William J. Linder was an American community development leader, and founder of

New Community Corporation New Community Corporation (NCC) is a not-for-profit community development corporation based in Newark, New Jersey. NCC focuses on community organizing, provision of a variety of community-enhancing services, and resident participation in agency o ...

. He was a 1991

MacArthur Fellow The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

.
He died on June 8, 2018.

Life

Linder was born in West New York, NJ and attended Saint Peter's Prep in Jersey City, NJ graduating in 1954. He then graduated from

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesa ...

with a BA, and from

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

with an MA and PhD. The New Community Corporation was formed in response the

1967 Newark riots The 1967 Newark riots were an episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey, United States. Taking place over a four-day period (between July 12 and July 17, 1967), the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths and ...

. Joseph Matara was chief operating officer, and was the designated successor.

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*http://www.rayzo.com/events/e-clarion_0909/Editorial.pdf *http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/18/nyregion/bill-linder-and-his-city-of-hope.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm {{DEFAULTSORT:Linder, William MacArthur Fellows 2018 deaths Seton Hall University alumni Fordham University alumni Year of birth missing