- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (10 video files (6 hr., 14 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Gordon J. Davis
- Gordon J. Davis
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1003150875
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gordon J. Davis.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
061449
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2014 July 17.
Recorded New York, New York 2016 July 13.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Lawyer Civic Leader.
- Added Author
Davis, Gordon J., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.