Harvey Clarence Russell

Background

Russell, Harvey Clarence was born on April 14, 1918 in Louisville. Son of Harvey Clarence and Harriet (Tucker) Russell.

Education

AB, Kentucky State College, 1939. Postgraduate, Indiana University, 1941. Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1941.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Livingstone College, 1975.

Career

With Warner Bros. Graham Associates, New York City, 1946-1948. Sales manager Rosa Meta Cosemetics Company, 1948-1950. With Pepsi Cola Company, 1950-1969, director special markets department, 1957-1962, vice president, since 1962, vice president planning, 1965-1969.

Vice president community affairs Pepsico., Inc., 1969-1983, marketing consultant, since 1983.

Achievements

• Harvey Clarence Russell has been listed as a noteworthy beverage company consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman National Inter-racial Council Business Opportunity, New York City, 1963-1970, trustee, since 1970. Vice chairman 100 Black Men, 1964-1967. Member New York Governor's Committee Welfare Costs, 1964-1965, Yonkers Economic Development Commission, 1963-1964.

Advisory council Plans for Progress, 1965-1967. Member advisory council on African affairs United States Department State, 1967-1969. Business leaders advisory council to Office of Economic Opportunity, 1967-1969.

Member New York State Board Social Welfare, 1969-1979. Vice president National Alliance Businessmen, 1969-1970. Member steering committee on welfare Arden House, 1967-1969.

Member Governor's Steering Committee on Social Problems, 1969-1972, University of North Alabama Committee on South Africa, 1970-1972. Member conference board Public Affairs Research Council, since 1968. Representative African-American Dialogue, Tunisia, 1970, Lesotho, 1976, Khartoum, 1978.

Member national manpower advisory committee United States Department Labor, 1970-1972. Member executive board New York council Boy Scouts American, 1966-1969, advisory council Region II, 1970-1975. Member Westchester County (New York ) Bicentennial Committee, 1974-1978.

Board directors Westchester Adoption Service, 1962-1969, New York Council Crime and Delinquency, 1962-1966, Yonkers Family Service, 1963-1965, New York State Communities Aid Association, since 1964, JOIN, 1964-1965, National Safety Council, 1967-1969, New York chapter National Foundation, 1966-1969, National Council on Philanthropy, 1973-1978. Board directors National Municipal League, since 1969, member executive committee, since 1970. Trustee Tougaloo College, 1966-1970.

Member committee economic studies Brookings Institution, 1972-1978. Member business advisory council White House Press Corps, 1977-1981, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1973-1978. Board directors Legal Defense Fund, since 1974, Special Contribution Fund, since 1975, Whitney Young Foundation, 1974, Hudson River Museum, 1979, National Committee Child Labor, 1980.

Trustee Connecticut College, 1981. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1942-1946. Member National Association Study of Afro-American Life and History (executive board 1975), Sigma Pi Phi (national president 1978-1980), Alpha Kappa Delta, Kappa Alpha Psi.

Connections

Married Jacqueline Denison, July 25, 1958. Children: Harvey Denison, John Vance.

Father:

Harvey Clarence Russell

Mother:

Harriet (Tucker) Russell

Spouse:

Jacqueline Denison

child:

John Vance Russell

child:

Harvey Denison Russell