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GOVERNOR
THOMAS H. KEAN REJOINS
CARNEGIE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(New
York, NY—March 7, 2005) Today, Vartan Gregorian announced
that the board of trustees of Carnegie Corporation of New York has
re-elected Governor Thomas H. Kean to the board for a four-year
term, beginning March 3, 2005. This will be Kean's third term as
a Carnegie Corporation trustee. He first joined the board in 1991
and assumed the office of chairman in 1997 during his second term,
which coincided with Vartan Gregorian's presidency. Kean held this
position for the next five years, until his retirement from the
board in 2002. While chairman, Kean oversaw a realignment of Corporation
priorities that led to new focuses on urban school education, teacher
training, higher education and women's scholarship in Africa, higher
education in Russia and strengthening U.S. democracy.
Carnegie
Corporation president Vartan Gregorian welcomed Kean back to the
Corporation's board, saying: "On behalf of Helene Kaplan, chair
of the Corporation's board, the trustees and all my colleagues,
we couldn't be more delighted that Tom Kean has accepted our invitation
to rejoin the board. He has been a great leader for many years on
the state and regional level, and his chairmanship of the 9/11 Commission
proved to the nation why he attracts such respect. The nation owes
much to Governor Kean for his bipartisan, respectful and diligent
leadership that documented the events that led to the tragedy on
September 11, 2001 and offered recommendations that would advance
America's security. We will gain much from his continued leadership
and wisdom on our board."
"It
feels good to be coming home," said Kean as he rejoined the board.
"For me, Carnegie Corporation has always been a place where board
members have had the opportunity to learn and to serve. In these
increasingly complicated times, I look forward to doing both."
In
December 2002, Kean was tapped by President George W. Bush to head
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States
(the "9/11 Commission"), a bipartisan panel charged with investigating
the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC in 2001. The
Commission gained national recognition for its respectful and responsive
relationship with the 9/11 families and its commitment to fairness
and bipartisanship. At the panel's conclusion in 2004, the results
of the investigation were published in The 9/11 Commission Report,
which has since become a best-selling book, even receiving a National
Book Award nomination.
Kean
has a long and distinguished record of public service. A moderate
Republican, he served as the governor of New Jersey from 1982 to
1990. During his tenure in office, Kean was rated among America's
five most effective state leaders by Newsweek and is credited
with several welfare and education reforms and landmark environmental
policies. He also served on the President's Education Policy Advisory
Committee and chaired the Education Commission of the States and
the National Governor's Association Task Force on Teaching.
After
completing his second and final term as governor, Kean became president
of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey where his leadership has
resulted in record numbers of applications. In addition, during
his tenure the university's endowment has nearly tripled. In his
role as president of Drew, he headed the American delegation to
the United Nations Conference on Youth in Thailand, served as Vice
Chairman of the American delegation to the World Conference on Women
in Beijing and on the President's Initiative on Race. Kean has announced
he will retire from Drew this spring.
Governor
Kean serves or has served on directorial boards for several corporate
and nonprofit organizations and foundations, including the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Council of the World Wildlife
Fund, Bell Atlantic, Amerada Hess and CIT Group. He is also chair
of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
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 $1.9 billon on September 30, 2004. 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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