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1995-1996 index
Distributed October 2, 1995
Contact: Tracie Sweeney
Annenberg
Institute for School Reform names Board of Overseers
- The Board of Overseers, which meets Oct. 6, is made up of distinguished
education, business and community leaders. They advise the president of Brown
University and the University's corporation members about policies, directions
and programs.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Board of Overseers for the Annenberg
Institute for School Reform will hold its first meeting Friday, Oct. 6, in New
York City to review the Institute's initial activities and plans for future
initiatives.
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a not-for-profit corporation within
Brown University, is led by Professor Theodore R. Sizer as director and a Board
of Overseers appointed by the Corporation of Brown University. The Board of
Overseers is charged with advising the president and the Corporation as to the
policies, directions and programs of the Institute. The appointment of a
diverse group of committed, accomplished and knowledgeable individuals to the
Board of Overseers has been a priority of Brown and the Institute.
The board, made up of distinguished educators, business and community
leaders who have outstanding records in the various facets of school reform,
will meet semi-annually. Its members are:
- The Hon. Leonore Annenberg, vice chairman, The Annenberg
Foundation; honorary chair;
- J. Carter Brown, businessman, director emeritus, National Gallery of Art;
- Barbara Chase, head of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.;
- Ramon Cortines, former chancellor, New York City Board of Education;
- Rebecca Crown, teacher, Baker Demonstration School, Evanston, Ill.;
- George M.C. Fisher, president and chief executive officer, Eastman
Kodak; former chairman, Council on Competitiveness;
- Louis Gerstner, chairman and chief executive officer, IBM;
- Patricia Graham, president, Spencer Foundation; former dean of Harvard
University's Graduate School of Education;
- Vartan Gregorian, president, Brown University; chairman;
- Thomas Kean, president, Drew College, Madison, N.J.; former governor of
New Jersey;
- David Kearns, chairman of New America's School Development Corp. (NASDC),
Arlington, Va.; former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education;
former chief executive officer of Xerox Corp.;
- Fred Lippitt, chairman, Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary
and Secondary Education;
- Walter Massey, president, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga.; former
provost/vice president for academic affairs, University of California; former
director, National Science Foundation;
- James Pomerantz, provost, Brown University; vice chairman;
- Hugh B. Price, president and chief executive officer, National Urban
League; former vice president of Rockefeller Foundation.
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform, based at Brown University, seeks to
nurture, promote and sustain a comprehensive, nationwide school reform
movement. It bears the name of its principal benefactor, Ambassador Walter H.
Annenberg.
The Institute was created in October 1993 as a semi-autonomous, permanent unit
at Brown University with initial funding from a $5-million anonymous grant.
Long-term support is derived from a $50-million gift from the Annenberg
Foundation. All of the Institute's funding is spent on programs directly under
its sponsorship or on joint projects with collaborating organizations; the
Institute does not make individual grants to outside organizations or
programs.
For information, contact Ken White (401/863-1375) or Tracie Sweeney
(401/863-2476).
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