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{{Short description| | {{Short description|American legal scholar (1953–2024)}} | ||
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| birth_name = {{nowrap|Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.}} | | birth_name = {{nowrap|Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.}} | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|13}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|13}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Boston | | birth_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|10|1953|1|13}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|10|1953|1|13}} | ||
| death_place = [[Stanford, California]], U.S. | | death_place = [[Stanford, California]], U.S. | ||
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| spouse = [[Maria Echaveste]] | | spouse = [[Maria Echaveste]] | ||
| education = [[Swarthmore College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Public Policy|MPP]]) | | education = [[Swarthmore College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Public Policy|MPP]]) | ||
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Edley was born on January 13, 1953,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f20v23TpqUQC&q=%22Edley,+Christopher%22+AND+%221953%22|title=Who's Who Among African Americans|date=2003-05-01|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=9780787659158|language=en}}</ref> to Christopher F. Edley Sr., President of the [[UNCF|United Negro College Fund]], and Zaida Coles Edley, an actress and speech therapist.<ref name="latimes-srobit">{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Christopher F. Edley, 75; Former Chief of United Negro College Fund |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-08-me-edley8-story.html |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2003-05-08 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512173630/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-08-me-edley8-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was raised in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[New Rochelle, New York]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Marquard |first=Bryan |date=9 June 2024 |title=Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Advocate in White House and Academia, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/09/metro/christopher-edley-jr-civil-rights-advocate-white-house-academia-dies-71/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> | Edley was born on January 13, 1953,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f20v23TpqUQC&q=%22Edley,+Christopher%22+AND+%221953%22|title=Who's Who Among African Americans|date=2003-05-01|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=9780787659158|language=en}}</ref> to Christopher F. Edley Sr., President of the [[UNCF|United Negro College Fund]], and Zaida Coles Edley, an actress and speech therapist.<ref name="latimes-srobit">{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Christopher F. Edley, 75; Former Chief of United Negro College Fund |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-08-me-edley8-story.html |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2003-05-08 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512173630/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-08-me-edley8-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was raised in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[New Rochelle, New York]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Marquard |first=Bryan |date=9 June 2024 |title=Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Advocate in White House and Academia, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/09/metro/christopher-edley-jr-civil-rights-advocate-white-house-academia-dies-71/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> | ||
Edley completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at [[Swarthmore College]], later serving on its Board of Managers, a position which his father had also held. Edley next attended [[Harvard Law School]], earning a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] and a [[M. P. P.|M.P.P.]] | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Edley was a leading figure in Democratic policy circles for four decades, serving as a senior member of five presidential campaigns, as an economic policy and budget official under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Bill Clinton]], and as a chair of the [[Obama-Biden 2008|Obama-Biden]] transition team.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dean Edley to Help Obama with White House Transition - Berkeley Law|url = https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|website = Berkeley Law|date = 6 November 2008|access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US|archive-date = March 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083000/https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2011 he was appointed by [[United States Secretary of Education|U.S. Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]] as co-chair of the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Christopher Edley Jr.|url = http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|website = Alliance For Excellent Education|access-date = 2016-02-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303053141/http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|archive-date = 2016-03-03|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="Watson">{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Jamal |title=Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15670640/chris-edley-prominent-legal-scholar-passes-away |website=Diverse |date=2024-05-12 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512182304/https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15670640/chris-edley-prominent-legal-scholar-passes-away | Edlay became a professor of [[Administrative law of the United States|administrative law]]. Working with [[Gary Orfield]], Edley founded the [[Harvard Civil Rights Project]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christopher Edley Jr. |url=http://theopportunityinstitute.org/christopher-edley-jr/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307224344/http://theopportunityinstitute.org/christopher-edley-jr/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=2016-03-04 |website=The Opportunity Institute}}</ref> Edley was a leading figure in Democratic policy circles for four decades, serving as a senior member of five presidential campaigns, as an economic policy and budget official under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Bill Clinton]], and as a chair of the [[Obama-Biden 2008|Obama-Biden]] transition team.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dean Edley to Help Obama with White House Transition - Berkeley Law|url = https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|website = Berkeley Law|date = 6 November 2008|access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US|archive-date = March 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083000/https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2011, he was appointed by [[United States Secretary of Education|U.S. Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]] as co-chair of the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Christopher Edley Jr.