Karl Cleveland Mertz

Background

Mertz, Karl Cleveland was born on January 27, 1945 in New Orleans. Son of Ralph Waldo and Eloise (Cleveland) Mertz.

Education

AS, Perkinston Junior College, Mississippi, 1967. Bachelor of Science in Political Science, University Southern Mississippi, 1970. Master of Divinity in Social Sciences, Emory University, 1977.

Doctor of Ministry in Race Relations, Vanderbilt University, 1978.

Career

Realty specialist General Services Administration, Atlanta, 1970-1971. Vocational counselor Neighborhood Youth Corps, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1971-1972. Teacher Harrison County Public School System, 1973-1974.

Consultant equal opportunity Equal Opportunity Advisers, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 1978-1979. Specialist equal opportunity Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs United States Department Labor, Jackson, Mississippi, 1979-1981. Manager civilian equal employment United States Army Forces Command Headquarters, Fort McPherson, Georgia, 1981-1987.

Manager Equal Employment Opportunity mid-south, south Atlantic areas Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, since 1987. Consultant desegregation United States Office Education, Washington, 1978-1979. Minister Mississippi Conference United Methodist Church, Washington, 1978.

Achievements

• Karl Cleveland Mertz has been listed as a noteworthy equal opportunity official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Candidate Democratic Primary Mississippi Fifth Congressional District, 1974. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1965. Member Georgia Rehabilitation Association (state president job placement division 1985-1986), Phi Theta Kappa (national president 1966-1967).

Connections

Married Claudia Lewis, May 30, 1967. Children: David Christopher, Wesley Paul.

Father:

Ralph Waldo Mertz

Mother:

Eloise (Cleveland) Mertz

Spouse:

Claudia Lewis

child:

Wesley Paul Mertz

child:

David Christopher Mertz