Professor Leland Ware, the Louis L. Redding Chair for the Study of Law and
Public Policy at the University of Delaware, has been elected to a two-year
term on the Board of Directors of WHYY Inc., the prime public broadcasting station
serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. “Leland Ware is a valuable
addition to our board,” said WHYY Board Chairman Molly Dickinson Shepard.
“His years of public policy experience and his work with numerous community
organizations fits well with WHYY’s strategy of forming partnerships and
being the one diverse thing our community has in common.”
Professor Ware is a former Professor at St. Louis University School of Law as
well as a visiting professor at Boston College Law School and the Ruhr University
in Bochum, Germany. He has also served as University Counsel at Howard University.
Prior to his position at Howard, Professor Ware was a trial attorney with the
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division in Washington, D.C. He began practicing
law in 1973 at Wyatt and Associates in Atlanta, GA before becoming the Assistant
Regional Attorney for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Professor
Ware has authored more than 50 articles in academic journals and other publications
on subjects including civil rights and higher education law, segregation, fair
housing and affirmative action. He serves on the editorial board of the Fair
Housing Fair Lending Reporter. Professor Ware is also active with several community
service and professional organizations. He is the Vice President of the National
Board of the American Civil Liberties Union and serves on the Board of Directors
for the Delaware Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Defense Fund of the American
Association of University Professors. Professor Ware graduated from Fisk University
in 1970 and Boston College Law School in 1973.
WHYY, Inc. is a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation, which operates public
broadcasting stations WHYY-TV12 and 91FM as well as www.whyy.org.