|url = http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|website = Alliance For Excellent Education|access-date = 2016-02-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303053141/http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|archive-date = 2016-03-03|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="Watson">{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Jamal |title=Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15670640/chris-edley-prominent-legal-scholar-passes-away |website=Diverse |date=2024-05-12 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512182304/https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15670640/chris-edley-prominent-legal-scholar-passes-away |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Edley served as an advisor to President Clinton's [[One America Initiative]], was a member of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]], and chaired President Clinton's 1998 Affirmative Action Review. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], he supported and advised candidate [[Barack Obama]], one of his former students at Harvard Law School.<ref name="Slate">{{Cite news |last=Bazelon |first=Emily |date=2007-11-26 |title=On the Advice of Counsel |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/11/the-campaigns-build-their-legal-brain-trusts.html |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref> | Edley served as an advisor to President Clinton's [[One America Initiative]], was a member of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]], and chaired President Clinton's 1998 Affirmative Action Review. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], he supported and advised candidate [[Barack Obama]], one of his former students at Harvard Law School.<ref name="Slate">{{Cite news |last=Bazelon |first=Emily |date=2007-11-26 |title=On the Advice of Counsel |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/11/the-campaigns-build-their-legal-brain-trusts.html |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref> | ||
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According to legal journalist [[Emily Bazelon]], Edley "has written thoughtfully and moderately about [[affirmative action]]."<ref name="Slate" /> | According to legal journalist [[Emily Bazelon]], Edley "has written thoughtfully and moderately about [[affirmative action]]."<ref name="Slate" /> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life and death == | ||
Following two divorces, Edley married [[Maria Echaveste]], the former deputy chief of staff for U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. He died from complications of surgery in Stanford, California on May 10, 2024, | Following two divorces, Edley married [[Maria Echaveste]], the former deputy chief of staff for U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. He died from complications of surgery in [[Stanford, California]], on May 10, 2024, aged 71.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Expert Heard by Presidents, Dies at 71|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/obituaries/christopher-edley-jr-dead.html|date=May 13, 2024|last=Risen|first=Clay|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 13, 2024|archive-date=May 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514000829/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/obituaries/christopher-edley-jr-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-11 |title=Tragic News – The Passing of Chris Edley, Visionary and Beloved Dean |url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/message-from-dean-chemerinsky-tragic-news-the-passing-of-chris-edley-visionary-and-beloved-dean/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Berkeley Law |language=en-US |archive-date=May 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511222433/https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/message-from-dean-chemerinsky-tragic-news-the-passing-of-chris-edley-visionary-and-beloved-dean/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Published works== | ==Published works== | ||
* {{Cite book |last=Edley |first=Christopher, Jr. |url=https://archive.org/details/notallblackwhite0000edle |title=Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |year=1998 |isbn=0-374-52541-2 |url-access=registration}} | * {{Cite book |last=Edley |first=Christopher, Jr. |url=https://archive.org/details/notallblackwhite0000edle |title=Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |year=1998 |isbn=0-374-52541-2 |url-access=registration}} | ||
* {{Cite book |last=Edley |first=Christopher, Jr. |url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/administrative-law-rethinking-judicial-control-bureaucracy |title=Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy |year=1990 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0300040791}} | * {{Cite book |last=Edley |first=Christopher, Jr. |url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/administrative-law-rethinking-judicial-control-bureaucracy |title=Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy |year=1990 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0300040791}} | ||
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Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr. (January 13, 1953 – May 10, 2024) was an American lawyer and the Dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law from 2004 to 2013.[1] He served as President of The Opportunity Institute, an organization he co-founded with Ann O'Leary in 2016.[2]
Early life
Edley was born on January 13, 1953,[3] to Christopher F. Edley Sr., President of the United Negro College Fund, and Zaida Coles Edley, an actress and speech therapist.[4] He was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Rochelle, New York.[5]
Edley completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at Swarthmore College, later serving on its Board of Managers, a position which his father had also held. Edley next attended Harvard Law School, earning a J.D. and a M.P.P.
Career
Edlay became a professor of administrative law. Working with Gary Orfield, Edley founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project.[6] Edley was a leading figure in Democratic policy circles for four decades, serving as a senior member of five presidential campaigns, as an economic policy and budget official under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and as a chair of the Obama-Biden transition team.[7] In 2011, he was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as co-chair of the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education.[8][9]
Edley served as an advisor to President Clinton's One America Initiative, was a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and chaired President Clinton's 1998 Affirmative Action Review. In the 2008 presidential election, he supported and advised candidate Barack Obama, one of his former students at Harvard Law School.[10]
Having served since 2004, Edley resigned as Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law at the end of 2013 to undergo treatment for prostate cancer. In 2016, he returned to teaching law at Berkeley and served as interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Education between 2021 and 2023.[5]
According to legal journalist Emily Bazelon, Edley "has written thoughtfully and moderately about affirmative action."[10]
Personal life and death
Following two divorces, Edley married Maria Echaveste, the former deputy chief of staff for U.S. President Bill Clinton. He died from complications of surgery in Stanford, California, on May 10, 2024, aged 71.[11][12]
Published works
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