Background
Price, Hugh B. was born on November 22, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Kline A. and Charlotte (Schuster) Price.
Price, Hugh B. was born on November 22, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Kline A. and Charlotte (Schuster) Price.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1966. Degree (honorary), Amherst College.
Degree (honorary), Connecticut College. Degree (honorary), George Washington University. Degree (honorary), State University of New York.
Degree (honorary), Long Island University.
Attorney, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, 1966-1968;
executive director, Black Coalition of New Haven, 1968-1970;
partner, Cogen, Holt & Associations, New Haven, 1970-1976;
human resources administrator, City of New Haven, 1977-1978;
editorial writer, New York Times, New York City, 1978-1982;
senior vice president, Station W National Educational Television-television, New York City, 1982-1988;
vice president, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1988-1994;
president, Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League, since 1994. Lecturer Yale University Law School, New Haven, 1978. Board directors Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Bell Atlantic, Sears Roebuck & Company, Ednl.
Testing Svc., Urban Institute, Committee for Economics Development.
Board directors National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense & Education Fund., New York City, 1986-1988, Cooper Union, New York City, since 1991, Rockefeller Brothers Fund., New York City, 1988. Presidential appointee National Skills Standards Board. Former board directors Whitney Young Foundation, Center for Comty.
Change, Literacy Assistance Center, others. Member presidential search committee Amherst College. Member Academy Political Science (honorary), Century Association, Council on Foreign Relations, American Philosophical Society, Yale Law School Association, Boulé (sire archon 1990-1991), The Westchester Clubmen (former president), Alpha Phi Alpha.
Married Marilyn Lloyd, December 29, 1963. Children: Traer, Janeen, Lauren.