- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 14 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Dolores D. Wharton
- Dolores D. Wharton
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003150833
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dolores D. Wharton.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
051412
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 July 14.
Recorded New York, New York 2016 October 4.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Foundation Chief Executive.
- Added Author
Wharton, Dolores D., interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.