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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dolores D. Wharton
Dolores D. Wharton
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| Other authors / contributors: | Wharton, Dolores D., interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2016 July 14.
Recorded New York, New York 2016 October 4.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Foundation chief executive Dolores Duncan Wharton was born on September 13, 1926 in New York City, New York. She received her B.A. degree in fine arts from Chicago State University in the 1960s. Wharton married pioneering corporate executive, Clifton Wharton, in 1950, and became first lady of Michigan State University in 1969. In 1971, Wharton was appointed by President Gerald Ford to the National Council on the Arts. Wharton began her corporate career in 1974, when she became the first woman and first Black elected to the board of Michigan Bell Telephone. She later became the first woman and first Black elected to the boards of Kellogg, Philips Petroleum, and Gannett. At Kellogg and Philips, Wharton initiated and chaired both company's first social responsibility committees. Wharton established the Fund for Corporate Initiative, a nonprofit devoted to strengthening the role of minorities and women in the corporate world, in 1980.
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