association (member executive committee 1979-1982), American Economic Association, Union League, University Pennsylvania Faculty Club.
Children: Melinda D., Bernard E. World War II.