1942
Dr. Ellison is born in Albany, Georgia to Julian and Johnnie Ruth Ellison.
1960
Dr. Ellison serves in the U.S. Army for six years, rising in the ranks to sergeant.
1967
Dr. Ellison receives a Bachelor of Arts from Lincoln University and becomes an intern for the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.
1968
Dr. Ellison becomes an economist for the New York City Community Development Administration.
1968
Dr. Ellison becomes Charter member of Caucus of Black Economists of the American Economic Association, now known as the NEA.
1969
Dr. Ellison becomes an economic planner for the Brownsville Community Council in Brooklyn, New York.
1970
Dr. Ellison becomes an instructor of economics and Afro-American studies at Brooklyn College.
1972
Dr. Ellison receives a Master of Arts from Columbia University and becomes a senior economist at the Black Economic Research Center in New York, New York.
1974
Dr. Ellison receives a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University.
1976
Dr. Ellison is appointed president and director of Mid-Atlantic Economic Research Corporation in Washington, D.C.
1977
Dr. Ellison becomes an instructor at the College of New Rochelle and an assistant professor at Hunter College.
1977
Dr. Ellison is appointed director of economic development programs for the National Rural Center in Washington, D.C.
1983
Dr. Ellison becomes a visiting assistant professor and research associate at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
1990
Dr. Ellison authors “Abram L. Harris, Junior, Economist: A Biography.”
1991
Dr. Ellison becomes an economist for the U.S. Treasury Department.
2002
Dr. Ellison serves as editor of “The Economic Theory of Transfer Pricing.”
2003
Dr. Ellison receives a Certificate of Ministry from the New York Theological Seminary.
2004
Dr. Ellison retires as an economist.
2012
Dr. Ellison receives a Master of Ministry from the New York Theological Seminary.
2014
Dr. Ellison receives a Doctor of Ministry from the New York Theological Seminary.