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Former Pension Fund Chairman to Speak at Wake Forest's Founders' Day % v Clifton Wharton Jr., who headed the world's largest pension fund before serving as President Clinton's deputy secretary of state, will he the Founders' Day speaker at Wake Forest University Feb 3. Wharton will deliver his speech, "Prevenuve Diplomacy," at 11am. in Wait Chapel. Admission is free and the pub lic is invited. ' A son of the natiopJ<fIrst black career ambassador, Wharton has enjoyed his own career of Firsts dur ing success in business, education, econorhic development and govern ment service. Although he did not follow his father into the foreign service, Wharton has been associated with five presidents. He spent 1 9V3 in the second spot under Secretary of State War ren Christopher, earning recognition as the highest -ranking black offi t cial in Suite Department history. Wharton left the department at the end of the year. He held foreign ? policy appointments under Presi dents Bush, Ford, Carter and John son. ? Before joining the Clinton administration, Wharton spend six Clifton R. Wharton Jr. years as chairman and chief execu tive officer of TIAA-CREF, the non-profit company that manages college employees' pension money. Upon his resignation, Newsweek magazine praised his leadership of the fund, declaring that "the 1.6 million-member orga nisation has undergone a dramatic six -year transformation that has doubled its assets to an eye-popping $113 billion." When Wharton arrived at TIAA-CREF, he became the first black to head a Fortune 100 com pany. He had already been: the first black to be chancellor of a predomi nantly white major university (Michigan State University); the first black to chair the board of a major foundation (the Rockefeller Foundation); the first black Ameri can to receive a Ph.D. in economics at the Unlversity of Chicago. He also earned a bachelor of arts in history at Harvard and a mas ter of arts in international relations at John Hopkins. Wharton spent much of his early career in agricultural and eco nomic development in Latin Ameri can and Asia, working for the Rock efeller family's philanthropic interests. After his rise to the top leader ship position in international devel opment, Wharton became chancel lor of Michigan State in 1970. , Eight years later, he was named chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), a network of research, technical, medical, and liberal arts and community college institutions. He assumed the reins of TIAA CREF in 19876, immediately after leaving SUNY's top position. wSelf-Help Seminar to Focus on Prevention Js anyone in your family affected by heart disease? Arthritis? Diabetes? Alzheimer's? Osteoporo sis' C,uiH;er'> Or ;m: you concerned about preventing one of these major dis eases' * iTie Northwest North Carolina f amily Living Division and the North Carolina Cooperative Exten \mii Service is spunsoi ing a seminar entitled "Self Care = Health Care," Feb at the Forsyth Extension .Center in VV inston-Salem from 10 to "V 1 5 p.nf'K The keynote address will be given by Dr. Joe Koncn MD with the Wake Forest Family Physicians, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. can do to maintain health and pre vent disease. Six concurreM sessions will follow on diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, arthritis, and osteoporosis. You will learn how each condi lion affects the body and what you can do to reduce your risk Of being affected. Also, what you could to the help a family member with one Of these major health problems. A special highlight of the day will be the "To Your Health Lunch" prepared by Chef Don McMillian of Simple Elegance Catering and the Stocked Pot in Winston -Salem. The $5 registration fee includes all seminar sessions as well as the heart healthy lunch? Registration is due by Jan 24. For registration information, call Martha Isenberg, home economics agent, at 767-8213. ill III! TENNESSEE INI Kools ol s\CC [cnnessce's isuido to African \inei ican historical sights am) c\ cuts. 5 on II he ihic ! t > C\pliMV ;hc?\l'rk'?m \nici ;can nuisic. art. education. Mail this coupon or call 1 -SOO-636-S I (K). o\t. 427 tor > our tree Roots of Tennessee historical .guide toda\. ~i .tine M.lk' Zip I Mail io: lennessee Tiuirisi Development | P.O. Box UPO. Dept. RTI4. Nasln ille. TN 372(0 j I k *i ?! Harris teeter MEANS 10W PRICES REDUCED PRICES CHUCK ROAST LB. TYSON FRESH FRYER-GRADE "A BREAST QUARTERS UMIT 2 WITH ADDITIONAL PURCHASE ALL NATURAL HUNTER CREAM 1 " f 64 OZ. 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