found: HistoryMakers WWW site, September 20, 2017Gordon J. Davis biography (Lawyer and civic leader Gordon J. Davis was born on August 7, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois ; B.A. degree from Williams College in 1964, and J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1967 ; moved to New York City and became special assistant to Mayor John Lindsay until 1973, when he joined the New York City Planning Commission ; became the first African American commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of New York in 1978 ; joined the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord in 1983, as well as the board of directors for the Municipal Art Society of New York ; founding chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1990 ; president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2001 ; resumed practicing law, becoming partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf in 2007; and Venable, LLP in 2012)