Stephen Oxman, Class of 1967, to chair executive committee.
By: David Campbell
The Princeton University Board of Trustees will have new leadership when Trustee Stephen Oxman succeeds Robert Rawson as chairman of the executive committee beginning July 1, the university has announced.
In a related announcement, the university said it has named eight new members to its board.
Mr. Oxman, a resident of Short Hills, has been a Princeton trustee since 2002. He is a member of Princeton’s Class of 1967.
He has degrees from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
A senior adviser at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Oxman has spent most of his career in law, banking and investment. He served as assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs during the Clinton administration, and he worked with the State Department during the Carter administration, according to the university.
He is a trustee of the Robertson Foundation and a member of the advisory council of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Mr. Rawson, a resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and a member of Princeton’s Class of 1966, will retire from the board after 20 years, including 13 as chair of the executive committee, the university said.
At the beginning of her remarks at Commencement last week, Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman thanked Mr. Rawson for his years of service.
"Bob has served three presidents with great distinction, and he has provided extraordinary leadership as he helped shape and realize dramatic improvements that have transformed this university," President Tilghman said. "All of us are greatly in his debt."
One other leadership position on the board also will change, the university said. Peter Wendell of San Francisco, a member of the university’s Class of 1972, will succeed Paul Wythes of Atherton, Calif., a member of the Class of 1955, as clerk of the board.
Mr. Wythes will retire from the board after 14 years as a trustee and five as clerk, the university said.
Anthony Evnin of Greenwich, Conn., a member of the Class of 1962, will continue to serve as vice chair of the executive committee.
In addition to Mr. Rawson and Mr. Wythes, six other trustees also will retire from the board this year. They are Elizabeth Duffy, William Ford Jr., Wesley Harris, Jin "P.J." Kim, Richard Krugman and Robert Murley, Princeton said.
The new trustees are:
Thomas Barron, an author and private investor from Boulder, Colo. Mr. Barron earned his bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton in 1974. He previously served on the board as an alumni trustee from 1989 to 1993.
Y.S. Chi, a resident of Princeton and vice chair of publisher Elsevier. Mr. Chi earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton in 1983. He is a trustee of Princeton University Press and has served as an alumni member of the Council of the Princeton University Community.
Jose Huizar, an attorney who is president of the board of education for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Mr. Huizar earned his master’s in public affairs and urban and regional planning from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1994.
Randall Kennedy, a professor at Harvard Law School. Professor Kennedy earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton in 1977. He previously served on the board as a term trustee from 1994 to 1998.
Matthew Margolin of Portola Valley, Calif., who earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton this year. The president of the student body in 2004-2005, Mr. Margolin has been a member of the Undergraduate Student Government since 2002.
Katherine Marshall of Washington, D.C., a director at the World Bank and counselor to its president. Ms. Marshall earned her master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1969.
Nancy Peretsman, executive vice president and managing partner of Allen & Co., a New York investment banking firm. Ms. Peretsman earned her bachelor’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson School in 1976. She previously served on the board as an alumni trustee from 1976 to 1980 and as a charter trustee from 1981 to 1991.
Kimberly Ritrievi of St. Petersburg, Fla., who recently retired from her post as director of research at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Ritrievi earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton in 1980.
The board elected Mr. Barron, Professor Kennedy and Ms. Peretsman to 10-year terms as charter trustees. It elected Mr. Chi for four years as a term trustee. Princeton alumni elected Mr. Huizar, Ms. Marshall and Ms. Ritrievi to four-year terms as alumni trustees, and the junior, senior and two youngest alumni classes elected Mr. Margolin to a four-year term as young alumni trustee, the university said.
The 40-member board of trustees is responsible for the overall direction of the university. It approves the operating and capital budgets, supervises the investment of the university’s endowment and oversees campus real estate and long-range physical planning.
The trustees also exercise review and approval concerning changes in major policies, such as those in instructional programs and admission, as well as tuition and fees and the hiring of faculty members.