Founded in 1910, it was originally called the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hugh J. Addonizio |
Politician |
31-Jan-1914 |
2-Feb-1981 |
Mayor of Newark, 1962-70 |
| Felix Adler |
Educator |
13-Aug-1851 |
24-Apr-1933 |
Ethical Culture |
| William F. Aldinger |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Household International, 1994-2003 |
| Michael J. Anderson |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of The Andersons, Inc. |
| Ajay Banga |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of Citibank Asia/Pacific |
| James A. Bell |
Business |
4-Jun-1948 |
|
CFO of Boeing, 2003-11 |
| Beau Biden |
Politician |
3-Feb-1969 |
30-May-2015 |
Attorney General of Delaware, 2007-15 |
| Dave Bing |
Basketball |
24-Nov-1943 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, Detroit mayor |
| Edward G. Boehne |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO of FRB Philadelphia, 1981-2000 |
| Richard H. Booth |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CAO of American International Group |
| Barbara L. Bowles |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
The Kenwood Group |
| Chester Bowles |
Politician |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
| Reginald K. Brack |
Business |
26-Aug-1937 |
|
CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94 |
| Sophonisba Breckinridge |
Activist |
1-Apr-1866 |
30-Jul-1948 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| Willard W. Brittain, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Former Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| Ron Brown |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
3-Apr-1996 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96 |
| Ernest Burgess |
Sociologist |
16-May-1886 |
27-Dec-1966 |
Introduction to the Science of Sociology |
| Ronald W. Burkle |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Supermarket Billionaire |
| Roland W. Burris |
Politician |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10 |
| Carol A. Cartwright |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Kent State University, 1991-2006 |
| Shirley Chisholm |
Politician |
30-Nov-1924 |
1-Jan-2005 |
First black woman elected to US House |
| Deborah S. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
International Business Solutions |
| Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. |
Administrator |
17-Feb-1949 |
|
President of MLB National League, 1994-99 |
| Cardiss Collins |
Politician |
24-Sep-1931 |
2-Feb-2013 |
Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97 |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| Michael J. Critelli |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Pitney Bowes, 1997-2007 |
| Calvin Darden |
Business |
5-Feb-1950 |
|
VP at UPS, 1998-2005 |
| Hal Daub |
Politician |
23-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001 |
| Ronald R. Davenport |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation |
| Robert C. Davidson, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Surface Protection Industries |
| Danny Davis |
Politician |
6-Sep-1941 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 7th |
| Ossie Davis |
Actor |
18-Dec-1917 |
4-Feb-2005 |
Do The Right Thing |
| William L. Davis |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of RR Donnelley, 1997-2004 |
| Willie D. Davis |
Football |
24-Jul-1934 |
|
Businessman, former football player |
| Edward F. Degraan |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of Gillette, 2003-06 |
| Reginald D. Dickson |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Buford, Dickson, Harper & Sparrow |
| James C. Diggs |
Attorney |
c. 1948 |
|
General Counsel, PPG Industries |
| Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
| Lynn Laverty Elsenhans |
Business |
6-May-1956 |
|
President and CEO of Sunoco |
| William S. Farish |
Business |
17-Mar-1939 |
|
W.S. Farish & Co. |
| Richard K. Fox |
Diplomat |
22-Oct-1925 |
|
US Ambassador to Trinidad, 1977-79 |
| Emerson U. Fullwood |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
VP at Xerox |
| Jake Gaither |
Football |
11-Apr-1903 |
18-Feb-1994 |
Head Coach, Florida A&M, 1945-69 |
| Kenneth A. Gibson |
Politician |
15-May-1932 |
|
Mayor of Newark, 1970-86 |
| George G. Golleher |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Smart & Final |
| Ella T. Grasso |
Politician |
10-May-1919 |
5-Feb-1981 |
First woman elected governor of Connecticut |
| Al Green |
Politician |
1-Sep-1947 |
|
Congressman, Texas 9th |
| Cheryl W. Grise |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Northeast Utilities senior executive |
| Alice B. Hayes |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
|
President, University of San Diego, 1996-2003 |
| John Heinz |
Politician |
23-Oct-1938 |
4-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
| Alexis Herman |
Government |
16-Jul-1947 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001 |
| Bonnie G. Hill |
Business |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
VP of Times Mirror Co., 1997-2001 |
| Alphonso Jackson |
Government |
9-Sep-1945 |
|
US Secretary of HUD, 2004-08 |
| John E. Jacob |
Business |
16-Dec-1934 |
|
President of Urban League, 1982-94 |
| William Jefferson |
Politician |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1991-2009 |
| Charles S. Johnson |
Sociologist |
24-Jul-1893 |
27-Oct-1956 |
The Negro in Chicago |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson |
Politician |
3-Dec-1935 |
|
Congresswoman, Texas 30th |
