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Recipients of Honors

Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., has had outstanding careers in foreign economic development, higher education, and business. As former chair and chief executive officer of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund, he was the first African American to head a Fortune 100 service company. From 1987 to 1993, he oversaw a total reorganization of TIAA-CREF's corporate structure and management, doubling the corporation's assets.

Prior to heading TIAA-CREF, Dr. Wharton served for nine years as chancellor of the State University of New York. Before accepting the SUNY chancellorship, Dr. Wharton was president of Michigan State University for eight years, the first African American to head a major predominately white campus in the U.S. He came to higher education after a distinguished 22-year career in foreign economic development in Latin America and Southeast Asia with the Rockefeller family's philanthropic interests.

The son of a career diplomat, Dr. Wharton entered Harvard University at age 16, receiving his bachelor's degree in history in 1947. He was the first African American to be admitted to The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, receiving his M.A. in international affairs in 1948. He also holds an M.A. in economics and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. In addition, he has received 58 honorary degrees.

Dr. Wharton has long been active in U.S. foreign policy and has held key appointments under five presidents, the most recent a brief stint in 1993 as President Clinton's Deputy Secretary of State.

Dr. Wharton is a member of the National Academy of Education, the Committee for Economic Development, and numerous professional associations. From 1981-82, he was chair of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. From 1970 to 1987, he served as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation, becoming chair in 1982.

Among his many awards are the inaugural Black History Makers Award; the Frederick Douglass Medallion, the New York Urban League's highest honor; the President's Award on World Hunger; the Rockefeller Institute Public Service Medal; and the American Council on Education's Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement.

It is with great pride that Ohio State honors the many achievements and contributions of this eminent economist and administrator.

Wilbur A. Gould
Distinguished Service Award

Wilbur A. Gould, professor emeritus of horticulture, spent nearly four decades as a teacher, researcher, and scholar at Ohio State. As founder and now director emeritus of the university's Food Industries Center, he became nationally known for providing qualified graduates to work in the food industry as well as a practical research base to improve the industry's competitiveness.

A native of New Hampshire, he received a bachelor of science in horticulture from the University of New Hampshire and master of science and doctorate degrees from Ohio State. He joined the Ohio State faculty in 1946 as an instructor in food processing and technology and was named full professor in 1958. He became director of the newly formed Food Industries Center in 1981, serving until his retirement in 1985.

During his tenure on Ohio State's faculty, he advised 324 undergraduates, 134 master's degree students, and 72 Ph.D. candidates. He has written six books, co-authored 10, and published more than 160 scientific, technical, and trade journal publications. He continues to serve as executive director of Mid-American Food Processors Association and has his own firm, WAGCO Consultants to the Food Industries.

Dr. Gould has long been an enthusiastic advocate for Ohio State's food technology programs. He was instrumental in obtaining funding for the construction of Howlett Hall, which now houses the Food Industries Center. As chair of the center's Endowed Haas Chair Committee, he raised more than $1 million to form one of the nation's first endowed research chairs in food processing and technology. He is currently serving as honorary chair of the New Food Science and Technology Building Fund Drive.

Among the many honors conferred on Dr. Gould are the American Society of Horticulture Science's prestigious Norman F. Childers Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching; the Ohio Food Processors' H.D. Brown Man of the Year Award; and the International Food Processing Machinery and Suppliers Association's Leadership and Service Award. He was inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Ohio State Farm Science Review Hall of fame in 1991.

It is with profound gratitude that Ohio State adds one more honor to those already received by this exceptional member of the university community.