found: African American National Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(America, Richard F.; Richard Franklin America Jr.; economist, educator, social reformer; born c.1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; BS in Economics from Pennsylvania State University (1960) and MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Harvard University (1965); joined the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park; lecturer and director of Urban Programs, Haas School of Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley (1968-1972); co-founded the National Economic Association (NEA) (1969) and served as president (1985); taught courses at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.; was an active member in Omega Psi Phi, the fraternity at Howard University in Washington, D.C)
