Who is Andrew Brimmer?

Andrew Brimmer joined the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on March 9, 1966, becoming the first black member in the Board’s history. He served until August 31, 1974. Brimmer was born in Newellton, Louisiana, in 1926. He was the son of a sharecropper and attended segregated schools growing up.

Who was John Brimmer?

Brimmer was born in Newellton, Louisiana, in 1926. He was the son of a sharecropper and attended segregated schools growing up. Between May 1945 and November 1946, Brimmer served in the US Army. He then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he obtained his bachelor’s (1950) and master’s (1951) degrees, both in economics.

Who was Dr Brimmer?

Dr. Brimmer, an economist, held a number of high-ranking posts in Washington and taught at Harvard, but the economic conditions of poor, powerless, uneducated blacks was an abiding concern. He spoke about what he called the “schism” between blacks who were educated and had marketable skills and those who did not.