Roger Hertog New Chairman of the Board of the New-York Historical Society.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 New-York Historical Society's Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. elected Roger Hertog, Vice Chairman emeritus at AllianceBernstein, to the position of Chairman of the Board, effective January 22, 2007. He succeeds Board Co-Chairs Nancy Newcomb and Richard Gilder gild 1 tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds 1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. 2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to. 3. , who will remain active leaders, serving as Co-Chairs of the Society's Executive Committee. Byron Wien, chairman of the Trustees and Officers Committee, speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, said, "Since September 1999, the Society has been extremely fortunate to be able to count on the excellent leadership of Nancy Newcomb, who served as Board Chair until September 2005. Under Nancy's leadership, the Society's budget grew from $6 million to $16 million and the Society addressed serious structural issues relating to its 100-year old headquarters building. Nancy supervised the searches for Society president that led to the appointments of Ken Jackson and Louise Mirrer. "For the past year, Nancy has served as Co-Chair with Dick Gilder. Dick has brought vision and a new sense of purpose to the Society. As Board Co-Chair, his ideas have shaped our current sense of ourselves as a serious institution of American history, with a great and significant future." "Nancy and Dick have paved the way for making the New-York Historical Society New-York Historical Society, New York City. Founded in 1804, the society is a repository of art, artifacts, and literature relating to American, especially New York, history. an institution that drives the way people think about history," said Roger Hertog. "The Society is in a phase of unprecedented growth, and I look forward to advancing our status as the preeminent institution for study of American history and culture." "Roger is an excellent choice, said Nancy Newcomb. "He joined the N-YHS N-YHS New-York Historical Society Board in 2003 and has played an increasingly active role. He developed the idea of the Chairman's Council and chaired the planning committee that resulted in the adoption of the Society's ambitious long-term Strategic Plan." "Any board lucky enough to have Roger on it, should do everything it can to make him chairman," said Richard Gilder. About the New-York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society holds one of the world's greatest collections of historical artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , American art, and other materials documenting the history of the United States “American history” redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. The United States of America is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and the United Mexican States to the south. and New York, and is home to both one of the nation's most distinguished independent research libraries and New York City's oldest museum. |
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