Background
II, M. Moran Weston was born on September 10, 1910 in Tarboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Milton Moran and Catharine C. (Perry) W.
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II, M. Moran Weston was born on September 10, 1910 in Tarboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Milton Moran and Catharine C. (Perry) W.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954; STD (honorary), Columbia University, 1968; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Virginia Theological School, 1964; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Fordham University, 1988.
Business manager, St. Philips Episcopal Church, New York City, 1948-1951;
executive secretary, Christian Citizenship National Council, Episcopal Church, New York City, 1951-1957;
rector, chief executive officer, St. Philips Church and Community Svc. Council, New York City, 1957-1982;
senior professor, State University of New York, Albany, 1959-1977;
professor emeritus, State University of New York, Albany, since 1977;
private housing developer, since 1982;
president, founder, M. Moran Weston Center for Hope, New York City, since 1996. Visiting professor U. Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1977.
Founding board member Carver Federal Savings Bank, New York City, 1948-1958, president, 1958-1959, Chairman of the Board, 1980-1995, vice chairman, 1995-1997, chairman emeritus, since 1997. President 6 housing corporations, providing over 1,200 rental apts. Co-developer 2 24-story, 600 apts. condominium buildings Towers-on-the-Park, New York City, 1986.
Founding developer, president Greater Harlem Nursing Home, 1978.
Founder, president Weston United for Cmty. Renewal, New York City, since 1985, Tri-Continental Association, M. Moran Weston Center for Hope, New York City, 1996. TrusteeColumbia U., 1969-1981, trustee emeritus, since 1981.
Trustee St. AugustineColl., Raleigh, North Carolina, since 1970, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical school and Center, New York City, since 1971, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, New York City, since 1960, Foreign Policy Association, New York City, 1980-1989, Phelps Stokes Fund, New York City, 1970-1980. Founder committee One Million for Self Liberation of Black Am, Inc., 1972. Consultant 3d International United Nations Conference Against Apartheid, 1977.
Founder, incorporator Bonds for Africa, Inc., 1987. Founder, president M. Moran Weston Center for Hope, New York City, since 1994. Member Housing for People (founder, president since 1980), National Association for Affordable Housing (founder, president since 1987), Lotos Club (New York City), Sigma Pi Phi (president Zeta chapter 1983-1986).
Married Miriam Yvonne Drake, June 27, 1946. Children: Karann Christine, Gregory.