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William Linder

William Linder

American community development leader

Not to be confused with William Linder (baseball).

William J. Linder was an American community development leader, and founder of New Community Corporation.[1] He was a 1991 MacArthur Fellow.[2]
He died on June 8, 2018.[3]

Life

Linder was born in West New York, NJ and attended Saint Peter's Prep in Jersey City, NJ graduating in 1954. He then graduated from Seton Hall University with a BA, and from Fordham University with an MA and PhD.[4] The New Community Corporation was formed in response the 1967 Newark riots. Joseph Matara was chief operating officer, and was the designated successor.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Founder - New Community Corporation". 7 January 2020.
  2. [2]
    "MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. [3]
    "Mgsr. William J. Linder, a force for transformation in Newark, is dead at 82". NJ.com. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  4. [4]
    "Neighborhood 10963" (PDF). lisc.org.
  5. [5]
    "Monsignor William J. Linder: Q&A with head of Newark's troubled New Community Corp". 12 December 2009.
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