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Anthony Welters
Anthony Welters (born 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. Welters Lobby, inside New York University School of Law's Vanderbilt Hall, is now named for him. He is a 1977 graduate of the school. His portrait, which hangs in the lobby, was painted by Jamie Lee McMahan. Early life Welters was born in Harlem in 1955. He grew in a one-room tenement with three brothers. His father worked as a shipping clerk in Garment District, Manhattan, Manhattan's garment district. His mother died, from an allergic reaction to a penicillin injection, when Welters was eight years old. He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1977. Career Welters is the executive chairman of the BlackIvy Group. With his wife, Beatrice, he founded the AnBryce Scholarship Program, which provides full scholarships for first-generation students pursuing a professional degree. Welters is vice chair of New York University's board of trustees, as well as that of the John F. Kennedy Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and East 96th Street. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish and Italian Americans in the late 19th century, while African-American residents began to arrive in large numbers during the Great Migration in the early 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem were the center of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
