Background
Matthews, Harry Bradshaw was born on March 16, 1952 in Denmark, South Carolina. Son of James Edgar and Lucretia (Parler) Matthews.
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Harry Bradshaw Matthews
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Bachelor, State University of New York, Oneonta, 1974; Master of Arts, Northern Michigan U., 1980.
Career
Assistant dean in residence, State University of New York, Oneonta, 1974-1978;
director black student services, Northern Michigan U., Marquette, 1978-1981;
director minority affairs/higher educational opportunity program, Hobart & William Smith Colls., Geneva, New York, 1981-1985;
dean intercultural advertising, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) College, 1985-1991;
diversity consultant, Roosevelt (New York) School District, 1992-1993;
associate dean, director United States pluralism programs, Hartwick College, Oneonta, since 1993. Intern, trainee research division New York State Assembly, Albany, 1973. Member Governor and State Board Education Task Force, Lansing, Michigan, 1979-1981.
Member black history advising committee Pennsylvania History and Museum Committee, Harrisburg, 1989-1991. Chairman City Commission Cmty. Rels. and Human Rights, Oneonta, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Campaigner United States Senator Carl Levin, Marquette, 1978. Distinguished visitorU.S. 8th Air Force, Bossier City, 1979. MLK junior holiday teach-in forCongl.
Black Caucus, Marquette, 1981. Member Human Rights Commission, Geneva, New York, 1983-1985. Member Afro-American History and Genealogical Society, Inc.
(conference co-chair 1990, President award), Hudson Mohawk Association Colleges Universities (member commission on cultural pluralism since 1996), American Society Freedmen Descendant (founder, 1996, vice president since 1998), New York Black Civil War Soldiers Committee (chairman 1997-1998), United States Colored Troops Institute at Harwick College (founding president since 1998).
Connections
Married Pamela Louise Davis, May 26, 1973.
