Background
Hertz, Willard Joel was born on October 10, 1924 in Cleveland. Son of David Ralph and Marguerite (Rosenberg) Hertz.
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Willard Joel Hertz
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Education
Bachelor in Economics, Harvard University, 1947; Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1948; Master of Science in Business Administration, Columbia University, 1974; postgraduate, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1956.
Career
Staff writer, Minneapolis Tribune, 1948-1958;
writer, then associate director Office Reports, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1958-1962;
program associate for South and S.E. Asia, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1962-1964;
assistant representative to Pakistan,, Ford Foundation, Karachi, 1964-1968;
program officer for Middle East and Africa,, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1968-1972;
assistant secretary Foundation, administrator special fund for Michigan, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1973-1981;
deputy secretary Foundation, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1980-1981;
vice president for program planning and dissemination, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan, 1982-1991;
vice president, senior adviser, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan, 1991-1992;
consultant, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan, since 1993. Consultant to other nonprofit organizations, Yarmouth, Maine, since 1993. Board directors NBD Genesee Bank.
Board directors, chairman public issues committee, member executive and governmental affairs committees Council Michigan Founds., 1977-1992. Program annotator Flint Symphony Orchestra, 1982-1992, Renaissance Concerts Detroit, 1983-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Past member White Plains Cable television Access Commission. Board directors, chairman artistic advisory committee, member executive committee Flint Institute Music, 1983-1992. Member research committee Indiana Sector, 1985-1991.
Member, chairman programs and services committee, member executive committee Michigan Council for Arts, 1985-1989. Past member Urban Coalition Flint. Former member community advisory committee University Michigan, Flint.
Board directors, chairman finance committee Lark Society, Portland, Maine. Board directors, member community relations committee Jewish Federation-Community Council Southern Maine. Program annotator Portland String Quartet, since 1991, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, since 1994, Portland Chamber Music Festival, since 1995.
Staff sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946.
Interests
Connections
Married Sylvia Frankel, November 26, 1950 (deceased June 1989). Children: Alan Lee, Miriam Frankel. Married Annette Orenstein Bieringer, December 27, 1989.
