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| Gorham was born on December 14, 1930 in New York City, where he was also raised.<ref name="BellGraubard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxb2iYN20u4C&pg=PA383|editor-first=Daniel|editor-last=Bell|editor2-first=Stephen Richards|editor2-last=Graubard|title=Toward the Year 2000: Work in Progress|publisher=MIT Press|year=1997|isbn=9780262522373|page=383}}</ref> He attended the ] and graduated from ] in 1952.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1182&context=hlr|first=Herman D.|last=Hillman|title=Book Review: ''The Urban Predicament''; Edited by William Gorham and Nathan Glazer|journal=Hofstra Law Review|volume=5|issue=3|year=1977|accessdate=2014-02-24}}</ref> Gorham is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gail Wiley Gorham, who resides in Maryland. Gorham had five daughters from his first marriage to Kathryn Aring Morton (died 1980), including ], a writer and publisher of ]; Nancy Haiman, a retired senior vice president and publisher at Kaufman Hall; Kim Umbarger, a retired special education teacher; ], a ]; and Beckie Gorham, who predeceased him. He died on December 28, 2021, at age of 91.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosen Wartell |first1=Sarah |title=William Gorham (1930-2021) |url=https://www.urban.org/william-gorham-1930-2021 |website=Urban.org |publisher=Urban Institute |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=William Gorham, founder of Urban Institute think tank, dies at 91 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/01/02/urban-institute-william-gorham-dies/ |access-date=4 January 2022 | |
Gorham was born on December 14, 1930 in New York City, where he was also raised.<ref name="BellGraubard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxb2iYN20u4C&pg=PA383|editor-first=Daniel|editor-last=Bell|editor2-first=Stephen Richards|editor2-last=Graubard|title=Toward the Year 2000: Work in Progress|publisher=MIT Press|year=1997|isbn=9780262522373|page=383}}</ref> He attended the ] and graduated from ] in 1952.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1182&context=hlr|first=Herman D.|last=Hillman|title=Book Review: ''The Urban Predicament''; Edited by William Gorham and Nathan Glazer|journal=Hofstra Law Review|volume=5|issue=3|year=1977|accessdate=2014-02-24}}</ref> Gorham is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gail Wiley Gorham, who resides in Maryland. Gorham had five daughters from his first marriage to Kathryn Aring Morton (died 1980), including ], a writer and publisher of ]; Nancy Haiman, a retired senior vice president and publisher at Kaufman Hall; Kim Umbarger, a retired special education teacher; ], a ]; and Beckie Gorham, who predeceased him. He died on December 28, 2021, at age of 91.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosen Wartell |first1=Sarah |title=William Gorham (1930-2021) |url=https://www.urban.org/william-gorham-1930-2021 |website=Urban.org |date=29 December 2021 |publisher=Urban Institute |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=William Gorham, founder of Urban Institute think tank, dies at 91 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/01/02/urban-institute-william-gorham-dies/ |access-date=4 January 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=3 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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American economist For the Japanese engineer, see William Gorham (engineer).| Bill Gorham | |
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 Gorham (left) and Lyndon B. Johnson at the Urban Institute dedication, 1968 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1930-12-14)December 14, 1930 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 28, 2021(2021-12-28) (aged 91) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Kathryn Aring (divorced) Gail Wiley |
| Children | 5, including Sarah and Jennifer |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University (BA) |
William Gorham (December 14, 1930 – December 28, 2021) was 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, working on issues including manpower planning. Because compensation and training costs are significant issues for the military, Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense, hired Gorham in 1962 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower. His focuses included the military compensation program and the effectiveness and future of the draft. He served in this role until 1965. In 1965, after President Johnson declared a War on Poverty, Gorham moved to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1968, 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. Gorham served as Urban Institute president from its founding in 1968 until his retirement in 2000.
Personal life and death
Gorham was born on December 14, 1930 in New York City, where he was also raised. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from Stanford University in 1952. Gorham is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gail Wiley Gorham, who resides in Maryland. Gorham had five daughters from his first marriage to Kathryn Aring Morton (died 1980), including Sarah Gorham, a writer and publisher of Sarabande Books; Nancy Haiman, a retired senior vice president and publisher at Kaufman Hall; Kim Umbarger, a retired special education teacher; Jennifer Ackerman, a science writer; and Beckie Gorham, who predeceased him. He died on December 28, 2021, at age of 91.
References
- ^ Bell, Daniel; Graubard, Stephen Richards, eds. (1997). Toward the Year 2000: Work in Progress. MIT Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780262522373.
- He served as Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation until 1968. Who's Who in America
- "Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks at a Meeting With the Board of Trustees of the Urban Institute". Public Papers of the Presidents, The American Presidency Project. 1968-04-26. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- "The Urban Institute Through the Years". The Urban Institute. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- Hillman, Herman D. (1977). "Book Review: The Urban Predicament; Edited by William Gorham and Nathan Glazer". Hofstra Law Review. 5 (3). Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- Rosen Wartell, Sarah (29 December 2021). "William Gorham (1930-2021)". Urban.org. Urban Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- Schudel, Matt (3 January 2022). "William Gorham, founder of Urban Institute think tank, dies at 91". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
External links
- Reports authored by William Gorham while at the RAND Corporation
| Non-profit organization positions | ||
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| New office | President of the Urban Institute 1968–2000 |
Succeeded byRobert Reischauer |