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Rodney H. Adams Endowment Management Award
Purpose: To recognize outstanding individual contributions to professional development activities in the area of university endowment and investment management.
Background: This award honors the late Rodney H. Adams, former treasurer of Stanford University, former trustee of Commonfund, and past chair of the NACUBO Investment Committee.
Nomination Process: The Awards Council seeks annual nominations for this award from the higher education community, investment management firms, and other relevant parties. The recipient is selected in the spring with the presentation of the award to occur at the NACUBO Annual Meeting.
Selection Criteria: Criteria for selection include, but are not limited to:
- Applicability and significance of research to advancing state-of-the-art endowment management
- Effectiveness of instructional ability in communicating endowment management techniques to business officers
- Design, development, and implementation of new professional development programs in endowment management
- Frequency and relevance of articles, compositions, and other written materials in endowment management
- Provides leadership to the organizations that promote sound endowment management practices
- Advances the professional practice of endowment management
- Designs, develops, or implements innovative endowment management techniques
Nature of Award: An inscribed plaque, suitable for display.
Promotion of Award: An annual publicity campaign to provide maximum visibility to the program, including coverage in Business Officer magazine.
Past Recipients
2006
Richard E. Anderson - Hammond Associates
2005
John H. Biggs - TIAA-CREF
2003
Susan Carter - Commonfund
2002
Judith H. Van Gorden - University of Colorado System
2001
Alice W. Handy - University of Virginia
2000
Elizabeth C. Williams - Southern Methodist University
1998
David F. Swensen - Yale University
1997
Louis R. Morrell - Wake Forest University
1996
Louis W. Moelchert, Jr. - University of Richmond
1995
Paul J. Aslanian - Macalester College
1994
Lyn Hutton - Dartmouth College
1993
William T. Spitz - Vanderbilt University
1992
George F. Keane - The Common Fund
1991
Leigh A. Jones - Berea College
J. Peter Williamson - Dartmouth College
1990
Bruce Dresner - Dartmouth College |
