What is Clifton R. Wharton Jr.?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr. | image= CRW JR 1987.JPG | order=11th | title=[[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] | term_start=January 27, 1993 | term_end=November 8, 1993 | president=[[Bill Clinton]] | predecessor=[[Lawrence Eagleburger]] | successor=[[Strobe Talbott]] | birth_date={{Birth date|1926|09|13}} | birth_place=[[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date={{death date and age|2024|11|17|1926|9|13}} | death_place=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | profession= | party= }} '''Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr.''' (September 13, 1926 &ndash; November 17, 2024) was an [[United States|American]] university president, corporate executive and former [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]]<ref>{{Cite document | publication-date = 1992-12-23 | title = THE TRANSITION; CHRISTOPHER AND ASPIN NAMED FOR STATE DEPT. AND PENTAGON | work = [[The New York Times]] | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0D7133FF930A15751C1A964958260 | access-date = 2008-08-11 | first=Gwen | last=Ifill | date = 23 December 1992 }}</ref> Wharton Jr. died from [[cancer]] in [[New York City]] on November 16, 2024, at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite news |title=Black American Pioneer, Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr, Dies At 98. |url=https://www.accesswire.com/943743/black-american-pioneer-dr-clifton-r-wharton-jr-dies-at-98 |access-date=17 November 2024 |publisher=Accesswire |date=17 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clifton R. Wharton Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers, Is Dead at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/politics/clifton-r-wharton-jr-dead.html |access-date=17 November 2024 |publisher=The New York Times |date=17 November 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wharton, Clifton R.}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:United States Deputy Secretaries of State]] [[Category:Politicians from Boston]] [[Category:Politicians from Chicago]] {{us-bio-stub}}