Edwin Deacon (Ted) Etherington (December 25, 1924 – January 8, 2001) was an American writer, lawyer, and civil rights advocate, who served as president of the

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and

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Biography

Etherington was born in

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. He served in the Army during

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, then graduated from

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in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in creative writing, and attended

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, where he received a degree in 1952. As a lawyer he specialized in banking and brokerage before working at the

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, where he became vice-president. Its reputation recently damaged by charges of mismanagement, in 1962 the

named Etherington its president. At AMEX he was credited with improving opportunities for minorities and women. In 1967 he became president of Wesleyan, where he increased minority enrollment and restored a coeducational environment. Etherington was instrumental in the creation of the university's Center for African American Studies, its Center for the Arts, and a scholarship program for Connecticut community college graduates that bears his name. In 1970 Etherington left Wesleyan to make an unsuccessful run for the

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as a

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candidate from Connecticut. He was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon to head the

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References

Edwin Etherington, 76, Ex-Amex President, The New York Times, January 15, 2001An Exceptional Character, CNN Money, January 12, 2001Richard Nixon: "Statement About the Election of Edwin D. Etherington as President of the National Center for Voluntary Action," March 23, 1971. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
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