Andrew Brimmer
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| Born |
Andrew Felton Brimmer September 13, 1926 Newellton, Tensas Parish Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 7, 2012 (aged 86) George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater |
Tensas Rosenwald High School |
| Occupation | Civil rights activist |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Doris Millicent Scott Brimmer |
| Children | Esther Brimmer, |
Tensas Rosenwald High School
University of Washington
Andrew Felton Brimmer (September 13, 1926 – October 7, 2012) was a noted United States economist, academic, and business leader who was the first African American to have served as a governor of the Federal Reserve System.
Brimmer was born in Newellton in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, to a family of sharecroppers. He attended racially segregated schools and graduated from the former Tensas Rosenwald High School in St. Joseph, the seat of government of Tensas Parish. He was a classmate of Emmitt Douglas, later the long-term president of the Louisiana NAACP. Tensas Rosenwald closed in 1970, when the parish public schools were desegregated. The formerly all-white Newellton High School then function as a desegregated institution from 1970 until its closing because of low enrollment in 2006.
Thereafter, Brimmer served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1946. He then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1951, Brimmer received a Fulbright scholarship to study in India and then enrolled in 1952 in Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1957, he received his Ph.D.
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