Eli Nachamson Evans

Background

Evans, Eli Nachamson was born on July 28, 1936 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Emanuel Joshua and Sara (Nachamson) Evans.

Education

Bachelor, University North Carolina, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary, 2003.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 2005.

Career

Assistant to Doctor Eric Goldman, Special Consultant President L.B. Johnson White House, Washington, 1964-1965. Staff director to Governor Terry Sanford Study American States, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1965-1967. Senior program executive Carnegie Corporation New York, New York City, 1967-1977.

President Charles H. Revson Foundation, 1977—2003. Board chair Covenant Foundation, Chicago, since 1995. Board director National Video Resources, New York City, Next Book, New York City.

Member Carnegie Commission on Future of Public Broadcasting, New York City, 1977-1979, North Carolina Task Force on Public Telecomm., 1977-1979, Commission on Jewish Education in North America, New York City, 1989-1990, International Commission of Diaspora Israeli-Rels., New York City, 1995-1997. Member 20th Century Fund Task Force on Public Broadcasting, New York City, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Eli Nachamson Evans has been listed as a noteworthy foundation administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner

    ("(In) a multi-layered book of great warmth and feeling, (...)

  • Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate

    (This biography was acclaimed by The New York Times as "de...)

  • Judah P. Benjamin - The Jewish Confederate

    (This biography was acclaimed by The New York Times as "de...)

  • The Lonely Days Were Sundays, Reflections of a Jewish Southerner

    (THE LONELY DAYS WERE SUNDAYS, REFLECTIONS OF A JEWISH SOU...)

  • The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South (With Photographs and a New Introduction by the Author)

    (In this classic portrait of Jews in the South, Eli N. Eva...)

  • The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South: 1st (First) Edition
  • Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate by Evans, Eli (1989) Paperback
  • The Provincials a Personal History of Jews in the South
  • Judah P. Benjamin - The Jewish Confederate by Eli N. Evans (1988) Hardcover
  • The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South. Revised edition w/ new preface by the author. New foreword by Willie Morris.
  • The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South (With Photographs and a New Introduction by the Author) New edition by Eli N. Evans (2005) Paperback
  • The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner by Evans, Eli N. (1994) Paperback

Membership

Board director North Carolina State Public television Network, Chapel Hill, 1979-1987. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1958-1960, Japan. Member State Bar Association North Carolina, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Yale Club.

Connections

Married Judith London, November 15, 1981. 1 child, Joshua London.

Father:

Emanuel Joshua Evans

Mother:

Sara (Nachamson) Evans

Spouse:

Judith London

child:

Joshua London Evans