Lion Alum Arthur McClearin Wins Prestigious Award
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Texas A&M University-Commerce alum Arthur McClearin was named the recipient of the 2023 Diversity Broker-Dealer Champion Award by the Wall Street Project, which was founded in 1996 to challenge corporate America to end the multi-billion dollar trade deficit with minority vendors and consumers while working to ensure equal opportunities for culturally diverse employees, entrepreneurs and consumers. McClearin is a 1972 graduate of what was then known as East Texas State University, when he received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He has served in a number of roles since then, and has spent the last 26 years as the senior managing director of marketing at Siebert Williams Shank Co., LLC, a financial services firm with headquarters in New York City and Oakland, Calif.
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