| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.  Born: 13-Sep-1926
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Educator, Government
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92 First black CEO of a Fortune 500 company (TIAA-CREF in 1987). Father: Clifton R. Wharton (diplomat)
Mother: Harriette Banks (chemistry professor, social worker)
Brother: William B. Wharton
Brother: (one other)
Sister: (one)
Wife: Dolores Duncan (former CEO, Fund for Corporate Initiatives, m. 1950, two sons)
Son: Clifton R. Wharton, III (d. 2000)
Son: Bruce Wharton
High School: Boston Latin School
University: BA History, Harvard University (entered at age 16, graduated 1947)
University: MA International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University (1948)
University: MA Economics, University of Chicago (1956)
University: PhD Economics, University of Chicago (1958)
Professor: Visiting Professor, Economics, University of Malaya (early 1960s)
Professor: Economics, Stanford University (1964-65)
Administrator: President, Michigan State University (1970-78)
Professor: Economics, Michigan State University (1970-78)
Administrator: Chancellor, State University of New York (1978-87)
TIAA-CREF CEO (1987-93)
US Deputy Secretary of State (1993)
US Official Advisory Commission on Trade Policy and Negotiations (1991)
US Official Co-chairman, Commission on Security and Economic Assistance (1983-?)
US Official Commission on World Hunger (1978-80)
US State Department Chairman, Board for International Food & Agricultural Development (1976-83)
US Official Presidential Mission to Latin America (1969)
US State Department Advisory Panel on East Asia & the Pacific (1966-69)
US Official Presidential Task Force on Agriculture in Vietnam (1966)
Agricultural Development Council VP (1966-70)
Agricultural Development Council Associate (1958-64)
American Assembly Trustee
Member of the Board of Burroughs
Member of the Board of Equitable Life Assurance Society
Member of the Board of Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Member of the Board of Federated Department Stores
Member of the Board of Ford Motors
Member of the Board of New York Stock Exchange
Member of the Board of Tenneco
Member of the Board of TIAA-CREF (as Chairman)
Member of the Board of Time Warner
Member of the Board of Harcourt General
Aspen Institute Trustee
Asia Society Trustee
Council on Foreign Relations Trustee
Rockefeller Foundation Trustee (1970-87, as Chairman 1982-87)
Museum of Modern Art Trustee
Author of books:
Subsistence Agriculture and Economic Development (1969, economics, editor)
Community and Change: Academic Greatness Under Stress (1971, education)
Patterns for Lifelong Learning (1973, education, with Theodore M. Hesburgh)
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