William D. Carmichael

William Daniel Carmichael (born September 5, 1929)^[1] is an American educator and the former fifth Dean of the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Carmichael served as Dean from 1962 to 1968. Dean Carmichael holds a B.Lit. (Economics) from Oxford University, where he was honored as a Rhodes Scholar. He also took an M.P.A. (1953, Economics) from Princeton University and holds an honorary LL.D. from the University of the West Indies.

Between 1968 and 1989, Dean Carmichael served with The Ford Foundation: Representative in Brazil (1968–71); head, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (1971–77); head, Office for the Middle East and Africa (1977–81); and Vice President, Developing Country Programs (1981–89). From the Fall of 1989 through June 1993, Carmichael was Executive Director, Soviet Union and Eastern European Programs, Institute of International Education.

After 1993, Dean Carmichael worked as an independent consultant to foundations, NGOs, and universities. He has advised Ashoka. Carmichael serves on the Human Rights Watch Board of Directors as Chairs, Finance Committee and the Advisory Committee for its Africa Division. He is also a Member, Human Rights Watch Africa Advisory Committee; Director, FilmAid International; Trustee Chair (NGO Board), Future Generations.

Dean Carmichael began his teaching career as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and the Director of the Undergraduate Program at the Woodrow Wilson School. Previously, he was a legislative analyst and budget examiner with the U.S. Bureau of the Budget and lecturer, University of Maryland.^[2]

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