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Donald Kimelman is an American journalist and former managing director of The Pew Charitable Trusts, who continues to serve on the Pew Research Center's board. He is the son of Henry L. Kimelman, who served as United States Ambassador to Haiti.

Early life and education

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Donald Kimelman is the son of Henry L. Kimelman, who served as United States Ambassador to Haiti.[1] He attended Lawrenceville School, an independent university-preparatory school in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.[2] Kimelman received his bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[3]

Career

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Journalism

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Kimelman was a journalist for more than 25 years. Before working for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1979 to 1997, he wrote for The Capital, a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland, and The Baltimore Sun.[3] In 1981, he received the Education Writers Association's "Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting", along with Mary Bishop and Thomas Ferrick, Jr., for their work at the Inquirer.[4] Kimelman worked on local, national, and international assignments. After serving as the Inquirer's Houston-based national correspondent, then as a Moscow correspondent, he became an editor and served on the editorial board for seven years, where he often wrote about social policy and urban issues.[3] In 1986, Kimelman was accused by Sovetskaya Rossiya of being a spy.[5][6][7] Furthermore, the Russian political newspaper accused him of "distorting Soviet life and falsely implied that he was an alcoholic".[8]

Kimelman served as deputy editor of the Inquirer's editorial page. During his tenure, he wrote the controversial "Poverty and Norplant" editorial, which was published on December 12, 1990, two days after the contraceptive Norplant was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In the piece, he commented on Norplant's approval and suggested providing women on welfare monetary incentives to use the contraceptive in an effort to reduce the number of black children who live in poverty.[9][10][11] The editorial reportedly divided the newspaper's staff. Kimelman said, "I feel bad about it. Certain things as a white man you just don't see. I still believe what I wrote, but ... I felt very bad that every single black reporter and editor I know, from the most radical to the most reasonable, hated this editorial."[12]

Pew

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Kimelman served as managing director of The Pew Charitable Trusts' "information initiatives" program,[13][14] including its venture fund,[15] until July 2013.[3] The initiatives program was "a portfolio of projects that, through nonpartisan, rigorous research, [sought] to enlighten the general public, journalists and policy makers about contemporary issues and trends".[3] Much of this work was executed by the Pew Research Center, where Kimelman served as chairman of the board of directors.[3][16][17] Kimelman also managed Pew's "Philadelphia Program", which included civic and culture initiatives, the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services, and the Philadelphia Research Initiative.[3]

Board service and philanthropy

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After leaving Pew, Kimelman served on the board of trustees of Mastery Charter Schools, a charter school network in Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey,[18][19] and the William Penn Foundation's board of directors.[20] He also served on the board of MASS Design, a Boston-based nonprofit organization that provides "infrastructure, buildings, and the human and physical systems necessary for growth, dignity, and well-being in developing countries".[3] He continues to serve as chairman of Pew Research Center's board, a position he has held since 2004.[3]

Kimelman has contributed to a variety of organizations, including the Barnes Foundation,[21] Committee to Protect Journalists,[22] Philabundance,[23] Philadelphia Museum of Art,[24] Saint Thomas Historical Trust,[25][26] Thomas Jefferson Foundation,[27] and Philadelphia's Wilma Theater.[28]

Works

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  • Bishop, Mary; Ferrick, Thomas; Kimelman, Donald (September 2, 1981). "The Shame of the Schools: The Obstacles are Many, the Rewards are Few". The Philadelphia Inquirer.[29] 1
  • Bishop, Mary; Ferrick, Thomas; Kimelman, Donald (September 3, 1981). "The Shame of the Schools: Falling Apart at the Seams". The Philadelphia Inquirer.[29]
  • Kimelman, Donald (December 12, 1990). "Poverty and Norplant: Can Contraceptives Reduce the Underclass?". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. A18.[30][31]
  • Kimelman, Donald (January 30, 1991). "Notorious Norplant Editorial Gets Thoughtful, Positive Responses". The Morning Call.
  • Kimelman, Donald (March 17, 1991). "The Norplant Editorial Writer Responds". The Washington Post. p. D6.[32]
  • Kimelman, Donald (Spring 2004). "The Pew Global Attitudes Project: Giving World Publics a Greater Voice". Council of American Ambassadors.
  • Wray, Steve; Kimelman, Donald; Houstoun, Feather (November 6, 2008). "PGW has potential to change". The Philadelphia Inquirer – via Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.
  • Kimelman, Donald (April 20, 2009). "A 'hybrid' path for saving newspapers". The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners.

