Smithsonian Institution Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs Search this
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Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1968
Category:
Agency History
Notes:
This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
SI Email Announcement, "From the Secretary: Era Marshall to retire after 30 years of service to the Smithsonian," October 20, 2022
Smithsonian Institution, About, Biography, Era L. Marshall, https://www.si.edu/about/bios/era-l-marshall, accessed April 26, 2022
Smithsonian Institution Archives, The Bigger Picture blog, "Wonderful Women Wednesday: Era L. Marshall", April 28, 2021, https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/wonderful-women-wednesday-era-l-marshall, accessed April 26, 2022
Office of Equal Employment and Supplier Diversity, https://www.si.edu/oeema, accessed April 26, 2022
The Smithsonian Torch, February 1968
Smithsonian Year, 1968-1984
Smithsonian Directory, 1985-1992
The Office of Equal Employment and Supplier Diversity's mission is to promote diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the Smithsonian Institution's workforce, programs, and activities; to advocate the use of small businesses and historically underutilized small businesses; and to ensure compliance with the applicable Federal Equal Employment Opportunity mandates. The beginning of the Office came about with the appointment of Joseph A. Kennedy as the Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity in 1968. Kennedy served until 1972 when he retired and was succeeded by Archie D. Grimmett. In 1973 the name of the Office changed to the Office of Equal Opportunity.
Grimmett served as Director from 1972-1976, when he was succeeded by Will Douglas, Jr. in 1977. Douglas, Jr. was Director until 1991 and Robert L. Osborne was Acting Director in 1992. Era L. Marshall was appointed Director in 1992. In that same year, the Office changed its name to the Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs. In 2020, the Office was renamed the Office of Equal Employment and Supplier Diversity. At the end of 2022 Marshall retired and Rudy D. Watley was appointed acting director, 2023- .
For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
