Bernard E. Anderson
Bernard E. Anderson | |
|---|---|
| United States Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards | |
| In office Feb 24, 1994 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | William J. Clinton |
| Succeeded by | Victoria Lipnic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Livingstone College (BA) Michigan State University (MA) University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Industrial Economics, Labor Economics |
| Institutions | Bureau of Labor Statistics Wharton School Rockefeller Foundation |
| Awards | Samuel Z. Westerfield Award |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
Bernard E. Anderson is the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the first African American tenured professor, and the first to be awarded an endowed chair, the Whitney M Young,jr chair. He was Assistant Secretary of Labor during the Clinton Administration, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee University. He was awarded the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award by the National Economic Association in 2003. He was also awarded the 2016 Living Legacy Award from the Philadelphia-based Urban Affairs Coalition. and the 2022 Labor and Employment Relations Association Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award.