| Eric G. Johnson |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. |
| Magic Johnson |
Basketball |
14-Aug-1959 |
|
Lakers star, AIDS spokesman |
| Robert L. Johnson |
Business |
8-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of BET |
| Vernon Jordan |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Percy Julian |
Chemist |
11-Apr-1899 |
19-Apr-1975 |
Physostigmine and cortisone |
| Marcy Kaptur |
Politician |
17-Jun-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Ohio 9th |
| David T. Kearns |
Business |
11-Aug-1930 |
25-Feb-2011 |
CEO of Xerox, 1985-91 |
| Dale Kildee |
Politician |
16-Sep-1929 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 5th |
| John F. Killian |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
President, Verizon Business |
| Milton R. Konvitz |
Educator |
12-Mar-1908 |
5-Sep-2003 |
Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations |
| William M. Lewis, Jr. |
Business |
30-Apr-1956 |
|
Co-Chair Investment Banking at Lazard |
| Kenneth D. Lewis |
Business |
9-Apr-1947 |
|
CEO of Bank of America, 2001-09 |
| Richard A. Licht |
Politician |
25-Mar-1948 |
|
Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, 1985-89 |
| Jonathan S. Linen |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of American Express, 1993-2005 |
| Bill Lowery |
Politician |
2-May-1947 |
|
Congressman from California, 1981-93 |
| J. W. Marriott, Jr. |
Business |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Billionaire, CEO of Marriott |
| William G. Mays |
Business |
4-Dec-1945 |
|
Mays Chemical |
| J. Howard McGrath |
Government |
28-Nov-1903 |
2-Sep-1966 |
US Attorney General, 1949-52 |
| Glenda G. McNeal |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Senior VP at American Express |
| George L. Miles, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of WQED Multimedia |
| Steven L. Miller |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Shell Oil Company, 1999-2002 |
| Robert S. Morrison |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05 |
| Edward N. Ney |
Business |
26-May-1925 |
8-Jan-2014 |
CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86 |
| Mark A. Nordenberg |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh |
| James J. O'Connor |
Business |
15-Mar-1937 |
|
CEO of Commonwealth Edison, 1980-98 |
| Revius O. Ortique, Jr. |
Judge |
14-Jun-1924 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court |
| William A. Osborn |
Business |
14-Oct-1947 |
|
CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008 |
| Alan Page |
Football |
7-Aug-1945 |
|
Vikings and Bears defensive tackle |
| Robert E. Park |
Sociologist |
14-Feb-1864 |
7-Feb-1944 |
Race and Culture |
| David B. Price, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
BF Goodrich Performance Materials |
| Hugh B. Price |
Activist |
1941 |
|
President of the Urban League, 1994-2003 |
| Peggy A. Quince |
Judge |
3-Jan-1948 |
|
Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| Franklin Raines |
Government |
14-Jan-1949 |
|
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004 |
| Gary L. Rainwater |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Ameren |
| Catherine A. Rein |
Business |
7-Feb-1943 |
|
Senior EVP at MetLife |
| Sidney A. Ribeau |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
|
President of Howard University |
| John W. Rogers, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Ariel Capital Management |
| Frank K. Ross |
Business |
1943 |
|
Partner at KPMG, 1977-2003 |
| James M. Rosser |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
|
President, Cal State Los Angeles |
| John W. Rowe |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
President and CEO of Exelon |
| William C. Rusnack |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Premcor, 1998-2002 |
| Terry Sanford |
Politician |
20-Aug-1917 |
18-Apr-1998 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| Mark Schauer |
Politician |
2-Oct-1961 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 2009-11 |
| Eric Schneiderman |
Government |
31-Dec-1954 |
|
Attorney General of New York |
| Ivan G. Seidenberg |
Business |
10-Dec-1946 |
|
Chairman and CEO of Verizon |
| Josette Sheeran |
Government |
1954 |
|
UN World Food Programme |
| Richard H. Sinkfield |
Attorney |
27-Aug-1942 |
|
Partner, Rogers & Hardin |
| Paul Tagliabue |
Football |
24-Nov-1940 |
|
Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006 |
| Andrew C. Taylor |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| John A. Thain |
Business |
26-May-1955 |
|
CEO of CIT Group |
| Blanche M. Touhill |
Educator |
c. 1931 |
|
Chancellor of UMSL, 1991-2002 |
| Stephen Joel Trachtenberg |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
|
GWU President, 1988-2007 |
| Charles A. Tribbett III |
Business |
25-Oct-1955 |
|
Russell Reynolds Associates |
| Kathryn C. Turner |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Founder of Standard Technology, Inc. |
| George Herbert Walker III |
Diplomat |
c. 1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Hungary, 2003-06 |
| Carl Ware |
Business |
30-Sep-1943 |
|
Former Coca-Cola executive |
| Jerry Weintraub |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Sep-1937 |
6-Jul-2015 |
Hollywood producer |
| Wesley S. Williams, Jr. |
Attorney |
13-Nov-1942 |
|
Former Partner, Covington & Burling |
| Anthony A. Williams |
Politician |
28-Jul-1951 |
|
Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007 |
| William Julius Wilson |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1935 |
|
Poverty in America's inner cities |