Graham Stanley Finney

Background

Finney, Graham Stanley was born on September 6, 1930 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Stanley and Sarah Margaret (Boswell) Finney.

Education

Student, Washington and Lee University, 1949. Bachelor, Yale University, 1952. Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1954.

Career

Planning director City of Portland, Maine, 1957-1960. Assistant executive director Philadelphia City Planning Commission, 1961-1965. Executive director Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement, 1965-1966.

Deputy superintendent schools Philadelphia, 1966-1969. Commissioner addiction services agency City of New York. Managing partner Greater Philadelphia Partnership, 1975-1976.

Director Philadelphia Partnership, 1973-1975. President Corporation for Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, 1977-1980. Senior partner The Conservation Company, 1980-1987, president, 1988-1995.

Management consultant. President 21st Century League, 1997-2000. Director Mastery High Charter School, Philadelphia, since 2001, Seventins On line, since 2002.

Achievements

• Graham Stanley Finney has been listed as a noteworthy management consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Drugs: Administering Catastrophe

Membership

Member National Center on Adult Literacy. Board directors Philadelphia Parks Alliance, since 2003, Awbury Arboretum. With United States Army, 1954-1956.

Member of Yale Club (New York City).

Interests

• Gardening, tennis, hiking.

Connections

Married Katharine Pillsbury Becker, June 22, 1957. Children: Sarah Boswell Finney Johnston, Martha Becker, Samuel Warner, Garrett Stevens.

Father:

William Stanley Finney

Mother:

Sarah Margaret (Boswell) Finney

Spouse:

Katharine Pillsbury Becker

child:

Samuel Warner Finney

child:

Garrett Stevens Finney

child:

Sarah Boswell Finney Johnston Finney

child:

Martha Becker Finney