- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Boisfeuillet Jones Retirement Dinner
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1975-11-20
- Subject:
- Dinner parties--Georgia--Atlanta
Philanthropists--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Retirement
Economic assistance, Domestic--Georgia--Atlanta
Jones, Boisfeuillet
Massell, Sam, 1927-
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of (left to right) former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta (EOA) Boisfeuillet Jones, at an appreciation dinner in honor of Jones's retirement from EOA, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Boisfeuillet Jones (1913-2001) was an educator, federal official and administrator of several philanthropic foundations. He worked at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia from 1946 to 1960 as an assistant professor of political science, dean of administration and a vice president. Jones served as the president of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Foundation, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation and the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation. He served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta for eleven years. He also served as special assistant to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.389.010
ahc101389010.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1155
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1155/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
