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13 Facts About Phillip Clay

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Phillip L Clay was born on May 17,1946 and is a professor of housing policy and city planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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Phillip Clay was the highest ranking Black administrator in the Institute's 150-year history.

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Phillip Clay was the Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning from 1992 to 1994 and its Associate Department Head during 1990 to 1992.

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From 1980 to 1984, Professor Phillip Clay served as the Assistant Director of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard.

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When those claims were verified, Phillip Clay asked for her resignation.

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Phillip Clay is known for his work in US housing policy and community-based development.

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Phillip Clay later served on the national commission that recommended the policy that became part of the Housing Act of 1990.

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Phillip Clay is a founding member of the National Housing Trust that addresses the issue of housing preservation.

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Phillip Clay is President of the Board of The Community Builders, Inc.

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Phillip Clay serves as member and Vice Chair of the MasterCard Foundation board and recently he was appointed to the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Phillip Clay was appointed to the board of The Kresge Foundation in 2008.

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Phillip Clay received the AB degree with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968 and his Ph.

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On November 2,2010, Phillip Clay announced he would step down as Chancellor.