Charles Z. Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | University of California, Los Angeles SUNY-Binghamton DePaul University |
| Field | Education Economics |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Website | http://www.czandcons.com/ |
Charles Zachary Wilson is an American economist who is Professor Emeritus at UCLA's Graduate School of Education. He was the first Black individual to serve as an Academic Vice-Chancellor in the University of California System, and was among the founders of the National Economic Association.[1]
Education and early life
Born in the Mississippi Delta,[2] Wilson earned a B.S. (1952) and PhD (1956) in Economics and Statistics from the University of Illinois, completed post-doctoral training in Engineering Economics at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959,[1] and later trained in Family Counseling at California State University, Northridge and Management for Entrepreneurs at UCLA.[3]
Career
Wilson taught at DePaul University's School of Business and then at SUNY-Binghamton, where he became the first Black full professor on that faculty. He joined UCLA in 1968 as a professor in the Graduate School of Education. In 1970, he became Vice-Chancellor of Academic Programs, where he served until 1984. From 1985 to 1996 he was Publisher of Central News-Wave Publications, Inc, one of the largest black newspapers in the United States.[4]
Selected works
- Wilson, Charles Z., and Marcus Alexis. "Basic frameworks for decisions." Academy of Management Journal 5, no. 2 (1962): 150–164.
- Alexis, Marcus, Thaddeus Spratlen, and Charles Z. Wilson. "Robert Browne and the Caucus of black economics." The Review of Black Political Economy 35, no. 2-3 (2008): 61–66.
- Wilson, Charles Z. "Organization Theory: A Survey of Three Views." The Quarterly Review of Economics and Business 1 (1961).
- Wilson, Charles Z., and Marcus Alexis. "Organizational Decision-Making"
- Wilson, Charles Z., "Crossing Organizational Boundaries By Choice"
References
- ^ a b "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Jalon, Allan M. (6 May 2019). "Why Did This Pioneering Trustee Leave LACMA And Place His Prized Collection With The Getty?". The Forward. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ "CZAND ASSOCIATES". www.czandcons.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ "Crossing Learning Boundaries By Choice". ourweekly.com. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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