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Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr. (September 13, 1926 – November 16, 2024) was an American university president, corporate executive, and United States deputy secretary of state. [ 1 ] In his multiple careers, he was an African-American pioneer.
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. 1970 1978 Edgar L. Harden: 1978 1979 M. Cecil Mackey: 1979 1985 John A. DiBiaggio: 1985 1992 Gordon Guyer: 1992 1993 M. Peter McPherson: 1993 2004
Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. (May 11, 1899 – April 25, 1990) was an American diplomat, and the first African American diplomat to become an ambassador by rising through the ranks of the Foreign Service rather than by political appointment such as Frederick Douglass. [1]
Clifton Wharton may refer to: Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. (1899–1990), American lawyer and ambassador Clifton R. Wharton Jr. (1926–2024), deputy Secretary of State in Clinton Administration
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. was the first African American to hold the number two position in the State Department, Deputy Secretary of State from January 27 to November 8, 1973. He is the son of pioneering Foreign Service Officer Amb. Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. First African-American Assistant Secretary of State
He started his college education at Fordham University in the Bronx in 1964 but transferred to Wharton two years later. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics in May 1968.
Clifton R. Wharton Jr. January 27, 1993 November 8, 1993 Bill Clinton: 12 Strobe Talbott: February 22, 1994 January 19, 2001 13 Richard Armitage: March 26, 2001
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.