1941 – Dr. Hefner was born in Brevard, NC, on the 20th of June.

19?? – He married the former Edwina Long and in their union they have reproduced three boys: Christopher, Jonathan and David.

Dr. Hefner’s educational background consist of the folowing:

1957 – 1961 BS in Business Administration     North Carolina A & T State University

1961 – 1962 MA in Economics     Atlanta University

1965 – 1971 PhD in Economics     University of Colorado

2006 – present:  Nonresident Fellow at Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research

2005 – present:  Holds the positions of President Emeritus and the Thomas/Patricia Frist Professor of Economics & Business at TSU in Nashville, Tennessee.