Acknowledgements The Commission is indebted to Jack P. Hartog, Assistant General Counsel and director of this project, and to staff attorney Susan McDuffie for her assistance during the consultations. The Commission is especially grateful to Sheila Bienenfeld for her efforts in planning the consultations, recommending participants, and offering them guidance on the contents of their papers and presentations. The Commission also expresses its appreciation to Michele Moree, who coordinated travel and other logistical arrangements for consultation participants, and who, with Lorraine W. Jackson and Frances C. Lee, provided necessary support services. Appreciation is also extended to Ruth Ford and Natalie Proctor for their assistance in staging the consultations. Eugene Platt edited both volumes of the document. Final preparations for publication were handled by Audree Holton, Vivian Hauser, and Vivian Washing ton. Eileen Stein (no longer a member of the Commission staff), General Counsel, had overall supervisory responsibility for the initial phases of this project, which was completed under the overall supervision of Paul Alexander, Acting General Counsel. Contents Statement of Judith Lichtman, executive director, Women's Legal Defense Fund Statement of Stan Mark, senior attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Assessments of Affirmative Action in the 1980s from a Policy Perspective Statement of Morris B. Abram, partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Statement of John H. Bunzel, senior research fellow, Hoover Institution Statement of Kenneth B. Clark, president, Clark, Phipps, Clark & Harris, Inc. Statement of Joe R. Feagin, professor of sociology, University of Texas Statement of Isabel Sawhill, program director, Urban Institute, Washington, 43 Assessments of Affirmative Action in the 1980s from an Enforcement Perspective Statement of Lawrence Z. Lorber, partner, Breed, Abbot and Morgan. Statement of Weldon J. Rougeau, former director, Office of Federal Contract Monitoring and Evaluating Affirmative Action Plans Statement of Elsie Y. Cross, consultant, Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.... 118 Statement of Raymond G. Hunt, professor, State University of New York, Buffalo..... 121 Statement of Alice G. Sargent organizational consultant, Washington, D.C....... 124 Statement of Peter G. Nordlie, president, Human Sciences Research, McLean Virginia... 127 Executive Experiences with Affirmative Action Plans Statement of A. Diane Graham, Associate Director for Affirmative Employment Programs, Office of Personnel Management 137 Statement of Winn Newman, general counsel, International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO-CLC....... 139 Statement of Ray J. Graham, president, Graham Associates, Inc., Northfield, Illinois...... 142 Statement of William T. McCaffrey, vice president and personnel director, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States 145 Additional Comments Statement of Leonard F. Walentynowicz, executive director, Polish American Congress.... 158 Appendix Affirmative Action in the 1980s: Dismantling the Process of Discrimination, Proposed Statement of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, January 1981. 172 |