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James C. Wheat, Jr., of Richmond — prominent businessman and stockbroker, patron of the disabled, benefactor of higher education, and tireless advocate for human-serving causes — will be the 1986 recipient of the Outstanding Virginian Award at ceremonies May 10 at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center, near Front Royal.
Acclaimed professionally for spearheading the expansion of his father’s successful J. C. Wheat & Company, now Wheat, First Securities, Inc., to major brokerage status with scores of offices in five mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia, Wheat, blind since age 23, has continually chaired projects and served on boards benefiting blind persons, disabled persons, church schools, hospitals, performing arts,
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