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Dr. Wesley Clement Is Man Of Numerous Interests
By Audrey C. Lodato
Pest Staff Writer
Dr. Wesley Clement,
Charlotte ophthalmologist,
is a man of many interests
and many abilities. Presi
dent of the Charlotte Busi
ness League for the second
year, Dr. Clement has been
chosen as onp of this year’s
Black History Month Achi
evers by The Post.
Community involvement
is a vital aspect of life for
the eye strgeon. “As a
resident, you naturally
want to help out,” he com
mented. “Becoming in
volved enables you to learn
slot about what goes on in
the community, other than
die confines of your busi
ness or profession. I like
meeting people, working
with people,” he added. ^
Raised in Durham, Dr.
Clement went to Atlanta to
attend Morehouse College.
He is a graduate of Mehar
ry Medical College in Nash
viOe. St. Louis is where he
did his internship
and residency at Homer
G. Phillips Hospital. In
August, 1975, Dr. Clement
opened hjs practice in oph
thalmology in Charlotte,the
first Mack eye surgeon in
the city.
A member of the Char
lotte Business League since
its inception in 1977, Cle
would like to see the
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Dr. Wesley Clement
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major in biology and pre
med.
It wasn’t until his intern
ship, however, that be con
sidered specializing in oph
thalmology. He intended to
go into general surgery,
but “it just so happened
that Homer G. Phillips had
a good ophthalmology pro
gram," be explained.
Unlike many other phy
sicians, Dr. Clement main
tains a practice by himself.
“Ophthamology is not as
demanding as some spe
cialties, in that there isn’t
much night work," he
noted. He likes the combi
nation of office work and
surgery that his practice
entails Another aspect of
his profession that he en
joys is being able to see
results.
Dr. Clement remarked
that other physicians rare
ly treat eye diseases, and
there isn't any overlap with
other surgeries, as there
often is in other medical
specialties. His focus on
one organ, the eye, has
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been “very intriguing” and
influenced his decision to
embark on the ophthalmo
logic specialty.
Dr. Clement is active in
his church, First Baptist
West on Oaklawn Avenue.
He was the church’s 1963
Man of the Year and has
just come off the Board of
Directors. He also served
on the Civil Service Board
and the Boardof Friends of
Fourth Ward. Clement is a
member of Alpha Phi Al
pha Fraternity and the Ma
sons, Zechariah Alexander
number 833 Lodge, Char
lotte Consistory number 35,
and Rameses Temple num
ber 51.
Dr. Clement's wife, Gi
nise, is a Charkrtte-Meck
ienburg teacher who works
at the teachers’ learning
resource center on West
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Their five children - Benny,
17; Wesley, Jr., 15; Billy
and John, »; and Nikki, 7 -
all attend Charlotte
schools. The Clements
make their home in Fourth
Ward.
Carolina Launches Major
Minority Scholar Program
CHAPEL HILL - The
University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill is
launching a major effort
this semester to attract
some of the nation's most
promising Mack scholars.
Object of the effort is to
increase the number of
highly qualified minority
applicants for faculty open
ings on campus.
Dr: G. Philip Manire,
vice chancellor and dean of
the Graduate School, said
on Wednesday night at a
reception for the nine 1964
85 scholars that the pres
sure is enormous among
major American universi
ties for the best and bright
est minority faculty mem
bers.
“The number of minority
scholars going into gradu
ate education is dropping,
so we intend to use the
postdoctoral training ap
proach so successfully em
ployed by medical schools
and the sciences,” be said.
University Chancellor
Christopher C. Fordham
III said: “We believe this
-
postdoctoral program is
unique in American higher
education. We think it is
the first and only program
of its type designed to give
minority scholars in the
humanities the opportunity
to concentrate on specia
lized research at this kind
of institution before they
begin a teaching career in
higher education.”
The local participant in
the program is:
-Barbara A. Williams of
Charlotte, a scholar in phy
sics and astronomy. She
graduated from UNC
Greensboro and earned her
master’s and her PH.D.
from the University of
Maryland.
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