RICHARD MAGAT

MAGAT--Richard,

of White Plains, NY, a writer and former philanthropic official, passed away on March 13. Born in New Haven, Richard grew up in The Bronx. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and New York University, then worked as a newspaper reporter. In 1957 he began a 25-year career at The Ford Foundation where he served as Director of Communications until 1982. During this time he sat on the Mayor's Panel on Decentralization of the New York City Schools and edited the committee's plan, "Reconnection for Learning." On sabbatical, he served on the Joint Committee on the Reappraisal of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland and edited its report. Appointed president of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation in 1983, his initiatives included the first study of black philanthropy with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. During this time he was also Senior Consultant to the Council on Foundations, a Visiting Fellow at Yale University's Program on Nonprofit Organizations, a Visiting Fellow at The Foundation Center, and editor-in-chief of the Landmarks in Philanthropy Project for Harvard University's Hauser Center on Nonprofit Organizations. He also served as vice-chair of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and consulted with the German Marshall Fund, the Russell Sage Foundation and Catholic Relief Services. Among his many publications, Richard co- authored "Community Control and the Urban School" (1970), about the 1968 New York City teachers strike and the Brooklyn community of Ocean Hill-Brownsville; "The Ford Foundation at Work: Philanthropic Choices, Methods and Styles" (1979) and "Unlikely Partners: Philanthropic Foundations and the Labor Movement" (1998). He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Gloria; his children, Gordon Magat (Beverly Feinberg) and Claudia Keenan (Jeffrey) and his grandchildren, Dylan Keenan (Laura Pisarello), Sam Keenan (Katie), and Daniel Magat. Please contact: claudiajkeenan@gmail.com about a memorial service. Donations to the DeWitt Clinton High School Scholar- ship Fund: www.dewittclinton alumni.com/donate.asp