Privilege and prejudice : the life of a black pioneer / Clifton R. Wharton Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wharton, Clifton R., Jr., 1926-2024, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economists--Biography.

Economists.

College administrators--Biography.

College administrators.

Public officers--Biography.

Public officers.

Wharton, Clifton R., Jr., 1926-2024.

Wharton, Clifton R.

United States.

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

College Retirement Equities Fund.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Privilege and Prejudice is a stereotype-defying autobiography. It reveals a Black man whose good fortune in birth and heritage and opportunity of time and place helped him to forge breakthroughs in four separate careers. Clifton R. Wharton Jr. entered Harvard at age 16. The first Black student accepted to the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins, he went on to receive a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago-another first. For twenty-two years he promoted agricultural development in Latin America and Southeast Asia, earning a post as chairman of the Rockefe

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1. The Beginning: Genesis and Youth; Chapter 2. The Student: College Years; Chapter 3. The Young Economist: The AIA, Dolores Duncan, and Chicago; Chapter 4. The Development Economist 1: The ADC in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Southeast Asia; Chapter 5. The Development Economist 2: Back in the United States; Chapter 6. The President of MSU 1: The Start and Student Demonstrations; Chapter 7. The President of MSU 2: Developing a Pluralistic University; Chapter 8. The President of MSU 3: Enrichment, Athletics, and Politics

Chapter 9. The Chancellor of SUNY 1: Building a Higher Education SystemChapter 10. The Chancellor of SUNY 2: Excellence, Flexibility, and Independence; Chapter 11. The Chair and CEO of TIAA-CREF: Promoting a Future Agenda; Chapter 12. The Secretary: Department of State; Chapter 13. The Retiree: Roles, Recognitions, and Reflections; Epilogue; Appendix 1. East Asian and Pacific Affairs Committee, U.S. Department of State, 1966-68; Appendix 2. Friends and Professional Colleagues at African-American Dialogues, Nairobi, November 1968

Appendix 3. MSU All-University Presidential Search and Selection Committee, 1969Appendix 4. MSU Presidential Fellows Reunion, May 31-June 2, 1996; Appendix 5. MSU Commission on Admissions, 1970-71; Appendix 6. Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees, 1970; Appendix 7. U.S.-Latin American Commission, 1974-76; Appendix 8. Presidential Commission on World Hunger, 1978; Appendix 9. Independent Commission on the Future of SUNY, 1984-85; Appendix 10. Department of State, USAID Task Force Members, 1993; Appendix 11. Asia Society Study Group on Taiwan in East Asia, 1996

Appendix 12. Commission on New York State Student Financial Aid, 1998-2000Appendix 13. New York Stock Exchange Special Committee on Market Structure, Governance, and Ownership, 1999-2000; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2015).

ISBN:

1-62895-232-6

1-60917-460-7

OCLC:

918992975