References

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  1. ^ "Obituaries in the news". The San Diego Union-Tribune. tronc. November 11, 2009. ISSN 1063-102X. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Rosenstiel, Thomas B. (December 20, 1990). "Paper's Editorial Sparks Racial Uproar in Philadelphia : Media: The Inquirer advocated that poor black women be encouraged to use new long-term birth control implants". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Donald Kimelman". MASS Design Group. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "Recipients of the EWA Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. 1972–2015". Education Writers Association. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  5. ^ Bohlen, Celestine (April 29, 1986). "Soviet Ex-Defector Snaps at U.S. Press". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 2269358.
  6. ^ Lee, Gary (September 4, 1986). "Daniloff Case Hints Kremlin, Party Gave Way to KGB Interests". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  7. ^ McGuire, Michael (August 23, 1985). "'Spy Dust' Stirs Up Confusion in Moscow". Chicago Tribune. tronc. ISSN 1085-6706. OCLC 60639020. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  8. ^ Taubman, Philip (September 21, 1986). "The Perils of Reporting from Moscow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  9. ^ Roberts, Dorothy E. (1999). Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty. Vintage. p. 106. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  10. ^ Dawkins, Wayne (2003). Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim the Mainstream. August Press LLC. p. 17. ISBN 9780963572073. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  11. ^ Kimelman, Donald (January 30, 1991). "Notorious Norplant Editorial Gets Thoughtful, Positive Responses". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Tribune Company. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  12. ^ Kurtz, Howard (December 18, 1990). "Inquirer Birth Control Bomb". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  13. ^ "The Pew Charitable Trusts Announces New Culture Funding Strategy" (Press release). The Pew Charitable Trusts. March 21, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  14. ^ Shafer, Jack (September 21, 2009). "Saving Newspapers from Their Saviors". Slate. The Slate Group. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  15. ^ Cohen, Steven (October 1, 2008). The Responsible Contract Manager: Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World. Georgetown University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1589016491. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  16. ^ Anft, Michael (January 13, 2013). "A Veteran Journalist Takes Over the Pew Research Center". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 1040-676X. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  17. ^ "Andrew Kohut to Retire as Pew Research Center's President". Pew Research Center. March 30, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  18. ^ "Trustees of Mastery Foundation and Schools". Mastery Charter Schools. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  19. ^ "Mastery CS-Harrity Campus Charter: Annual Report: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Education. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  20. ^ "2014 Annual Report: Members of the Corporation and Board of Directors". William Penn Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  21. ^ "2012 Annual Report: Donors" (PDF). Barnes Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  22. ^ "Current Supporters". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  23. ^ "Annual Report: 2013–2014" (PDF). Philabundance. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  24. ^ "New South Asian Galleries". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  25. ^ "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Saint Thomas Historical Trust. October 11, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  26. ^ "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Saint Thomas Historical Trust. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  27. ^ "2000 Honor Roll of Contributors" (PDF). Monticello Newsletter. 12 (1). Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Spring 2001. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  28. ^ "The Wilma Theater: Wilmabill" (PDF). Wilma Theater. 2010–2011. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  29. ^ a b Goldin, Evan (November 3, 2005). "The Past and Future of Five West Philadelphia Schools" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  30. ^ Rowland, Debran (2004). The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in America. SphinxLegal. p. 359. ISBN 9781572483682. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  31. ^ Kettunen, Pauli; Michel, Sony; Petersen, Klaus (June 29, 2015). Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States: An American Dilemma?. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 9781784715373. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  32. ^ Flannery, Michael T. (1992). "Norplant: The New Scarlet Letter?". Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. 8 (1): 201–226. ISSN 0882-1046. LCCN 85644356. OCLC 11745921. PMID 11645739. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
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