Background
Westerfield, Samuel Zaza was born on November 15, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Zaza and Rachael (Waddleton) Westerfield.
Westerfield, Samuel Zaza was born on November 15, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Zaza and Rachael (Waddleton) Westerfield.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Howard University, 1939. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1949, Doctor of Philosophy, 1950.
Instructor economics and statistics Howard University, summers 1940, 41, 45. Assistant professor economics West Virginia State College, 1945-1946. Assistant professor economics, department chairman economics and business administration Lincoln University, 1947-1950.
Associate professor economics Atlanta University, 1950-1952, dean School Business Administration, professor economics, 1952-1961.
Associate director debt analysis staff Treasury Department, 1961, senior adviser to director Office International Affairs, 1961-1963. Deputy assistant secretary Bureau Economics Affairs, State Department, 1963-1964, deputy assistant secretary economics and planning Bureau African Affairs, 1964-1969.
Ambassador to Liberia, Monrovia, 1969-1972. Visiting professor Harvard Graduate School Business, 1959-1960.
Guest lecturer University College, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1960, University College Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1960.
Republican United States numerous international conferences Treasurer All-Citizens Registration Committee, Atlanta, 1957-1958. Board of directors Atlanta Urban League, 1956-1959. Anson Phelps Stokes scholar, 1940-1942.
Rosenwald Foundation fellow, 1940-1942.
Grantee Social Science Research Council, 1944-1945, American Universities Program-Merrill Trust Fund, 1960.
Member American Economics Association, Kappa Museum. Club: International.
Married Helene Bryant, September 5, 1945. Children: Samuel Zaza, Shelia Helene.