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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Fletcher "Flash" Wiley
Fletcher "Flash" Wiley
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| Other authors / contributors: | Wiley, Fletcher, 1942- interviewee.
Hayden, Robert C., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Robert Hayden, interviewer.
Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2004 October 15.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Lawyer Fletcher "Flash" Wiley was born on November 29, 1942. Wiley attended the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he earned his nickname on the football field and was the Academy's first black Fulbright Scholar. After serving in the Air Force as a captain, he earned his M.P.P. degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. Wiley went on to establish the law firm of Budd, Reilly and Wiley, the largest minority-dominant firm in New England. He later served as vice president and general counsel of PRWT Services, Inc., and then as counsel to the law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP and chairman and chief executive officer of the Centaurus Group, LLC. Wiley also served as president and national chairman of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association and founded the Governor's Commission on Minority Business Development.
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