Background
Graves, Earl Gilbert was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, FINANCE0. Son of Earl Godwin and Winifred (Sealy) Graves.
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(How to Succeed in Business without Being White: Straight Talk on Making it in America ) Author: Earl G. Graves Mar-2011
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How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America Reprint edition by Graves, Earl G. (1998) Paperback
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How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America Graves, Earl G. ( Author ) { Paperback } 1998
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How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America
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How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America Hardcover January, 1997
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Earl Gilbert Graves
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Bachelor in Economics, Morgan State University, Baltimore, 1958. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Morgan State University, Baltimore, 1973. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rust College, 1974.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wesleyan University, 1982. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dowling College, 1980. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Virginia Union University, 1976.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Florida Memorial College, 1978. Doctor of Laws (honorary), J.C. Smith University, 1979. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Hampton Institute, 1979.
PhDBA (honorary), Bryant College, 1983. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Talladega College, 1983. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Baruch College, 1984.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Josephs, New York City, 1985. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Alabama State University, 1985. HHD (honorary), Morehouse College, 1986.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mercy College, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Iona College, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Elizabeth City State University, 1987.
Distributed control system (honorary), Suffolk University, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lincoln University, 1988.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Center State University, 1988. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Meharry Medical College, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Howard University, 1989.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Livingstone College, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northwood Institute, 1991. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Düsseldorf.C., 1991.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tougaloo University, 1992. Data Control Language (honorary), University South, 1993. Data Control Language (honorary), University Vermont, 1994.
Degree (honorary), North Carolina Central University, 1997. Degree (honorary), Manhattanville College, 1998.
Career
Administrative assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, 1965-1968. Owner management consultant firm, 1968-1970. Founder, Chief Executive Officer Black Enterprise Magazine, New York City, 1970—2005, chairman, publisher, since 2006.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Pepsi-Cola of Washington, L.P., chairman customer advisory and ethnic marketing committee. President Earl G. Graves Public Company, Inc., since 1998. Board directors Rohm & Haas Corporation, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Magazine Public Association, New York State Urban Development Corporation, National Supplier Development Council, New American Schools Development Corporation, Glass Ceiling Commission, TransAfrica Forum, Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Federated Department Stores, Inc., The Automated Meter Reading Corporation (American Airlines).
Keynote speaker for small and large corporations, public and non-profit sectors of business in American.
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- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America Graves, Earl G. ( Author ) { Paperback } 1998
- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in Am
- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America by Earl G. Graves (1998-04-21)
- (How to Succeed in Business without Being White: Straight Talk on Making it in America ) Author: Earl G. Graves Mar-2011
- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America Reprint edition by Graves, Earl G. (1998) Paperback
- How To Succeed in Business Without Being White by Earl G. Graves (1997-04-29)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America
- How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America Hardcover January, 1997
Membership
Member advisory council Character Education Partnership. Board directors New American Schools Development Corporation, TransAfrica Forum, Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation, American Museum Natural History and Planetarium, trustee. National commissioner scouting Boy Scouts American.
Board trustees Howard University, Washington. Member visiting committee Harvard University John F. Kennedy School Government. Member President's Committee Small and Minority Business.
Member national advisory board National Underground R.R. Freedom Center. Trustee Howard University, Committee for Economic Development. Member president's council for business administration University Vermont Captain United States Army, 1958-1960.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (board directors special contributions fund, Spingarn medal 1999), Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American Institute for Public Service (board selectors), Interracial Council Business Opportunity (award), Young President Organization, Magazine Publications Association (director), Advertising Council, Business Marketing Corporation New York City, New York Economics Club (trustee), Sigma Pi Phi, Omega Psi Phi. Clubs: New York Economic (trustee).
Connections
Married Barbara Kydd, July 2, 1960. Children: Earl Gilbert, John, Michael.
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Democrat
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Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1969, Scroll of Honor, National Medical Association, 1971, National award of excellence United States Department Commerce, 1972, Public for Freedom award Operation People United to Save Humanity, Black Achiever award Talk magazine, 1972, Key award National Association Black Mistress, 1972, Chicago Economic Development Corporation award, 1974, National Alliance Black School Educators award, 1974, Silver Antelope award Boy Scouts American, 1988, Silver Buffalo award Boy Scouts American, 1988, Free Enterprise award International Franchise Association, 1991, Entrepreneurial Excellence award Dow Jones & Company, 1992, Ernst & Young New York City Entrepreneur of Year award, 1995, Science and Industry Division award Brooklyn Public Library.'s Centennial Celebration, 1997, award DRUM Organisation/Bell Atlantic Corporation, 1998, Marietta Tree award for public service, Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc., 1998, Charlse Evans Hughes gold medal National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1998, Ronal H. Brown Leadership award Department Commerce Minority Business Development Agency, 1998, New York Black 100 award Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Black New Yorkers/Black Consortium, 1998, Merrick-Moore Spaulding National Achievement award North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company-100th Anniversary, 1998, Legacy award Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation/Rush Communications, 1998. Named one of Ten Most Outstanding Minority Businessman in Country by President United States, 1973, Outstanding Citizen of Year, Omega Psi Phi, 1974, also one of 200 Future Leaders of Country, Time magazine, Outstanding Black Businessman, National Business League, one of 100 Most Influential Black Americans, Ebony magazine, 2006. Poynter fellow Yale University, 1978. Inducted National Sales Hall of Fame, 1995, Morgan State University Hall of Fame, 1998.Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1969, Scroll of Honor, National Medical Association, 1971, National award of excellence United States Department Commerce, 1972, Public for Freedom award Operation People United to Save Humanity, Black Achiever award Talk magazine, 1972, Key award National Association Black Mistress, 1972, Chicago Economic Development Corporation award, 1974, National Alliance Black School Educators award, 1974, Silver Antelope award Boy Scouts American, 1988, Silver Buffalo award Boy Scouts American, 1988, Free Enterprise award International Franchise Association, 1991, Entrepreneurial Excellence award Dow Jones & Company, 1992, Ernst & Young New York City Entrepreneur of Year award, 1995, Science and Industry Division award Brooklyn Public Library.'s Centennial Celebration, 1997, award DRUM Organisation/Bell Atlantic Corporation, 1998, Marietta Tree award for public service, Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc., 1998, Charlse Evans Hughes gold medal National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1998, Ronal H. Brown Leadership award Department Commerce Minority Business Development Agency, 1998, New York Black 100 award Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Black New Yorkers/Black Consortium, 1998, Merrick-Moore Spaulding National Achievement award North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company-100th Anniversary, 1998, Legacy award Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation/Rush Communications, 1998. Named one of Ten Most Outstanding Minority Businessman in Country by President United States, 1973, Outstanding Citizen of Year, Omega Psi Phi, 1974, also one of 200 Future Leaders of Country, Time magazine, Outstanding Black Businessman, National Business League, one of 100 Most Influential Black Americans, Ebony magazine, 2006. Poynter fellow Yale University, 1978.
Inducted National Sales Hall of Fame, 1995, Morgan State University Hall of Fame, 1998.