Stedman Graham

Stedman Graham (born March 6, 1951 in Whitesboro, New Jersey) is an American educator, author, businessman and speaker, who has also served in the United States Army, although he is mainly known as the partner of media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Oprah and Stedman were engaged to be married in November 1992, but later decided they would rather have a spiritual union.

Education

He went to Middle Township High School and scored over 1,000 points for the boys varsity basketball team. After attending Weatherford College, he received a Bachelor's degree in social work from Hardin-Simmons University and received his Master's degree in education from Ball State University. Coker College awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humanities. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago Steadman Graham has a sister named Buffy who travels with him and a nephew named Marrico Austin.

Business career

Graham is an entrepreneur as CEO of S. Graham & Associates, a Chicago-based corporate and educational marketing and consulting firm. He is also founder of AAD (formerly, Athletes Against Drugs), a non-profit organization that provides services to underserved youth and has awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships since its founding in 1985. [Citation
url=http://www.executivebiz.com/newsletter-executives-detail.php?who=sgraham&d=070329
title=Executive Spotlight with Stedman Graham
publisher=ExecutiveBiz
accessdate=2008-08-22]

Media attention

Graham has been the subject of much gossip and publicity over the years, most notably through tabloid articles claiming to chronicle his ongoing relationship with Oprah. Many of these center around the idea of him being a gold digger.

Recently, his one-time connection to conservative commentator Armstrong Williams has received a great deal of media attention, the two having founded a public relations firm, the Graham-Williams Group some 14 years ago. Williams has been recently censured for accepting $250,000 in U.S. government funds for publicly praising the No Child Left Behind Act without admitting he had been paid to so do. Graham was not implicated, and although Williams has retained the company name, Graham has no financial interest in the firm. [Citation
url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/03/lkl.00.html
title=Interview With Stedman Graham
date=October 3, 2003
publisher=CNN
accessdate=2008-08-22 (Transcript)]

References

External links

* [http://www.stedmangraham.com/ Stedman Graham's home page]
* [http://www.joinaad.com/ Stedman Graham's Charity AAD home page]
* [http://www.bigspeak.com/stedman-graham.html Stedman Graham Profile Page] - Video clip, book listings, speaking topics.
* [http://www.executivebiz.com/newsletter-executives-detail.php?who=sgraham&d=070329 Stedman Graham's ExecutiveBiz Executive Spotlight Interview] - Executive Spotlight Interview
* [http://www.sduros.com/graham.html An interview with Stedman Graham]
* [http://www.healthywealthynwise.com/article.asp?Article=4020 Stedman Graham – Who Are You]
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/03/lkl.00.html CNN LARRY KING LIVE Interview With Stedman Graham]