Talk:Maurice Davis (rabbi)

President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

This article refers to a "President's Commission on Equal Opportunity." There was no such commission. Rabbi Davis may have been a member of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, but he was never the chairman. During the Kennedy administration, Vice President Johnson served as chairman. During the Johnson administration, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz presided until the election of Hubert H. Humphrey as vice president, at which point Vice President Humphrey became chairman until the Committee was abolished in the fall of 1965.

The link leads the the article on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which lists Rabbi Davis as the first chairman in 1965. That too is erroneous. The first chairman was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., who was succeeded in 1966 by Stephen M. Shulman.

I will make the necessary changes to both pages.

Dave Golland (talk) 21:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

There was briefly a President's Council on Equal Opportunity--an oversight body for coordination of the various federal EEO commissions, committees, and agency EEO offices--but Vice President Humphrey was the first and only chairman.

Dave Golland (talk) 22:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

removal of the myspace page

I removed the myspace page since Rabbi Bahir Davis now has an official webpage and it seems he has since abandoned the use of the myspace. It appears no one has logged in since August and the blogs have not been updated since December 2008 while the new webpage and blog have been updated recently. That is why it was deleted as it seems to be out of date and a duplicate for the official website. THDju (talk) 02:43, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough! Dave Golland (talk) 14:42, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Dave :) THDju (talk) 20:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Date Change

I don't know who modified the date of death but speaking as his granddaughter, he passed on Dec 14th. Other than being there, here is his obituary - http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/16/obituaries/rabbi-maurice-davis-a-cult-authority-72.html stating that he passed on Tuesday and the obit is dated the 16th. & here http://www.icsahome.com/logon/elibdocview_new.asp?Subject=In+Memoriam%3A+Rabbi+Maurice+Davis

And I wanted to thank everyone who has contributed to his article. Thank you for helping catalog his life. He was very special to us but also to the lives he touched. Tweetums81 (talk) 05:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

No offense meant. Verification of family status is difficult with an anonymous user name. Please feel free to change the date, but add the reference. Dave Golland (talk) 00:42, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

None taken at all. I didn't change it initially but when I saw it changed I wanted to comment. :) Tweetums81 (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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*Picture, 13 citations, could use more on early biographical material and work as Chairman of President's Commission on Equal Opportunity Smee 16:52, 3 March 2007 (UTC).

Substituted at 01:14, 22 May 2016 (UTC)