A multicategory trailblazer, Clifton Wharton Jr. taught people never to accept anyone else’s limits for our achievement. The ...

He was the first African American to become president of a large white university, C.E.O. of a major corporation and deputy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., Michigan State University’s first Black president, has died. He was 98 ...

Wharton guided the opening of 2 colleges and held a 'steadfast commitment to creating a ‘pluralistic university,' said MSU ...

EAST LANSING — Clifton Wharton Jr., a former Michigan State University president whose name and memory are tied to MSU's ...

Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr, MSU’s first Black president and a community leader and pioneer, has died at the age of 98. During ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Clifton R. Wharton Jr., former Michigan State University president and all-around pioneer, has passed ...

Clifton Wharton Jr., former President of Michigan State University, died at 98. He served as MSU President from 1970 until ...

Clifton R. Wharton Jr., who shattered racial barriers in a multifaceted career in education, international development and business, serving as the first Black president of a major, predominantly ...

Clifton R. Wharton Jr., former Michigan State University president and pioneer, is dead at the age of 98, the school said.

Clifton R. Wharton Jr., the first Black President at Michigan State University and philanthropic figure, has died at age 98.