IN RETIREMENT

Help for Consumers Who Run Into Problems

By DEBRA E. BLUM

Velma Speight-Buford

Highlights of academic career

Ms. Speight-Buford, 71, had a varied career, including time as a high-school teacher, state education administrator, and head of education programs at two universities. She retired in 1997 after four years as the director of alumni affairs at her alma...

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