Anthony Welters | |
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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Harlem, New York, U.S. |
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.[1]
Welters was born in Harlem in 1955.[2] He grew in a one-room tenement with three brothers.[3] His father worked as a shipping clerk in Manhattan's garment district. His mother died, from an allergic reaction to a penicillin injection, when Welters was eight years old.[2]
He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1977.[1]
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.[1]
Welters is vice chair of New York University's board of trustees,[4] as well as that of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a founding member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[1]
He is executive vice-president of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), having founded its predecessor, AmeriChoice, in 1989.[3]
Welters has received the National Medical Fellowships Humanitarian Award, the Horatio Alger Award and the African American Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Award.[3]
Welters provided a $267,000 loan to Clarence Thomas in connection with the Supreme Court Justice's purchase of a luxury recreational vehicle.[5] It is unclear to what extent Thomas paid back the loan, but some of the loan was forgiven.[6]
In 2019, the lobby of the NYU School of Law's Vanderbilt Hall was named in his honor.[1]