Former Pension Fund Chairman to
Speak at Wake Forest's Founders' Day
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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.
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entitled "Self Care = Health Care,"
Feb at the Forsyth Extension
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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.
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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.
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