Benjamin Payton
 Benjamin Payton  (lawyer) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1932 Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA | |||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 2016 (Age 83) Estero, Florida, USA | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | USA | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | South Carolina State University, Harvard University, Columbia University, Yale University | |||||||||||||
| Exposed | Tuskegee syphilis experiment | |||||||||||||
Academic administrator who was president of two historically black universities: Benedict College from 1967 to 1972 and Tuskegee University from 1981 to 2010. He attended the 1972 Bilderberg meeting before starting to work for the Ford Foundation.
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Benjamin Payton, an African-American academic administrator who was president of two historically black universities: Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina from 1967 to 1972 and Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1981 to 2010. He attended the 1972 Bilderberg meeting before starting to work for the Ford Foundation.
Education
Payton was born on December 27, 1932, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.[1]
Payton graduated from South Carolina State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree, followed by another bachelor's degree from Harvard University, a master's degree from Columbia University and a PhD from Yale University.[2]
Career
Payton was president of Benedict College from 1967 to 1972.[3]
Payton worked for the Ford Foundation - a foundation with a long history of collaborating with the CIA - from 1972 until 1981.[4][5]
In June 1982 CIA director Bill Casey wrote a letter to Payton, asking him to join Casey and a small group of leaders of colleges and universities, discussing "how we in the Agency could better do our jobs and how we could further improve relations with academe."[6]
Payton was president of Tuskegee University from 1981 to 2010.[1] It was also thanks to his leadership that President Bill Clinton issued an apology to the university for the Tuskegee syphilis experiment in 1997.[7]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1972 | 21 April 1972 | 23 April 1972 | Belgium Hotel La Reserve Knokke | The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission. |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/benjamin-payton-dead.html
- ↑ https://naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2016/10/17/benjamin-payton-former-president-tuskegee-university-dies-83-estero/91994368/
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/39212594/?terms=%22Benjamin%2BF.%2BPayton%22
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/benjamin-payton-dead.html
- ↑ https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/benjamin-f-payton
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp83m00914r002000210019-1
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/250728699/?terms=%22Benjamin%2BF.%2BPayton%22
