Summary: | Author and corporate executive Glegg Watson was born on February 4, 1944 in Jamaica. He moved to the United States at fifteen. Finishing high school in Washington, D.C., Watson enrolled in Howard University, majoring in political science and economics. While at Howard, Watson became interested in journalism and after graduation worked for The Washington Post. Watson went on to obtain his M.A. degree through a joint program at Cornell University and the University of Syracuse. In 1972, he joined the prestigious consulting firm, Booz Allen & Hamilton, as a management consultant before joining the Xerox Corporation as its human resources manager in 1976. In 1982, he published Black Life in Corporate America: Swimming in the Mainstream, chronicling his research on gender and racial experiences in Fortune 500 companies. Watson began working on his second book, Not One of the Boys: Reflections on Power in America.
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