The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.

4/18/2006; 5/12/2006; 3/6/2007; 5/15/2007; 5/16/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2006.077

Economist and academic administrator Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. (1926 - ) became the first African American president of Michigan State University and headed the State University of New York. Wharton was also one of the first African American CEOs of a major Fortune 500 company when he led TIAA-CREF. Wharton was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/18/2006, 5/12/2006, 3/6/2007, 5/15/2007 and 5/16/2007, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 5; Total Tapes: 24; Total Run Time: 11h 17m 53s

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Wharton, Clifton R. (Clifton Reginald), Jr., 1926-

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Pioneering economist and corporate executive Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr. was born on September 13, 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Clifton R. Wharton, Sr., was the first African American to be named Career Ambassador of the United States Foreign Service where he serviced for over four decades. Being the son of a career diplomat, Wharton spent his early childhood years in the Canary Islands, Spain, being tutored by his mother where he became fluent in Spanish.In 1943, Wharton receiv...