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::''For other men with this name, see William Drayton (disambiguation).'' William "Bill" Drayton (born in New York City, USA), is a social entrepreneur. Drayton was named by ''U.S. News & World Report'' as one of America's 25 Best Leaders in 2005.〔(USNews.com: The social entrepreneur: Bill Drayton )〕 He is responsible for the rise of the phrase "social entrepreneur", a concept first found in print in 1972.〔see J Banks, ''The Sociology of Social Movements'', London, MacMillan, 1972.〕 Drayton is the founder and current Chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and fostering social entrepreneurs worldwide. Drayton also chairs the Community Greens, the Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Youth Venture, and Get America Working! organizations. Drayton's philosophy of social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. To quote Drayton, "Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry." == Biography == Drayton's mother emigrated to the US from Australia. His father was an American who became an explorer. Public service and strong values run through the history of both parents' families - including several of the earliest anti-slavery abolitionist and women's leaders in the U.S. Drayton was born in 1943 in New York City. Drayton attended high school at Andover and went on to Harvard where he received his BA in 1965. Drayton entered Balliol College, Oxford and received an MA in 1967, after which he went to Yale Law School where he received his JD in 1970. As a high school student at Phillips Academy, Drayton established the Asia Society, which soon became the school's most popular student organization. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he created the Ashoka Table, bringing in prominent government, union, and church leaders for off-the-record dinners at which students could ask "how things really worked." At Yale Law School, Drayton founded Yale Legislative Services, which at its peak involved a third of the law school's student body. 〔(Changing the World on a Shoestring ) 〕 Drayton became a manager and management consultant, working for McKinsey and Company as a consultant for almost ten years.〔(Bill Drayton Paints a Vision of Changemaking )〕 During the Carter administration (1977–1981) he was an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency where he launched emissions trading among other reforms. He has been a visiting Professor at Harvard and Stanford.〔(Events - Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship(CASE) )〕 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「Bill Drayton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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