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Solomon T. Miles |
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Mr. Miles attended the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL, before leaving the Air Force, majoring in Political Science. He then settled in Washington, D.C. in 1958 and went into business for himself as an Independent Salesman and Sales Manager with North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Over the next 12 years he completed courses in investments and life insurance at George Washington University. In 1969 Mr. Miles became the first African American, in over 100 years, to be awarded a Sales Managers franchise contract with Franklin Life Insurance Company. In 1975, he founded Solomon T. Miles and Associates, Inc., a financial planning and consulting firm. After thirty plus years in the financial planning and services field, he decided to gradually dissolve his practice and devote full time to the development of the organization he founded in 1986, The UPLIFT Community Foundation, Inc., where he currently serves as President and CEO.
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The UPLIFT Community Foundation, Inc. |
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A native of Cerro Gordo, North Carolina, Mr. Miles migrated to the Northeastern United States after high school graduation and enlisted with the United States Air Force. For the next four years, he served as an Informational and Education Specialist and then was assigned to an "on-the-job-training" program as a Radio Announcer. Upon completing this program he was then assigned to the Alaskan Network Radio station as a Disc Jockey, News Reporter, and Producer.
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