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Arthur A. "Art" Fletcher (December 22, 1924 in Phoenix, Arizona – July 12, 2005 in Washington DC) was an American government official, widely referred to as the "father of affirmative action" as he was largely responsible for the Revised Philadelphia Plan. ==Life and career== Arthur Fletcher, a Republican, graduated from Washburn University and obtained a degree from distance learning school La Salle Extension University.〔Holley, Joe (July 14, 2005). (Affirmative Action Pioneer Advised GOP Presidents. ) ''Washington Post''〕 Fletcher moved with his wife, Bernyce, and two youngest children to Pasco, Washington, where he took a job with the Hanford Atomic Energy Project. He also organized a community self-help program in predominantly black East Pasco, and landed a seat on the Pasco City Council. In 1968, Fletcher ran for Lieutenant Governor of Washington State, and narrowly lost to the incumbent, John Cherberg. Fletcher was the first African American in Washington as well as the West to contest a statewide electoral office. 〔(Mcgann, Chris (July 12, 2005) )〕 During the campaign, his driver and bodyguard was Ted Bundy, the serial killer who was active in Republican Party politics in the late 1960s through the early 1970s.〔Rule, Ann. ''The Stranger Beside Me'' pg. 15. 1980. Penguin Putnam. New York, NY.〕 Fletcher's close race for Lieutenant Governor got the attention of newly elected President Richard Nixon, who gave Fletcher a job in the incoming administration as Assistant Secretary of Labor. An African American, he served in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush administrations.〔NPR (obituary ), in RealAudio or for Windows Media Player. Accessed 20 July 2005.〕 In 1978, Fletcher ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Washington, D.C., but was defeated by the popular Democrat Marion Barry. In 1995, he briefly pursued a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.〔NPR (commentary ) by his granddaughter, KUOW-FM reporter and producer Phyllis Fletcher. Accessed 20 June 2006.〕 Numbers of his fellow Republicans were often at odds with the affirmative action policies which Fletcher initiated〔(Presidential adviser Arthur Fletcher, 80, dies ), obituary on MSN. Accessed 20 July 2005.〕 and supported as the chairman from 1990 to 1993 of the United States Commission on Civil Rights As head of the United Negro College Fund, Fletcher coined the famous slogan, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."〔(Arthur Fletcher ) on HistoryMakers.com. Accessed 20 July 2005.〕 Fletcher was a United States Army veteran during World War II and upon his death in 2005 was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Fletcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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