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Posted 05/08/02
Two prominent Dartmouth alumni have been elected to five-year terms on the College's Board of Trustees. Both will assume their duties immediately following Dartmouth's commencement on June 9.
Leon D. Black, founding principal of the New York investment firm Apollo Management LP, was elected as a Charter Trustee to succeed Stanford A. Roman, Jr., who has served on the board for the past ten years.
Jose W. Fernandez, chair of the Latin America practice at the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP and managing partner of its New York office, was elected as an Alumni Trustee. He succeeds Stephen W. Bosworth, who also has served two terms on the Board.
The 16-member Dartmouth Board of Trustees consists of the President of the College, the Governor of New Hampshire (ex officio), and 14 others: seven Charter Trustees and seven Alumni Trustees. Charter Trustees are nominated and elected by the Board itself. Alumni Trustees are nominated by the alumni and elected by the Board. All elected members serve five-year terms, and normally no more than two terms.
"As leaders in the business and philanthropic worlds, Leon Black and Jose Fernandez offer diverse talents to the Board. Their continuing involvement with and contributions to Dartmouth as alumni make them excellent additions to the Board. We look forward to working with them," said Susan Dentzer, Chair of the Board.
"We are delighted that these two distinguished individuals will be part of the team that will guide the College in upcoming years. Their deep commitment to the College and capacity for leadership will serve the board well," Dartmouth President James Wright said.
Leon D. Black
A 1973 Dartmouth graduate, Black is a founding principal of Apollo Management LP, a large and successful private equity investment firm, which since 1990 has and is managing approximately $16.0 billion of capital. Previously executive vice president and co-head of corporate finance for Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., he also serves on the boards of directors of Sequa Corp., Wyndham International, Inc., Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., United Rentals, Inc., Vail Resorts, Inc., and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. He is a trustee of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Asia Society, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cardozo School of Law, The Museum of Modern Art, The Jewish Museum and Spence School.
He received a bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Dartmouth in 1973 majoring in philosophy. He was a Senior Fellow and received citations from faculty for outstanding work in courses in English, German, religion, history and engineering science, and was inducted into the Dartmouth chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. He also was active with the Dartmouth debate team. He received an MBA degree from Harvard University in 1975.
As a Dartmouth alumnus, he has been active with the President's Leadership Council and the Dean's Council. He and his family also funded the Leon D. Black Professorship in Shakespearean Studies at Dartmouth, currently held by renowned Shakespeare scholar Peter Saccio, and also the Eli M. Black Professorship in Jewish Studies,currently held by Susannah Heschel.
Jose W. Fernandez
Born in Cuba, Fernandez graduated from Dartmouth magna cum laude in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in history, and was awarded citations in Russian and Latin American history. He went on to earn a law degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1980, where he received the Charles Evans Hughes Prize and the Parker School Certificate of International Law with honors.
In addition to managing the New York office of O'Melveny & Myers and coordinating the firm's Latin America practice, Fernandez represents investors in acquisitions and financings in Latin America and Africa, most recently in the areas of energy, telecommunications and water. In 1999, Euromoney Publications named him one of the world's leading privatization lawyers.
Fernandez headed the American Bar Association's administration of justice and human rights projects in Central America during the late 1980s. He has served as chair of both the ABA's and New York City Bar's Inter-American Law committees. He currently serves on the boards of the New York City Bar Fund, Ballet Hispanico of New York, Newark Public Radio and the Council of the Americas.
As a Dartmouth alumnus, Fernandez helped establish a Latin American history prize, was a member of his class's 20th-reunion giving committee and is involved with Friends of Dartmouth Basketball.
"Like many others, I owe an immense debt to Dartmouth. I can think of no better cause to which to devote my time," Fernandez said.
Founded in 1769, Dartmouth College is the nation's ninth oldest institution of higher learning and a member of the Ivy League. Private and coeducational, it is renowned for the quality of its undergraduate teaching and distinctive graduate and professional programs in the arts and sciences, medicine, business and engineering. Dartmouth enrolls students from across the country and around the world.
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