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CARNEGIE
CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ELECTS THREE NEW TRUSTEES
Joining the Board are a Former International Public
Servant, a University President and a Media Executive
New
York, NY—October 20, 2004. Following their election,
three leaders in international finance, education and journalism
will join the board of Carnegie Corporation of New York on December
2, 2004. Pedro Aspe, the former Secretary of the Treasury of Mexico
and currently CEO of Protego, a Mexican investment banking advisory
firm; Richard H. Brodhead, the newly appointed president of Duke
University; and Janet L. Robinson, who will assume the titles of
president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company
later this year, have all agreed to serve a four-year term and join
the 13 civic and business leaders on the board of trustees.
“For
almost 100 years the Corporation has had a history of attracting
leaders of great accomplishment, breadth and stature and these three
new members underline that tradition,” said Vartan Gregorian,
president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, in announcing the
new members of the board. “When Andrew Carnegie wrote the
charter for the institution, he mandated that the Corporation continue
his work in perpetuity. In his wisdom, Mr. Carnegie also said that
‘no wise man will bind Trustees forever to certain paths,
causes or institutions’ and that the future trustees would
have full authority to change policy ‘from time to time.’
That is why it gives me such pleasure to announce the election of
three such diverse leaders who bring their perspectives, culture
and different experiences to our deliberations.”
“Mexico
possesses a different philanthropic tradition than that which was
begun by Mr. Carnegie, and I look forward to seeing firsthand how
the Corporation is a force for good in society,” said Pedro
Aspe. “I have worked with Vartan Gregorian before and I know
he will challenge me at every juncture to think about the international
dimensions of the Corporation’s work, and how Mr. Carnegie’s
mandate to advance knowledge and education in the world can be articulated
in the 21st century.”
“In
the world of education, there is no more important institution than
Carnegie Corporation of New York,” said Richard H. Brodhead.
“The Corporation has been a leader in teaching, standards,
educational research and practice for almost one hundred years and
has stature and respect, not only in the world of higher education
where I’ve spent my life, but in all areas of education policy.
I look forward to being part of the future and helping to shape
the ideas that will dominate the next decade of education research
and practice.”
“I
look forward to serving with this distinguished board, particularly
as the Corporation launches an initiative on journalism,”
said Janet L. Robinson. “From my perspective, journalism is
the profession that integrates all the issues in the Corporation’s
grantmaking portfolio: education, international development, peace
and security, and U.S. democracy. It will be a privilege to work
with the trustees and staff on such critical matters.”
“The
strength of the Corporation’s board of trustees, throughout
its history, has been the mix of intelligence, leadership and knowledge
that its board has brought to deliberations about philanthropy and
its promise,” said Helene Kaplan, chair of the board and the
first trustee to serve twice in this position. “I think these
three new members of the board speak volumes about the range of
expertise that we have always relied on for guidance.”
Dr.
Pedro Aspe is CEO of Protego, a leading investment banking advisory
firm in Mexico that since 1996 has advised more than 90 transactions,
including private equity placements, mergers and acquisitions, project
financing and municipal bonds. Before his work with Protego, Aspe
served in the Mexican government in a number of capacities, including
Secretary of the Treasury from 1988 through 1994. A professor, Aspe
taught Economics at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
(ITAM). He continues to work closely with academic institutions,
including both Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in the United States, as a member of the Advisory
Board at Stanford’s Institute of International Studies, and
as a member of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Economics
at MIT. Aspe serves as a director of a number of public companies
including Televisa, Xignux and the McGraw Hill Companies. He is
on the Advisory Board of Marvin & Palmer and AIG, and Chairman
of the Advisory Boards of MG Capital and Endeavor.
Richard
H. Brodhead is the ninth president of Duke University. He joined
the university after a 32-year career at Yale University where he
was dean of Yale College for eleven years. Brodhead graduated from
Yale in 1968 and received his Ph.D. from Yale, as well, in 1972.
He is an expert in 19th century American literature and chaired
Yale’s Department of English for six years. A respected author
of more than a dozen books, Brodhead earned great distinction as
a professor including being awarded the DeVane Medal at Yale for
outstanding teaching. In 1995 he was named the A. Bartlett Giamatti
Professor of English and American Studies. As dean of Yale College,
Brodhead had oversight of undergraduate education, the faculty appointment
process, and policy issues including admissions, financial aid and
student life. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, has won several scholarly honors including Guggenheim,
Woodrow Wilson, Danforth and Morse fellowships. He has been a member
of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board since 2002.
Janet
L. Robinson is currently chief operating officer and executive vice
president of The New York Times Company, which she joined in 1983.
In this position, Robinson oversees the business operations of all
the Company’s properties. Over the past decade, Ms. Robinson
led the integration of the Company’s newspaper properties,
developed and implemented a landmark national expansion plan, extended
the Company’s global reach and instituted a comprehensive
multi-platform strategy.
In
2004, she was elected Chair, The Advertising Council, after having
served as a board member since 1997. Beginning in 2001, she has
been named each year to Fortune magazine’s annual
survey of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. She was recognized
in the September 1999 issue of Crain’s New York Business
as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Business. She has also
received New York University’s 1999 Prism Award for outstanding
leadership in the graphic arts industry. In 1998, she was inducted
into the YWCA’s Academy of Women Achievers, which celebrates
the accomplishments of the nation’s most outstanding professional
women. Robinson received a B.A. degree in English from Salve Regina
College, Newport, R.I., and was a public school teacher for eleven
years before joining The New York Times Company. She is active in
community affairs and serves on a number of professional boards.
She was presented with an honorary doctorate from her alma mater
in 1998.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to
promote “the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.”
As a grantmaking foundation, the Corporation seeks to carry out
Carnegie’s vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim
“to do real and permanent good in the world.” The Corporation’s
capital fund, originally donated at a value of about $135 million,
had a market value of $1.8 billon on September 30, 2003. The Corporation
awards grants totaling approximately $80 million a year in the areas
of education, international peace and security, international development
and strengthening U.S. democracy.
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