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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Gordon J. Davis
Gordon J. Davis
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| Other authors / contributors: | Davis, Gordon J., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2014 July 17.
Recorded New York, New York 2016 July 13.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Lawyer and civic leader Gordon J. Davis was born on August 7, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois. He received his B.A. degree from Williams College in 1964, and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1967. Davis moved to New York City and became special assistant to Mayor John Lindsay until 1973, when he joined the New York City Planning Commission. Davis became the first African American commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of New York in 1978. He joined the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord in 1983, as well as the board of directors for the Municipal Art Society of New York. Davis became founding chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1990, and president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2001. That same year, Davis resumed practicing law, becoming partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf in 2007; and Venable, LLP in 2012.
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