Business Man. Retired senior vice president of AXA Financial (formerly Equitable Life Insurance), was born on April 10, 1932, in Flint, Michigan. His maternal grandfather managed General Motors Executive Garage, and his father, Abner Davis, became the first African American postal clerk in Flint. Mr. Davis played football at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (formerly Arkansas A&M University) where he earned his B.A. degree in business administration in 1954.
Mr. Davis served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957, tracking missiles at White Sands, New Mexico. After serving in the military, Davis earned his M.Ed. degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Davis was hired by Equitable Life Insurance in the wake of 1964's Detroit race riot where he became a district manager by his third year. Between 1971 and 1974, Davis earned every type of managerial award Equitable offered. Promoted to Vice-president of Manpower Development in 1974, Davis served as the company's first African American regional president in 1975. In 1989, Davis was promoted to senior vice president of Equitable Life Assurance Society and recognized by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the 25 most important African American executives. A mentor to many young African American executives, Davis retired as senior vice president of AXA Financial in 1998.
Davis served on the African American advisory board of Pepsi-Cola and the boards of the Albert Oliver Program, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Executive Leadership Foundation, the National Minority Golf Foundation, and the Jesse Owens Foundation. Davis also served as vice president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Davis, a recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, had four grown children and lived with his wife, Velmarie, in Stamford, Connecticut.
Davis passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest on Sunday, April 16, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while on a business trip.
Mr. Davis served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957, tracking missiles at White Sands, New Mexico. After serving in the military, Davis earned his M.Ed. degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Davis was hired by Equitable Life Insurance in the wake of 1964's Detroit race riot where he became a district manager by his third year. Between 1971 and 1974, Davis earned every type of managerial award Equitable offered. Promoted to Vice-president of Manpower Development in 1974, Davis served as the company's first African American regional president in 1975. In 1989, Davis was promoted to senior vice president of Equitable Life Assurance Society and recognized by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the 25 most important African American executives. A mentor to many young African American executives, Davis retired as senior vice president of AXA Financial in 1998.
Davis served on the African American advisory board of Pepsi-Cola and the boards of the Albert Oliver Program, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Executive Leadership Foundation, the National Minority Golf Foundation, and the Jesse Owens Foundation. Davis also served as vice president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Davis, a recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, had four grown children and lived with his wife, Velmarie, in Stamford, Connecticut.
Davis passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest on Sunday, April 16, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while on a business trip.
Business Man. Retired senior vice president of AXA Financial (formerly Equitable Life Insurance), was born on April 10, 1932, in Flint, Michigan. His maternal grandfather managed General Motors Executive Garage, and his father, Abner Davis, became the first African American postal clerk in Flint. Mr. Davis played football at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (formerly Arkansas A&M University) where he earned his B.A. degree in business administration in 1954.
Mr. Davis served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957, tracking missiles at White Sands, New Mexico. After serving in the military, Davis earned his M.Ed. degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Davis was hired by Equitable Life Insurance in the wake of 1964's Detroit race riot where he became a district manager by his third year. Between 1971 and 1974, Davis earned every type of managerial award Equitable offered. Promoted to Vice-president of Manpower Development in 1974, Davis served as the company's first African American regional president in 1975. In 1989, Davis was promoted to senior vice president of Equitable Life Assurance Society and recognized by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the 25 most important African American executives. A mentor to many young African American executives, Davis retired as senior vice president of AXA Financial in 1998.
Davis served on the African American advisory board of Pepsi-Cola and the boards of the Albert Oliver Program, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Executive Leadership Foundation, the National Minority Golf Foundation, and the Jesse Owens Foundation. Davis also served as vice president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Davis, a recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, had four grown children and lived with his wife, Velmarie, in Stamford, Connecticut.
Davis passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest on Sunday, April 16, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while on a business trip.
Mr. Davis served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957, tracking missiles at White Sands, New Mexico. After serving in the military, Davis earned his M.Ed. degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Davis was hired by Equitable Life Insurance in the wake of 1964's Detroit race riot where he became a district manager by his third year. Between 1971 and 1974, Davis earned every type of managerial award Equitable offered. Promoted to Vice-president of Manpower Development in 1974, Davis served as the company's first African American regional president in 1975. In 1989, Davis was promoted to senior vice president of Equitable Life Assurance Society and recognized by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the 25 most important African American executives. A mentor to many young African American executives, Davis retired as senior vice president of AXA Financial in 1998.
Davis served on the African American advisory board of Pepsi-Cola and the boards of the Albert Oliver Program, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Executive Leadership Foundation, the National Minority Golf Foundation, and the Jesse Owens Foundation. Davis also served as vice president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Davis, a recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, had four grown children and lived with his wife, Velmarie, in Stamford, Connecticut.
Davis passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest on Sunday, April 16, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while on a business trip.
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