Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr.
| Clarence McClane Pendleton, Jr. | |
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1981 in White House
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| Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
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In office 1981 – June 5, 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Sherwood Flemming |
| Succeeded by | William B. Allen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 10, 1930 Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| Died | June 5, 1988 (aged 57) San Diego, California |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican (1980) |
| Parents | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Pendleton, Sr. |
| Residence | San Diego, California |
| Alma mater | Howard University |
| Occupation | Educator; Government official |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1954-1957 |
Clarence McClane Pendleton, Jr. (November 10, 1930 – June 5, 1988), was the politically conservative African American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, a position that he held from 1981 until his death during the administration of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Pendleton was raised in Washington, D.C., where he graduated from historically black Dunbar High School and then Howard University, where his father was the first swimming coach at the institution. After high school, Pendleton like his grandfather and father before him, enrolled at Howard, where in 1954 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. After a three-year tour of duty in the United States Army during the Cold War, Pendleton returned to Howard, where he was on the physical education faculty and pursued his master's degree in professional education. Pendleton succeeded his father as the Howard swimming coach, and the team procured ten championships in eleven years. He also coached rowing, football, and baseball at Howard.
From 1968 to 1970, Pendleton was the recreation coordinator under the Model Cities Program in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1970, he was named director of the urban affairs department of the National Recreation and Park Association. In 1972, Mayor Pete Wilson, later a U.S. senator and the governor of California, recruited Pendleton to head the Model Cities program in San Diego, California. In 1975, Pendleton was named director of the San Diego branch of the National Urban League.
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