Trustees of Princeton University
The Trustees of Princeton University is a 40-member board responsible for managing Princeton University's endowment, real estate, instructional programs, and admission. The Trustees include at least 13 members elected by alumni classes, and the Governor of New Jersey and the President of the University as ex officio members.
The Trustees' mission and responsibilities stem from the original Charter of the college, written in 1746. The Trustees oversee the budget of the university through the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO). Notable recent policy decisions include implementing the residential college system, accepting coeducation, and increasing the size of the undergraduate student body.
Unlike most other governing boards of universities, the Trustees of Princeton University is chartered as a 40-member corporation in its own right that has the authority to establish and govern Princeton University and to grant degrees in the same. This is similar to most of the oldest universities and colleges in the United States (including all of the Ivy League universities except for Cornell University), such as the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Yale Corporation.
Current Trustees
Officers of the Board
- Christopher L. Eisgruber — President of the University
- Kathryn A. Hall — Chair of the Executive Committee
- Brent L. Henry — Clerk of the Board
- Robert S. Murley — Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
- Robert K. Durkee — Secretary of the University
Ex officio
- Christopher L. Eisgruber — President of the University
- Christopher Christie — Governor of New Jersey
Members of the Board
Danielle Allen | UPS Foundation Professor, Institute for Advanced Study | Class of 1993 |
Aku Ammah-Tagoe | Teaching Fellow in English, Phillips Academy | Class of 2011 |
Thomas A. Barron | Writer | Class of 1974 |
A. Scott Berg | Writer | Class of 1971 |
Kim M. Boyle | Partner, Phelps Dunbar LLP | Class of 1984 |
Katherine Brittain Bradley | President, CityBridge Foundation | Class of 1986 |
Christopher A. Cole | Chairman, Investment Banking Division, Goldman, Sachs & Co. | Class of 1981 |
Pyper Davis | Chief Operating Officer, SEED Foundation | Class of 1987 |
John D. Diekman | Managing Partner, 5AM Ventures | Class of 1965 |
Elizabeth A. Dilday | Student, Keck School of Medicine | Class of 2013 |
Carl Ferenbach III | Managing Director, Private Equity Investment, Berkshire Partners | Class of 1964 |
Henri Ford | Vice President and Chief of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Director of Surgery and Vice-Dean for Education, Keck School of Medicine | Class of 1980 |
Laura L. Forese | Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Operating Officer, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center | Class of 1983 |
William K. Fung | Executive Deputy Chairman, Li & Fung Ltd. | Class of 1970 |
Francis Joshua Grehan | Sachs Scholar, Oxford University | Class of 2010 |
Kathryn A. Hall | Chief Executive Officer; Chief Investment Officer, Hall Capital Partners LLC | Class of 1980 |
Julia Haller Gottsch | Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Institute | Class of 1976 |
Philip U. Hammarskjold | Director and Chief Executive Officer, Hellman & Friedman | Class of 1987 |
Brent L. Henry | Vice President and General Counsel, Partners HealthCare | Class of 1969 |
Randall L. Kennedy | Professor, Harvard Law School | Class of 1977 |
Peter B. Lewis | Chairman, Progressive Corporation | Class of 1955 |
Heidi G. Miller | President, J.P. Morgan Chase International | Class of 1974 |
Robert S. Murley | Chairman, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse Securities LLC | Class of 1972 |
Crystal Nix-Hines | Television Writer/Producer; Attorney; United States Ambassador to UNESCO | Class of 1985 |
David G. Offensend | Chief Operating Officer, New York Public Library | Class of 1975 |
Stephen A. Oxman | Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley | Class of 1967 |
Nancy B. Peretsman | Managing Director, Allen & Company | Class of 1976 |
Meaghan P. Petersack | Elementary school teacher, The Arts and Technology Academy | Class of 2008 |
Michael E. Porter | Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School | Class of 1969 |
Kavita N. Ramdas | Executive Director, Ripples to Waves, Stanford University | Class of 1988 (M.P.A.) |
Louise S. Sams | Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Turner Broadcasting System; President, Turner Broadcasting System International | Class of 1979 |
Thomas Siebel | Executive Chairman, C3, LLC | Parent of Class of 2011 |
Meg Whitman | President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard | Class of 1977 |
George F. Will | Columnist, Washington Post; author | Class of 1968 (Ph.D.) |
Gordon Y. S. Wu | Chairman, Hopewell Holdings | Class of 1958 |
C. James Yeh | Senior Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group | Class of 1987 |
Zhu Min | Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund | Class of 1988 (M.P.A.) |
See also
References
- Princeton University. "Board of Trustees 2011-12". Retrieved 29 Aug 2011.