found: African American National Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Amos, Wally; Wallace Amos Jr.; entrepreneur, orator, airman, autobiographer / memoirist; born 01 July 1936 in Tallahassee, Florida, United States; joined the U.S. Air Force and earned his GED High School Equivalency Diploma while in the Air Force; took retail and merchandising classes at New York University; worked as a clerk in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency; started the Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Company (1975); national spokesperson for Literacy Volunteers of America; became involved in nonprofit organizations, including Cities in Schools, the Aloha United Way, and the Napoleon Hill Foundation (1979); started the Chip & Cookie Company (1991); started another cookie venture, the Uncle Nonamé Cookie Company; received honorary doctorate in education from Johnson and Wales University, the President's Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, and the National Literacy Honors Award; published several books, including his autobiography)