Stephen Oxman
Beginning July 1, the Princeton University Board of Trustees will have new leadership.
Stephen Oxman of Short Hills, N.J., a trustee since 2002, will succeed Robert Rawson as chair of the executive committee.
Oxman, a member of the class of 1967, was the recipient of the Pyne
Prize, the University's top award for undergraduates, when he was a
senior. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor
of the Yale Law Journal, and a D.Phil. from Oxford University, where he
studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Currently a senior adviser at Morgan Stanley, Oxman has spent most of
his career in law and in banking and investment. He also served as
assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs for a
year during the Clinton administration and worked with the State
Department during the Carter administration. 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.
Rawson, a resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and a member of the class
of 1966, will retire from the board after 20 years, including 13 as
chair of the executive committee. At the beginning of her remarks at
Commencement on May 31, Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman thanked
Rawson for his 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," she said.
"All of us are greatly in his debt."
In appreciation of Rawson's exemplary service, the trustees have named a freshman seminar in his honor.
One other leadership position on the board also will change. Peter
Wendell of San Francisco, a member of the class of 1972, will succeed
Paul Wythes of Atherton, Calif., a member of the class of 1955, as
clerk of the board. Wythes will retire from the board after 14 years as
a trustee and five as clerk.
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 Rawson and Wythes, six other trustees also will retire
from the board this year: Elizabeth Duffy '88; William Ford Jr. '79;
Wesley Harris, a 1968 graduate alumnus; Jin "P.J." Kim '01; Richard
Krugman '63; and Robert Murley '72.
