Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds Appoint Wharton Dean Harker to Board of Trustees.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000 The Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GS) announced today that Patrick T. Harker Patrick T. Harker is the President of the University of Delaware. On December 1, 2006, it was announced that Harker had been elected as the 26th President of the University of Delaware and would take office on July 1, 2007. Howard E. , the Dean of The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , has been appointed to the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of its mutual fund complex. Dr. Harker will be one of five independent directors that serve on this board. "We are delighted to have such a renowned business educator join our board," said Ashok N. Bakhru, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds and an independent board member. "Pat is a well-respected member of the academic and business communities and we look forward to having his guidance in our organization." Other independent Board members are: Mary Patterson McPherson Mary Patterson McPherson served as the sixth president of Bryn Mawr College from 1978-1997. She received her B.A. and L.L.D. from Smith College, her M.A. from the University of Delaware, and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. , William H. Springer and Richard P. Strubel. Dr. Harker was appointed the 12th Dean of The Wharton School in February 2000, crowning an outstanding career in academia at The University of Pennsylvania. He held several professorships including the fields of Operations, Systems Analysis, Information Management and Systems Engineering. Prior to teaching, Dr. Harker served as Director of Wharton's Fishman-Davidson Center for the Study of the Service Sector. Dr. Harker holds four degrees: a B.S.E. in civil and urban engineering, an M.S.E. in civil and urban engineering, an M.A. in economics and a Ph.D. in civil engineering, all awarded by The University of Pennsylvania. The University of Pennsylvania, a charter member of the Ivy Group, is ranked among the finest comprehensive universities in the world. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton, making it the world’s oldest business school. is recognized around the world for its innovative leadership and broad academic strengths across every major discipline and at every level of management education. Founded in 1881 as the nation's first collegiate business school, Wharton has nearly 5,000 students from 60 nations enrolled in degree programs, approximately 8,000 participants in its executive education programs and a network of more than 73,000 alumni/ae in 131 countries. For six years running, The Wharton Graduate School has been named the top business school by Business Week. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment bank and securities firm, providing a full range of investing, advisory and financing services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base, which includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in 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 and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world. Goldman Sachs Asset Management manages and distributes over $98.6 billion in mutual funds worldwide as of June 30, 2000. |
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