Malcolm Donald
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Malcolm Donald was an American
lawyer
and a founder of the Pioneer Fund
.
He graduated Harvard College
(where he played football
) and Harvard Law School
. He was an editor of Harvard Law Review
. He worked at Boston law firms Gaston Snow and Herrick, Smith, & Donald. He served in the War Department during World War I
. Following the war, Donald was named Vice President of the Harvard alumni club. Staff report (October 23, 1925). T.W. LAMONT HEADS HARVARD'S ALUMNI; Banker Succeeds Prof. Grandgent -- C.S. Pierce and Malcolm Donald Chosen Vice Presidents. New York Times He later became a trustee of the Roxbury Latin School
.
Historian William H. Tucker
has documented Donald's involvement in the Pioneer Fund.
Pioneer Fund principal benefactor Wickliffe Draper
chose Donald as treasurer in 1937. Donald was one of Boston's leading attorneys and a long-time trusted friend of the family. The two men had been named as executors of George Draper's will. Donald was trustee of the Draper family fortune, should neither Draper nor his sister outlive their father. Even before the fund's creation, Donald had managed Draper's finances. George A. Draper's will is available as part of the file containing Wickliffe Draper's will in Surrogate's Office, New York City; among other duties Donald made out the checks for Draper's contributions to the Eugenics Research Association; see Donald to Davenport, August 24, 1929, enclosing one of Draper's contributions; Davenport papers. Donald got a ruling from the federal Treasury Department that the Pioneer Fund was tax-deductible, so Draper's contributions to the fund would be deductible from his own income tax.
Donald did not play a substantive role in the policies or practices of the Pioneer Fund. Donald explained in a letter to Frederick Osborn
that Draper was interested not in science but in policy; he wanted "to do something practical," such as "moving the colored race to Liberia
" or "strengthening State laws to prevent the unfit from producing children." He was "not ... concerned with research in human genetics since he felt that enough was known on the subject and that the important thing was to have something done." And in personal discussion with Osborn, Draper's list of priorities included not only "colonization of the colored minorities" but also the "reconstruction of American political parties."
United States
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lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
and a founder of the Pioneer Fund
Pioneer Fund
The Pioneer Fund is an American non-profit foundation established in 1937 "to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences." Currently headed by psychology professor J. Philippe Rushton, the fund states that it focuses on projects it perceives will not be easily funded due to...
.
He graduated Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
(where he played football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
) and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
. He was an editor of Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review
The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.-Overview:According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the...
. He worked at Boston law firms Gaston Snow and Herrick, Smith, & Donald. He served in the War Department during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. Following the war, Donald was named Vice President of the Harvard alumni club. Staff report (October 23, 1925). T.W. LAMONT HEADS HARVARD'S ALUMNI; Banker Succeeds Prof. Grandgent -- C.S. Pierce and Malcolm Donald Chosen Vice Presidents. New York Times He later became a trustee of the Roxbury Latin School
Roxbury Latin School
The Roxbury Latin School is the oldest school in continuous operation in North America. The school was founded in Roxbury, Massachusetts by the Rev. John Eliot under a charter received from King Charles I of England. Since its founding in 1645, it has educated boys on a continuous basis.Located...
.
Historian William H. Tucker
William H. Tucker
William H. Tucker is a professor of psychology at Rutgers University and the author of several books critical of race science.Tucker received his bachelor's degree from Bates College in 1967, and his master's and doctorate from Princeton University...
has documented Donald's involvement in the Pioneer Fund.
Pioneer Fund principal benefactor Wickliffe Draper
Wickliffe Draper
Wickliffe Preston Draper was an American multimillionaire and an ardent eugenicist and lifelong advocate of strict racial segregation...
chose Donald as treasurer in 1937. Donald was one of Boston's leading attorneys and a long-time trusted friend of the family. The two men had been named as executors of George Draper's will. Donald was trustee of the Draper family fortune, should neither Draper nor his sister outlive their father. Even before the fund's creation, Donald had managed Draper's finances. George A. Draper's will is available as part of the file containing Wickliffe Draper's will in Surrogate's Office, New York City; among other duties Donald made out the checks for Draper's contributions to the Eugenics Research Association; see Donald to Davenport, August 24, 1929, enclosing one of Draper's contributions; Davenport papers. Donald got a ruling from the federal Treasury Department that the Pioneer Fund was tax-deductible, so Draper's contributions to the fund would be deductible from his own income tax.
Donald did not play a substantive role in the policies or practices of the Pioneer Fund. Donald explained in a letter to Frederick Osborn
Frederick Osborn
Major General Frederick Henry Osborn was an American philanthropist, military leader, and eugenicist. He was a founder of several organizations, and played a central part in reorienting eugenics in the years following World War II away from the race- and class-consciousness from earlier periods...
that Draper was interested not in science but in policy; he wanted "to do something practical," such as "moving the colored race to Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
" or "strengthening State laws to prevent the unfit from producing children." He was "not ... concerned with research in human genetics since he felt that enough was known on the subject and that the important thing was to have something done." And in personal discussion with Osborn, Draper's list of priorities included not only "colonization of the colored minorities" but also the "reconstruction of American political parties."