- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Boisfeuillet Jones Retirement Dinner
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1975-11-20
- Subject:
- Receptions--Georgia--Atlanta
Philanthropists--Georgia--Atlanta
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Handshaking
Retirement
Jones, Boisfeuillet
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Boisfeuillet Jones (center), the chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta (EOA), greeting unidentified individuals 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 101.396.007
ahc101396007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1172
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1172/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:
-
