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Edward Treanor, a 31-year-old civil servant, was enjoying a New Year's Eve drink with his new girlfriend at her pub, the Clifton Tavern in Catholic North Belfast. At 9:07 p.m. two masked men, one armed with a submachine gun, the other with a pistol, burst in and began firing indiscriminately at the customers. Treanor was hit in the head and died before he could greet the new year--a new year that starts off with an ill omen for peace in Northern Ireland...
Since his Commencement a half-century ago, Clifton R. Wharton Jr. '47 has filled a roster of accomplishments...
Wharton's father, the late Clifton R. Wharton Sr., served as a U.S. Foreign Service officer--an inspiration for his son's involvement in the planning of this week's Marshall Plan symposium at Harvard. The elder Wharton was himself a ground-breaker, serving as the first U.S. career ambassador...
...Clifton came from a very strong family. "They were incredibly strong people who motivated all their children--including Clifton--very well," says William S. Ellis '44-'46, a general civil practitioner in law and a lifelong friend of Wharton. "I always knew that he was very bright, got along very well with people and was a hard worker...
...What I saw in Clifton thereafter is what I'd already seen in his family," Ellis says...