Clifton Wharton Jr., MSU’s 1st Black president, dies

Clifton Wharton Jr., MSU’s first Black president, dies at 98
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., Michigan State University’s first Black president, has died. He was 98 years old. The university announced his death late Saturday. The Detroit News reported Wharton died from some form of cancer.
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EAST LANSING — Clifton Wharton Jr., a former Michigan State University president whose name and memory are tied to MSU's Wharton Center, died Saturday. He was 98, MSU’s president from 1970-1978, and a man of many firsts.
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Clifton Wharton Jr., first Black president of MSU, dies at 98
Former Michigan State University President Clifton R. Wharton Jr., who served as the first Black president of a major U.S.