Background
Eli J. Segal was born in 1943 and is a native of Brooklyn, New New York
Eli J. Segal was born in 1943 and is a native of Brooklyn, New New York
University of Michigan. University of Michigan Law School.
Segal was both a 1964 graduate of Brandeis University and a 1967 graduate of University of Michigan Law School. Segal got his start in politics during the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. He organized some business ventures in the 1980s, and became the Chief of Staff of president Bill Clinton"s campaign in 1992.
After the election of Bill Clinton, Segal served as the first Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
He was later tapped by President Clinton to assist in Clinton"s Welfare-to-Work initiative. In 2001, President Clinton awarded Segal the President"s Citizen Medal for the contributions he made to the Clinton administration and the country.
After leaving the Clinton Administration, Segal assisted in the expansion of the City Year program, and was pivotal in founding the organization"s South Africa and Louisiana corporations Foreign these contributions, City Year offers a fellowship each year named after Segal.
Segal died in 2006 at the age of 63 from mesothelioma.
Bill Clinton stated in 2007 that Segal "had a quality that was relatively rare in public service, government service, at the time. He could take a vision and turn it into a reality.” Fellowships have been created in his honor at the Corporation for National and Community Service, Americorps, City Year, and Brandeis University.