Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 9, 2001

Volume 30, Number 10

Memorial service to honor Levi Jackson,
first African-American football captain

A service honoring the memory of Levi Jackson, the first African-American to captain a Yale football team, will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College Streets.

Jackson died on Dec. 7, 2000, in his home in Detroit, Michigan. He was 74.

A member of the Yale College Class of 1950, Jackson was the first African-American on the Yale football team. When he was elected Yale's first African-American football captain in 1948, The New York Times covered the story on its front page.

Hired by the Ford Motor Company after graduation, Jackson became the first African-American to hold an executive position in the corporation. Working in personnel and labor relations, he devoted nearly a year after the 1967 Detroit riots to counseling Ford and other city and private agencies on ways to reform hiring and training for minorities. He was also selected by Presidents Johnson and Nixon to serve on two different national bodies.

In 1987, Jackson returned to New Haven to receive the Walter Camp Man of the Year Award.

Jackson is survived by his daughters, Sharill and Denyse; and his sisters, Mable Coleman and Phyllis Winston. Contributions to the Levi Jackson Scholarship Fund may be sent to Yale University, Office of Development, Contribution Processing, P.O. Box 2038, New Haven, CT 06521-2038. For more information, call Tim Ford at (203) 432-1419.

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