After a 46-year career, Frank Clark, the man who rose from mailroom clerk to become Commonwealth Edison’s first African-American CEO and then chairman, will put in his last day Friday at the company that powers 3.4 million homes in Northern Illinois. The high school underachiever credits his mother for his success, his wife for pushing him and his service in the Vietnam War for changing his life’s ambitions and drive for an education.
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