William Gorham
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William "Bill" Gorham (born 1930)[1] is an American economist and founding president of the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based social and economic policy think tank.
Career
Gorham was a researcher at the RAND Corporation from 1953 to 1962.[1] He then served as Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1962 to 1965, and then Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1965 to 1968.[2] He was among a group of economists hand-selected by President Lyndon B. Johnson to launch a new, independent research organization to evaluate the Great Society social programs, a mandate that led to the formation of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Urban Institute.[3] Gorham served as Urban Institute president from its founding in 1968 until his retirement in 2000.[4]
Personal life
Gorham graduated from Stanford University in 1952.[5] He has five daughters including Jennifer Ackerman who is a nature writer. She is married to Karl Ackerman, a fiction writer, with whom she has two daughters.[6]
References
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External links
- Reports authored by William Gorham while at the RAND Corporation
