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Named deputy secretary of state in 1993--the first black to hold the nation's second-highest foreign-policy post--Wharton later resigned because of excessive news leaks from the State Department, according to an article published by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF...
...Wharton's father, the late Clifton R. Wharton Sr., served as a U.S. Foreign Service officer--an inspiration for his son's involvement in the planning of this week's Marshall Plan symposium at Harvard. The elder Wharton was himself a ground-breaker, serving as the first U.S. career ambassador...
...younger Wharton first got involved in helping developing nations at his Commencement, where Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced his celebrated plan for European post-war reconstruction...
...Association for Asian Studies (AAS) awarded Wharton an honorary membership in 1995 in recognition of his contributions in business, education and government, and for his services as chair of the group's finance committee. In its announcement of the award, the AAS called Wharton "a member of a group of economists who pioneered American research and service in Southeast Asia...
...notice cited Wharton's service in economic development at the State Department and at the U.S. Agency for International Development as having "played a critical role in the solution of rural development programs, and demonstrated the importance of careful scholarship in policy development...