Charles Z. Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Education Economics |
| Institution | University of California, Los Angeles SUNY-Binghamton DePaul University |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Website | http://www.czandcons.com/ |
Charles Zachary Wilson is an American economist who is professor emeritus at UCLA's Graduate School of Education. He was the first Black individual to serve as an Academic Vice-Chancellor in the University of California System, and was among the founders of the National Economic Association. [1]
Born in the Mississippi Delta, [2] Wilson earned a B.S. (1952) and PhD (1956) in Economics and Statistics from the University of Illinois, completed post-doctoral training in Engineering Economics at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959, [1] and later trained in Family Counseling at California State University, Northridge and Management for Entrepreneurs at UCLA. [3]
Wilson taught at DePaul University's School of Business and then at SUNY-Binghamton, where he became the first Black full professor on that faculty. He joined UCLA in 1968 as a professor in the Graduate School of Education. In 1970, he became Vice-Chancellor of Academic Programs, where he served until 1984. From 1985 to 1996 he was Publisher of Central News-Wave Publications, Inc, one of the largest black newspapers in the United States. [4]
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