was one of the original Ford models and graduated from Barnard College. Dr. Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist working for racial equality, an internationally recognized expert on sports issues, a scholar and an author. Lapchick is the Endowed Chair and Director of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida. He is also President/CEO of the National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS), a school outreach program which focuses on teaching youth how to improve race relations, and develop conflict resolution skills. Joseph Lapchick graduated from the USMA and took a commission in the USAF. He earned a PhD at Harvard. He was superintendent of schools in Aspen, Colorado, and later an area superintendent in Philadelphia. References External links BasketballReference.com: Joe Lapchick 1900 births 1970 deaths American Basketball League (1925–1955) players American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players American people of Czech descent Basketball coaches from New York (state) Basketball players from New York (state) Cleveland Rosenblums players College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees New York Knicks head coaches Original Celtics players Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York St. John's Red Storm baseball coaches St. John's Red Storm men's basketball coaches