| Summary: | Corporate executive and technology entrepreneur Robert D. Blackwell, Sr. was born on July 28, 1937, in Eastville, Virginia. He attended Rosemont Elementary and graduated from Radnor High School in 1955. With an athletic scholarship to Wichita State University, Blackwell graduated with his B.A. degree in psychology in 1966. That year, Blackwell went to work at IBM as a systems engineer, and in 1970, joined the IBM sales force. After serving as IBM's highest-ranking black executive, Blackwell and his son, Robert Blackwell, Jr., formed Blackwell Consulting in 1992. In addition to being a co-founder and chairman of Blackwell Consulting, Blackwell served as its co-CEO. Blackwell Consulting offered a range of IT services and generated annual revenues in excess of $37 million per year. Blackwell also served on the board of the Creative Arts Foundation, Joel Hall Dancers, the Dusable Museum, and supported many non-profit arts organizations and community initiatives.
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