Lee, Rotan E. Philadelphia Tribune, The 08-20-2004 James E. Nevels, chairman of the School Reform Commission, immediately impresses you with his clear tenor, calm demeanor and blazing fire in the eyes. His resolve, to fill a void left gapingly open by an unjust racism, makes him larger than life - a man invested with an awesome truth and the courage to tell it. A Bucknell undergraduate, MBA and law degrees from University of Pennsylvania and founder of successful money management firm The Swarthmore Group, Inc., Nevels tapped the mother lode of the American dream - or so it might seem. The ...