Donald Boyd B. Boyd Easum

Background

EASUM, Donald was born on August 27, 1923 in. Culver, Indiana, United States. Son of Chester and Norma Brown Easum.

Education

Bachelor, University Wisconsin, 1947. Master of Public Administration, Princeton University, 1950. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1950.

Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1953.

Career

He served in the Pacific theater during World World War World War II During the Nixon/Ford Administration, Easum served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Earlier State Department assignments included Executive Secretary of the United States Agency for International Development (United States Agency for International Development) and Staff Director of the United States National Security Council"s Interdepartmental Group for Latin America. Easum was also president of the Africa-America Institute from 1980 to 1988.

He has held consultant positions with United States Agency for International Development, WorldSpace, River Blindness Foundation, Volunteers in Technical Assistance and Global Business Access.

Easum was Senior Fellow at Yale University"s Stimson Seminar from 1998 to 2004 and has taught at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He has lectured widely in the United States, Europe and Africa on United States.-African relations.

Easum attended The Hotchkiss School, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Princeton University. He also studied at the University of London on a Fulbright scholarship and in Buenos Aires on a Doherty Foundation grant and a Penfield fellowship.

Achievements

• Donald Boyd Easum has been listed as a noteworthy institute executive, consultant, educator, diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The call for black studies (U.S. Foreign Service Institute. Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy. Case study)

Membership

Trustee Rothko Chapel, Houston, American School of Tangier. Vice president Global Business Access, Ltd., Washington. Member Corporation Council for Africa, Washington, Council on Foreign Relations, River Blindness Foundation, 1991-1995.

Board directors Volunteers in Technology Assistance, 1988-1990, Pact, Inc. Member of American Academy Diplomacy, Rotary International (Paul Harris fellow 1995).

Interests

• Music, tennis, table 450 tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Augusta Pentecost (deceased).

Father:

Chester

Mother:

Norma Brown Easum

Spouse:

Augusta Pentecost