Abundance of Miracles:: Autobiography of Charles A. Cofield - Couverture souple

Smith, FS Foraker

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1482563398 ISBN 13 : 9781482563399

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

It is the night of April 4, 1968. Howard University student, Charles Cofield and his friends, investigate a fire just off campus. Charles gets hit by a car but is seemingly unhurt. The night ends and Charles goes to his dormitory. He wakes up, ten days later, to find himself in a hospital and unable to move his arms and legs. Somehow he had broken his neck in a fall from his dormitory bunk. Just like that, Charles had become a quadriplegic. God poured His grace, mercy and an abundance of miracles on Charles during the next 15 years. Charles Cofield achieved a series of first in several fields. He was the first quadriplegic graduate at MIT's School of Architecture (3 degrees in 3 years); first quadriplegic to attend UCLA's School of Urban Planning; first quadriplegic American Institute of Architects member in California; first quadriplegic administrator at Good Shepherd Center for Independent Living; first quadriplegic Director of Housing Development, City of Los Angeles Housing Authority.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Foraker Smith was born in Monroe, Louisiana and raised in South Central Los Angeles. He was involved in the Education, Civil Rights, state politics and public consulting. Foraker graduated from L.A. Harbor Community College and went on to earn a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from California State University Los Angeles. A PhD in Urban and Regional Planning followed at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was the School of Architecture and Urban Planning Program's first African-American graduate and recipient of its coveted Dean’s Award for Excellence. Foraker was also California State Capitol’s first African-American to hold the position of Chief Administrative Analyst in the Senate Democratic Caucus. Dr. Smith spent 38 years in university teaching at Pepperdine, USC, UC Riverside and Calif. State University Dominguez Hills. He retired from the latter university in 2010 to enjoy his wife and children in Cypress, CA. Charles A. Cofield was born in Brooklyn, N.Y and raised in Boston, Mass. He was a pioneer in Massachusetts and Los Angeles’s Disability Movement. Charles graduated from MIT with a Bachelor’s and two Master’s in Architecture and City Planning. Notably, he was the school’s first quadriplegic graduate and the 4th African-American in a century. He worked for the Urban Massachusetts Transit Authority and the Department of Housing Urban Development during his school years. Charles attended UCLA’s, PhD Urban Planning program and worked with the Good Shepherd Center for Independent Living (GSCIL). He was AIA California’s first certified quadriplegic architect and recognized by L.A. and State officials for 24 years the L.A. Housing Authority Director. Charles retired in 2003 and lives with his wife in Carson, California. Stanford’s Who’s Who honored him in 2012 and MLK Jr. Democratic Club; Carson made him Courageous Man of the Year.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1482563398
• ISBN 13: 9781482563399
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
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