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Trustees name new chair, vice chair
By Brian Fitzgerald
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Alan Leventhal Photo by Vernon Doucette |
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On April 15, the BU Board of Trustees named real estate developer Alan Leventhal as its chair and investor Robert Knox (CAS’74, GSM’75) as vice chair.
In addition, former trustee David D’Alessandro, John Hancock chief executive officer, was reelected to the Board after resigning last year.
Submitting their resignations from the Board for health reasons were the former chairman, Christopher Barreca (DGE’50, LAW’53), and vice chairman, Dexter Dodge (SMG’56), who will officially step down from the Board at its fall meeting.
“Mr. Leventhal has already been intensively involved in the future of the University as a Board member,” says BU President ad interim Aram Chobanian. “He brings tremendous leadership qualities to his new position. In addition, his administrative prowess in other fields has been substantial. He is a major figure in the Boston community, and I think that experience will serve us in good stead.”
Leventhal, the chairman and CEO of Beacon Capital Partners, which he founded in 1998, has served as president and CEO of Beacon Properties, one of the largest real estate investment trusts in the United States. He joined its predecessor, the Beacon Companies, in 1976. He is also a trustee at Northwestern University, from which he received a bachelor of arts degree in economics.
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Robert Knox Photo by BU Photo Services |
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Leventhal is a member of the board of overseers of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, where he earned an M.B.A., and is a member of the Dartmouth Real Estate Advisory Committee. He is cochair of Boston 2004, the city’s host committee for the Democratic National Convention, and is a board member of the Pension Real Estate Association. He is also an overseer of the New England Aquarium and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Leventhal’s mother, sister, daughter, and niece attended BU, and his father, Norman (Hon.’00), is an honorary degree recipient.
Knox, who earned both his bachelor’s degree and his M.B.A. at BU, has received a Distinguished Alumni Award for Service to Alma Mater. He is a senior managing director of Cornerstone Equity Investors, LLC, a private equity firm in New York that he cofounded. He is on the board of directors of Health Management Associates, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company, and also sits on the boards of various private corporations. Knox and his wife, Jeanne, are active in charitable activities for juvenile diabetes.
“The opportunity to serve as vice chair is an honor,” says Knox. “I appreciate the vote of confidence from my Board colleagues. I have been involved with Boston University since I was a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, and I look forward to helping move the University to a new level.”
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David D’Alessandro |
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D’Alessandro is chairman and CEO of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. He was elected president and chief operating officer in 1998, and in that capacity was responsible for driving the company’s insurance and retail investment businesses as well as marketing, technology, financial, and personnel operations. He became CEO on June 1, 2000, gaining responsibility for the company’s extensive investment operations and institutional pension business, as well as overall corporate strategy. He became chairman on May 14, 2001. In 2001, Worth magazine named D’Alessandro one of its 50 Best CEOs and Money magazine one of the 4 Best New CEOs. He holds a bachelor of science degree in public relations and journalism from Syracuse University.
“We’re delighted that David D’Alessandro has agreed to come back on the Board,” says Leventhal. “He has been an important Board member, and his return is a very positive step.”
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April 2004
Boston University
Office of University Relations