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'''Benjamin Payton''' won an apology from the United States government, delivered by [[US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] in 1997, for the federal government’s [[Tuskegee syphilis experiment]].
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'''Benjamin Payton''', an [[African-American]] academic administrator who was president of two historically black universities: [[Benedict College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]] from 1967 to 1972 and [[Tuskegee University]] in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]] from 1981 to 2010. He attended the [[1972 Bilderberg meeting]] before starting to work for the [[Ford Foundation]].
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==Education==
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Payton was born on December 27, 1932, in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina]].<ref name="nytimesobit">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/benjamin-payton-dead.html</ref>
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Payton graduated from [[South Carolina State University]], where he earned a bachelor's degree, followed by another bachelor's degree from [[Harvard University]], a master's degree from [[Columbia University]] and a PhD from [[Yale University]].<ref>https://naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2016/10/17/benjamin-payton-former-president-tuskegee-university-dies-83-estero/91994368/</ref>
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==Career==
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Payton was president of [[Benedict College]] from 1967 to 1972.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/39212594/?terms=%22Benjamin%2BF.%2BPayton%22</ref>
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Payton worked for the [[Ford Foundation]] - a foundation with a long history of collaborating with the [[CIA]] - from 1972 until 1981.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/benjamin-payton-dead.html</ref><ref>https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/benjamin-f-payton</ref>
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In June 1982 [[CIA director]] [[Bill Casey]] wrote a letter to Payton, asking him to join Casey and a small group of leaders of colleges and universities, discussing "how we in the Agency could better do our jobs and how we could further improve relations with academe."<ref>https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp83m00914r002000210019-1</ref>
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Payton was president of [[Tuskegee University]] from 1981 to 2010.<ref name="nytimesobit"/> It was also thanks to his leadership that President [[Bill Clinton]] issued an apology to the university for the [[Tuskegee syphilis experiment]] in 1997.<ref name="startribunebenjaminfpayton">https://www.newspapers.com/image/250728699/?terms=%22Benjamin%2BF.%2BPayton%22</ref>
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Latest revision as of 12:08, 27 December 2024

Person.png Benjamin PaytonRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer)
Benjamin Payton 1987.png
Born1932
Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Died28 September 2016 (Age 84)
Estero, Florida, USA
NationalityUSA
Alma materSouth Carolina State University, Harvard University, Columbia University, Yale University
ExposedTuskegee syphilis experiment
Academic administrator who was president of two historically black universities: Benedict College from 1967 to 1972 and Tuskegee University from 1981 to 2010. He attended the 1972 Bilderberg meeting before starting to work for the Ford Foundation.

Benjamin Payton, an African-American academic administrator who was president of two historically black universities: Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina from 1967 to 1972 and Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1981 to 2010. He attended the 1972 Bilderberg meeting before starting to work for the Ford Foundation.

Education

Payton was born on December 27, 1932, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.[1]

Payton graduated from South Carolina State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree, followed by another bachelor's degree from Harvard University, a master's degree from Columbia University and a PhD from Yale University.[2]

Career

Payton was president of Benedict College from 1967 to 1972.[3]

Payton worked for the Ford Foundation - a foundation with a long history of collaborating with the CIA - from 1972 until 1981.[4][5]

In June 1982 CIA director Bill Casey wrote a letter to Payton, asking him to join Casey and a small group of leaders of colleges and universities, discussing "how we in the Agency could better do our jobs and how we could further improve relations with academe."[6]

Payton was president of Tuskegee University from 1981 to 2010.[1] It was also thanks to his leadership that President Bill Clinton issued an apology to the university for the Tuskegee syphilis experiment in 1997.[7]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197221 April 197223 April 1972Belgium
Hotel La Reserve
Knokke		The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission.
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References

  1. ↑ a b https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/benjamin-payton-dead.html
  2. ↑ https://naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2016/10/17/benjamin-payton-former-president-tuskegee-university-dies-83-estero/91994368/
  3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/39212594/?terms=%22Benjamin%2BF.%2BPayton%22
  4. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/benjamin-payton-dead.html
  5. ↑ https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/benjamin-f-payton
  6. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp83m00914r002000210019-1
  7. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/250728699/?terms=%22Benjamin%2BF.%2BPayton%22
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