Richard A. Graham (1920-2007): Equal Rights Pioneer

Richard A. Graham, the first director of the Center for Moral Education at Harvard University, died on Sept. 24, 2007, at the age of 86, of a stroke.  Dick Graham entered public service in 1961 as a deputy to Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps.  From 1963 to 1965, he was director of the Peace Corps in Tunisia.  When the National Organization for Women began, Dr. Graham served as vice president.  He was an original member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as the founding director of the National Teacher Corps.  Dr Graham will be remembered as a moral pioneer who created and strengthened institutions to advance social justice and equal rights.

                                                                                          - J. Snarey