The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bob Nash.

Bank executive and presidential appointee Robert "Bob" Nash was born on September 26, 1947 in Texarkana, Arkansas. While working in the Washington, D.C. Deputy Mayor's Office, Nash attended night school at Howard University where he earned his M.A. degree in urban studies in 1972. Nash returned to A...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Nash, Bob, 1947- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Nash, Bob, > 1947- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Bank Executive > Presidential Appointee.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (5 video files (1 hr., 56 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Bob Nash
Bob Nash
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Bank executive and presidential appointee Robert "Bob" Nash was born on September 26, 1947 in Texarkana, Arkansas. While working in the Washington, D.C. Deputy Mayor's Office, Nash attended night school at Howard University where he earned his M.A. degree in urban studies in 1972. Nash returned to Arkansas in 1974, working for several years with the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation before being appointed to serve in the governor's office in 1983. In 1989, he was appointed president of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority. When President Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, Nash was appointed first to the Department of Agriculture and later as director of presidential personnel. Beginning in 2001, Nash served as the vice chairman of ShoreBank Corporation, the nation's largest community development bank. Nash was also active with a number of organizations, including serving as a board member of the Urban League of Little Rock and the Southern Center for International Studies.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:56:20
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 October 7.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.