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Mathews, Forrest David, 1935-

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Personal name headingMathews, Forrest David, 1935-
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Variant(s)Mathews, David, 1935-
Birth date1935-12-06
Place of birthGrove Hill (Ala. : Town)
Field of activityUniversities and colleges--Administration History
AffiliationUnited States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Office of the Secretary
University of Alabama
Columbia University
Clarke County Historical Society (Ala.)
Charles F. Kettering Foundation
Profession or occupationCollege presidents Cabinet officers College teachers
Found inUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Nomination of Forrest David Mathews, 1975.
WW America, 1992/93: (Mathews, David; b. 12/6/35; lists positions & awards)
Information from 678 field, converted Nov. 25, 2014 (Ph.D. in history from Columbia Univ.; Pres. Univ. of Ala.)
The ecology of democracy, 2014 title page (David Mathews) back cover (David Mathews...member of Clarke County Historical Society; served as a cabinet officer in the Ford Administration (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare); former president of the University of Alabama, where he taught history; now president of..Kettering Foundation)
Kettering Foundation website, viewed September 28, 2015 David Mathews, President and CEO page (David Mathews is president and chief executive officer of the Kettering Foundation; elected to the Kettering Foundation board of trustees in 1972, and in 1981, he became its president and CEO; served as secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in the Ford administration; 1965 to 1980, Mathews taught history at the University of Alabama, where he also served as president from 1969 to 1980; received his A.B. degree in history and classical Greek, graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Alabama; received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University; grew up in Grove Hill, Alabama)
David Mathews Center for Civic Life webiste, viewed September 28, 2015 about page (2008, the Center was renamed to honor the life and work of David Mathews. Mathews is a native of Grove Hill; former President of the University of Alabama; former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio)