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Saturday October 11th 2008 |
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December 19
From Lincoln, Nebraska, he is the son of Dorothy Lee and Joseph L. White. His family moved to Minneapolis when he was an infant, where he attended Catholic Schools and also grew up in Pillsbury Community House programs. White finished high school with an eye on being a waiter due to his (then) perceived roles for black men in 1950. He moved to California and lived with his aunt, the Reverend Margaret Brown. Upon meeting and listening to his uncle Bob’s wife Betty Lee’s encouragement, he enrolled at San Francisco State University. An naturally inquisitive man he noticed where doors were open for African-Americans and where they were closed. He was determined to pursue his dream regardless of the educational barriers. By the age of 25 White had a master’s degree in psychology, had finished two years in the military and was married White completed his PhD at Michigan State University and began a natural path in education to teach his chosen field and the manner in which students may find a more practical road to attaining there goals in psychology. Dr. White has held faculty and administrative appointments at California State University Long Beach and San Francisco State University. In 1968, Dr. White crated the Educational Opportunity Program for the state of California. This endeavor chose 67 black and Hispanic youth based on potential to steer them to a college education. Dr. White and his colleagues tried to select students on the basis of potential that may not have been revealed in their high school grades and/or test scores. Questions like what students did with their time during the four years they were in high school played a role in the selection. Dr. White had the kids write biographies, and he would he read them and find signs of the seven major African American strengths: improvisation, resilience, connectedness to others, spirituality, emotional vitality, gallows humor and healthy suspicion of White folks. The Educational Opportunity Program also set in place strong mentoring/tutoring programs to help the students along, especially during the first two semesters, until they could fly on their own. The success of this program spread to all 23 California State colleges and in 40 years has admitted over 300,000 students who have gone on to professional careers. Also in 1968, Dr. White created the “Black Studies” program at San Francisco State University and worked as a coordinator on the Presidential campaign of Robert Kennedy. A pioneer in Black Psychology his 1970 article “Toward a Black Psychology,” in Ebony Magazine set the tone for professional consideration on the subject. His first wife and mother of his three children was Myrtle Escort White. His second wife and partner for over thirty years is Lois White, an elementary school teacher in Irvine, California. His three daughters are Lori, Lisa, and Lynn. As a professor he has never forgotten his roots, thus becoming a guru of sorts during his 25 years at the University of California Irvine. In 1984, he wrote The Psychology of Blacks: An African-American Perspective, this book was reprinted in 1990 and 1999. Other books by Dr. White are The Troubled Adolescent 1989, and Black Man Emerging 1999. On May 23rdJo 2008, Joseph L.. White was honored as Alumnus of the year at San Francisco State University. Reference: Remembering the path to “T” Town, Migration of an African American family through seven states to Lincoln, Nebraska, 1720-1940 By Roy and Stephanie Meyers RJMPUB Publishing, Copyright 2005 To become a Psychologist
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