SPPA professor honored
University's Harvey L. White receives NFBPA Educator of the Year Award
9:26 a.m., May 3, 2016--Harvey L. White, professor in the University of Delaware’s School of Public Policy and Administration, has received the 2016 National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) Educator of the Year Award.
The award is given annually to honor and thank an educator who has made significant contributions to NFBPA and played a substantial role in preparing and supporting young public managers and aspiring executives. It also pays tribute to the awardee’s commitment to excellence in the education and training of public managers.
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The award was presented to White last month at the opening session of NFBPA’s national conference in Portland, Oregon.
Particular note was made of White’s global vision for developing public managers. As mentioned during the presentation of the award, he has helped train public service professionals from more than 25 countries and facilitate international travel experiences for more than 1,000 public service professionals and students to African, Asian and Latin American countries.
Many of the individuals he taught and mentored hold high-level executive positions in local, state and federal governments in the United States and abroad. Others hold executive positions in for-profit and non-governmental organizations. Some of these individuals were present for the award and to acknowledge White’s contributions to their career development.
In his acceptance remarks, White thanked NFBPA for honoring him and complimented the organization for its many contributions to help public service organizations become more representative of the communities they serve.
He recalled being one of only a few African American city managers in the United States in the early 1970s, but thanks to the efforts of NFBPA and others there are currently thousands of senior administrators of color at various levels of government.
White noted, however, that there is still much more work to be done and encouraged conference participants to continue working to build a more equitable and just society.