Roger W. Wilkins papers, 1861-2012

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1932, Mar. 25	Born, Kansas City, Mo.
1953	B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1956	J.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Married Eve Tyler (divorced 1976)
1958	Associate, Delson, Levin, and Gordon, New York, N.Y.
1962-1964	Special assistant to the administrator, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
1964-1965	Assistant director, director, Community Relations Service, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
1966-1969	Assistant attorney general, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1969-1972	Program director, Ford Foundation, New York, N.Y.
1972	Shared in Pulitzer Prize for public service awarded to Washington Post for its investigation of the Watergate Affair
1972-1974	Editorial board, Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
1974-1979	Editorial board, columnist, New York Times, New York, N.Y.
1980-1981	Associate editor, columnist, Washington Star, Washington, D.C.
1981	Married Patricia Ann King
1982	Published A Man's Life: An Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster
1982-1992	Senior fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
1986-2007	Clarence J. Robinson professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
1988	Published with Fred R. Harris Quiet Riots: Race and Poverty in the United States. New York: Pantheon Books
2001	Published Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism. Boston: Beacon Press
2017, Mar. 26	Died, Kensington, Md.