Background
Guinier, Ewart was born on May 17, 1910 in Panama, Canal Zone. Son of Howard Manoah and Marie Louise (Beresford) Guinier.
Guinier, Ewart was born on May 17, 1910 in Panama, Canal Zone. Son of Howard Manoah and Marie Louise (Beresford) Guinier.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, City College of New York, 1935. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1939. Juris Doctor, New York University, 1959.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1969.
Assistant vice president, Haarlem Research Laboratory, New York City, 1933-1935;
director, Intake Welfare Department, New York City, 1935-1937;
examiner, director, Svc. Rating Bureau, New York City, 1937-1942;
international secretary-treasurer, Chief Information Officer Public Workers, 1946-1953;
consultant, Pensions, Newark, 1953-1954;
consultant, Pensions, New York City, 1954-1990;
consultant pensions, Government Sierra Leone, 1961-1962;
associate director Urban Center, Columbia University, New York City, 1968-1969;
director, Douglass Urban Corporation, 1969-1990;
chairman Afro-American studies, Harvard University, 1969-1976. Director W.E.B. DuBois Institute Afro-American Research, 1969-1975.
Founder, chairman Jamaica Coord. Council, 1962-1965, Harlem Affairs Committee, 1953-1956. Advisory board Black Heritage: A History of Afro-Americans.
Chairman Queens Urban League, 1962-1968. American Labor party candidate for borough president of Manhattan, 1949. Board directors Public Education Association, New York Urban League, Queens College Speech and Hearing Center, Center Urban Education With Army of the United States, 1942-1946.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), African-American Chamber of Commerce, Academy Political Science, Association Study Afro-American Life and History (life, national director), Organization American Historians.
Married Eugenia Paprin, October 16, 1945. Children: Clotilde Yvonne Stenson, Lani Carol, Sary Elisabeth, Marie Louise.