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Since his Commencement a half-century ago, Clifton R. Wharton Jr. '47 has filled a roster of accomplishments...
...less than 50 years, Wharton went from working as the first black on Harvard's radio station to becoming the first black deputy secretary of state, under President Clinton...
...three different careers, and in each of them I found it necessary to use all of the education as well as the experience I've had before," Wharton said in an interview from his New York home. "I used everything I had, including my experience at Harvard...
...Wharton's education beyond the College included a master's from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1948, and a master's and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1956 and 1958, respectively...
After working at several foundations as an economist assisting developing nations in Latin America and Southeast Asia, Wharton served as president of Michigan State University from 1970 to 1978, and then as chancellor of the State University of New York, the nation's largest university system. He holds 51 honorary degrees...