Background
Fields, Walter Lee was born on April 22, 1959 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Walter L. Senior and Mattie (Murphy) Fields.
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Walter Lee Fields
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Education
Bachelor in Political Science, Morgan State University, 1982; Master of Public Administration in Public Policy Analysis, New York University, 1990; postgraduate, National Science Foundation fellow political science, CUNY, since 1994.
Career
Director recruitment and minority student affairs, Wagner Graduate School, New York University, New York City, 1989-1990;
government policy analyst, Community Svc. Society New York, 1990-1991;
senior government polcy analyst, Community Svc. Society New York, 1991-1993;
director public affairs, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1993-1994;
president, Fields Communications, Ltd., Jersey City, since 1994.
Speaker, lecturer, panelist in field to various educational, civic and profl.orgns. Participant numerous television and radio broadcast programs. Contbr.MSNBC cable news network.
Politics
Pacifists should be honored because they do not allow us to become complacent about war and violence.
Views
The demands of modern life may leave someone stressed and overloaded, or isolated and feeling useless. Be persistent, and success will be definitely achieved.
Membership
State youth director New Jersey Jackson for President '88 Campaign. Chairman political action New Jersey State Conference National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Brs., 1990-1995. Vice president programs New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute, 1993-1995.
Chairman Hackensack (New Jersey) Martin Luther KingMeml. Committee, 1987-1988. Chairman Task Force on Youth, commissioner Bergen CountyCommn.
Cultural Diversity; board directors New Jersey National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute. Member Bergen County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, Bergen County Human Rels. Committee; Member National Forum Black Public Adminstrs., American Planning Association (Metro chapter).
Connections
Married Donna Marie Wharton, May 1, 1993.
Awards
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Patricia Roberts Harris fellow New York University, 1988-1989. Recipient Cmty. Svc. award Omega Psi Phi, 1989, Review Edward P. Dixon award Bergen County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1990. Resolutions Bergen County Board Freeholders, 1990, New Jersey SenateResolution, 1990, New Jersey General Assembly, 1990, Cmty. Svc. award Council 17 Elks, 1990, Martin Luther King Svc. award, United Clergy of the Oranges, 1995, New Jersey National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President award, 1995, New Jersey Citizen Action award, 1995, Society Professional Journalists award, 1998, Black Journalists Feature award Garden State Association, 1997. Named Outstanding Young Man of America, 1986.Patricia Roberts Harris fellow New York University, 1988-1989. Recipient Cmty. Svc. award Omega Psi Phi, 1989, Review Edward P. Dixon award Bergen County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1990. Resolutions Bergen County Board Freeholders, 1990, New Jersey SenateResolution, 1990, New Jersey General Assembly, 1990, Cmty.
Svc. award Council 17 Elks, 1990, Martin Luther King Svc. award, United Clergy of the Oranges, 1995, New Jersey National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President award, 1995, New Jersey Citizen Action award, 1995, Society Professional Journalists award, 1998, Black Journalists Feature award Garden State Association, 1997. Named Outstanding Young Man of America, 1986.