Eli N EvansEli N. Evans (1936-2022) was president emeritus of the Charles H. Revson Foundation in New York City. He graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.A.) and Yale Law School (J.D.) and served as a speechwriter on the White House staff ofPresident Lyndon B. Johnson. A native of Durham, North Carolina, Evans was author of The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South, Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate, and The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner, the latter title published by University Press of Mississippi. Read More Read Less