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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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 Rockefeller Foundation. He again pioneered higher education firsts as president of Michigan State University and chancellor of the sixty-four-campus State University of New York system. As chairman and CEO of TIAA-CREF, he was the first Black CEO of a Fortune 500 company. His commitment to excellence culminated in his appointment as deputy secretary of state during the Clinton administration. A remarkable story of persistence and courage, Privilege and Prejudice also documents the challenges of competing in a society where obstacles, negative expectations, and stereotypical thinking remained stubbornly in place. An absorbing and candid narrative, it describes a most unusual childhood, a remarkable family, and a historic career |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Wharton, Clifton R., 1926-
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Wharton, Clifton R., 1926- fast |
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Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.
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College Retirement Equities Fund.
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College Retirement Equities Fund fast |
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Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association fast |
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African American men -- Biography
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African American politicians -- Biography
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Chief executive officers -- United States -- Biography
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African American college presidents -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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African American college presidents
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African American men
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African American politicians
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Chief executive officers
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United States
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781609174606 |
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1609174607 |
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9781628952322 |
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1628952326 |
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9781628962321 |
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1628962321 |
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