Clif Wharton is well known for his many firsts: He was the first African American to attend the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs; the first African American to receive a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago (1958)...…
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LOCAL LEGACY: 33 YEARS OF SERVICE SUNY Chancellor, Wife Brought Experience, Friends To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If not for the Whartons, would Rosalynn Carter have ever looked across world-famous Otsego Lake toward the Sleeping Lion? In 1978, when Clifton R. Wharton Jr. became SUNY chancellor, one of the functions he inherited was hosting a two-day retreat twice a year at The Otesaga for all 64 SUNY presidents. The first day was a work day,…
SUNNY EVERY YEAR, ORGANIZER SAYS Cooperstown Communes At 8th Annual Harvest Feast Dolores Wharton, left in top photo, and Elma Del Rosario each recognized a kindred spirit in the other late this afternoon at Cooperstown’s eighth annual Community Harvest Dinner: Both were wearing MIT gear. (In the background is Dolores’ husband, retired SUNY chancellor Clifton R. Wharton Jr.) Again this year, Main Street was closed off between Fair and Lake streets and 200-300 people participated in the Village of Cooperstown’s…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Whartons Best President, First Lady We Never Had To the Editor: Your newspaper did us all a great favor with its coverage of Dolores Wharton’s autobiography, which serves as a fine complement to her husband’s book. You have helped put the Whartons in their proper historical context – they were pillars in the advancement of minority meritocracy in the United States, moreso than any ballplayer in the Hall of Fame. Because, while Jackie Robinson proved that…
ON NORTH SEA RIG Ekofisk Trip Builds Camaraderie Among Phillips Petroleum Directors Editor’s Note: Dolores Wharton of Cooperstown and NYC, the SUNY system’s former First Lady, was the first black woman, as well as the first black, on a number of Fortune 500 boards. In her new memoir, “A Multicultural Life,” she describes Phillips Petroleum directors’ 1990 camaraderie-building trip to a North Sea oil rig, which helped “the old guard (adjust) to us interlopers.” By DOLORES WHARTON • from “A…
DOLORES WHARTON’S ‘MULTICULTURED LIFE’ From Harlem Aristocracy, She Reached Nation’s Heights By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lee Brathwaite, a rising executive as NYTel evolved into Verizon, found himself in a tough transition – from operations to sales. “It was the most challenging transition of my career,” said Brathwaite, now CEO of Apex Construction, a Harlem-based company building commercial and multiple-unit residential structures and a board member for the Golub Company, which operates Price Chopper. Among other…
EDITORIAL ‘There are no Caucasians present, though it would be difficult to distinguish them from many of those mingling in the mix of multi-hued wedding guests. Without exception, the guests are dressed fashionably, with stylish attire and stunning jewelry. The men are doctors, lawyers and undertakers; the women are school teachers and social workers … (The) waitstaff make their way through the crowd, bearing silver trays laden with chicken and crab croquettes, creamed sweetbreads on toast points, and slices of…