Edward F. Rover joins the Board of the Markle Foundation; President of the Dana Foundation and Noted Attorney Elected to Three-year Term.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The Markle Foundation The Markle Foundation is an organization concerned with technology, health care, and national security. People associated
Mr. Rover, a prominent attorney, was a Senior Partner at White & Case until 2004. At White & Case, he led a broad tax practice, where he advised and represented many tax-exempt organizations and domestic and international companies. He also served as outside counsel to public charities and private foundations, including the Markle Foundation. "The Markle Foundation is fortunate to have Ed Rover join its Board of Directors. Ed's leadership in the world of philanthropy and the law, as well his knowledge of the governance of businesses and private foundations, will enrich the work of the Markle Foundation," said Zoe Baird, president of the Markle Foundation. "We anticipate benefiting greatly from Ed's experience and wisdom, as we advance Markle's key goals of realizing the potential of information technology in the areas of national security and health care, while protecting established civil liberties and privacy." Mr. Rover was named president of the Dana Foundation in May 2000, after serving as one of its trustees since 1995. The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropy based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Mr. Rover's philanthropic and civic involvements have been many and varied, spanning the fields of law, research science, and the arts. Among many other positions he has held, Mr. Rover has served as the Secretary of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, as Council member of the Harvard-Mahoney Neuroscience Institute at the Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , as well as a trustee of several organizations, including the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the Rumsey Cartier Foundation in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland, and the Norton Simon Museum This article is for the Norton Simon Museum in California. See this link for the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida.'' The Norton Simon Museum is a premier art museum located in Pasadena, California. in Pasadena, California. Mr. Rover earned his B.A., egregia cum laude, from Fordham University in 1961, after studying at the Institut d'Etudes Politique in Paris in 1959. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. in 1964. About the Markle Foundation Emerging information and communications technologies possess enormous potential to improve people's lives. The Markle Foundation works to realize this potential by accelerating the use of these technologies to address critical public needs, particularly in the areas of health care and national security. For more information, please visit www.markle.org. |
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