HARVARD GLOBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

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1 HARVARD GLOBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL A RECORD OF GENEROUS LEADERSHIP 2015

2 Our donors are bringing the world to Harvard and Harvard to the world. They are supporting future generations of students and ensuring that their experiences are as meaningful and memorable as possible. They are creating and renewing campus spaces that will invite exchange and collaboration across the University community. They are advancing and sharing knowledge that will serve humanity. DREW GILPIN FAUST, PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND LINCOLN PROFESSOR OF HISTORY The first years of The Harvard Campaign have been remarkably successful thanks to the leadership and support demonstrated by Harvard s generous community of alumni and friends including those serving on the Global Advisory Council. In addition to sharing insights on the University s global engagement, GAC members have been important partners in the Campaign by making contributions that will advance Harvard s mission to create and disseminate knowledge in service to society. Since the start of The Harvard Campaign, GAC members have contributed more than $995 million toward the total $6.1 billion raised as of June 30, Hailing from 24 countries and representing a wide variety of professions and backgrounds, the Global Advisory Council has come together to support the University, President Faust, and the Campaign. What follows is a brief look at how members of the GAC are helping to ensure that we achieve our shared aspirations to have a lasting, positive impact on the world.

3 REMAINING A HUB OF GLOBAL TALENT HARVARD S FACULTY IS 36 PERCENT INTERNATIONAL. ZHANG XIN Zhang Xin and her husband, Pan Shiyi, are making it possible for a new generation of Chinese students to attend Harvard College with support from the SOHO China Undergraduate Scholarship Fund. THE UNIVERSITY AWARDED $105 MILLION IN GRANT AID TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator and fellowship recipient Zena Mengesha works on her thesis project. GAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED HARVARD IN REMAINING A HUB OF GLOBAL TALENT Harvard continues to attract and support the best students and faculty from around the globe through international recruitment efforts and financial aid packages for students at all levels. GAC members have created new professorships and dedicated research funds in disciplines across the University. These professors are deeply engaged with teaching and research to push the boundaries of human knowledge. The GAC has also made significant contributions to financial aid, fellowships, and scholarship funds that enable the most promising students to come to campus regardless of their financial ability. This commitment keeps Harvard open and accessible to all deserving undergraduates and graduate students. SIDDHARTHA YOG MBA 04 In addition to providing support for fellowships, financial aid, and entrepreneurship at Harvard, Sid Yog established two new professorships the Saris Professor of Education and the Xander University Professorship. Joseph Y. Bae AB 94 Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah William K. L. Fung MBA 72 Robert F. Greenhill MBA 62 Patrick J. Healy AB 89, MBA 94 John B. Hess AB 75, MBA 77 Alan Howard André R. Jakurski MBA 73 James C. Kralik AB 86, MBA 90 Janice Lee AB 94 Mou-Shiung Lin SM 78, PhD 82 Yunli Lou AB 91 Sean McLaughlin AB 91 Scott Mead AB 77 Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani MPA 82, GSAS 88 Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani Charles Emmit Ryan AB 89 Alejandro Santo Domingo AB 99 Ramakrishna Sudireddy Zhang Xin Xiang Dong Yang AB 87, MBA 92 Jaime A. Zobel de Ayala II AB 81, MBA 87

4 EDUCATING GLOBAL CITIZENS A team of first-year MBA students doing fieldwork in a local market in Accra, Ghana. A vital aspect of Harvard s mission is to ensure that our students have opportunities to pursue international experiences and that our curriculum and course work are shaped through a global lens. By facilitating exposure to other cultures and settings, the University seeks to prepare students to view their work and their lives in a larger context. Members of the GAC have championed this goal through the support of programs that make it possible for students to study abroad, travel to conduct research, and engage with other cultures. GUSTAVE M. (GUS) HAUSER LLB 53 AND RITA E. HAUSER HLS 58 Gus and Rita Hauser created the President s Fund for Innovative Teaching, which in turned launched the Harvard Initiative on Teaching and Learning (HILT). Designed to catalyze innovation in learning and teaching, HILT is a University-wide initiative that is transforming students educational experiences while expanding Harvard s leadership in pedagogy. GAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED EDUCATING GLOBAL CITIZENS Joseph Y. Bae AB 94 Hakeem Belo-Osagie MBA 80 Myma Belo-Osagie LLM 78, SJD 85 Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah William K. L. Fung MBA 72 Alan Howard Janice Lee AB 94 Miky Lee AM 86, GSAS 90 Jessica Tuchman Mathews AB 67 Scott Mead AB 77 Hiroshi Mikitani MBA 93 Alejandro Santo Domingo AB 99 Xiang Dong Yang AB 87, MBA 92 Jaime A. Zobel de Ayala II AB 81, MBA 87 RATAN TATA AMP 75 Dedicated in 2013, Tata Hall enhances and extends Harvard Business School s portfolio of Executive Education program facilities. Named in honor of Ratan Tata former chairman of India s Tata Group and a 1975 graduate of the Business School s Advanced Management Program the building houses executives who come from around the globe to advance their education and then return to strengthen their organizations. 2,376 STUDENTS TRAVELED ABROAD DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

5 CREATING A GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR FACULTY RESEARCH GAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELPED CREATE A GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR FACULTY RESEARCH Wendy D. Appelbaum Elif B. Bilgi MBA 94 Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Dhanin Chearavanont William K. L. Fung MBA 72 Robert F. Greenhill MBA 62 John B. Hess AB 75, MBA 77 André R. Jakurski MBA 73 HANSJÖRG WYSS MBA 65 Hansjörg Wyss extraordinary philanthropy created the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, which draws on talent from across the University, including several Schools and Harvard s teaching hospitals as well as other Boston-area universities and institutions. Harvard s educators are expanding the University s global presence while deepening their own understanding of the world. The University encourages and empowers its faculty to continue to broaden the geographic context of their work to focus on the world s most important issues. From accelerators to research funds, the members of the GAC are supporting faculty research and promoting scholarly excellence throughout the University with benefits that will reach far beyond Harvard s gates. LEN BLAVATNIK MBA 89 An international team of scientists from Harvard and Seoul National University in South Korea partnered to create a robotic insect that can jump off of the surface of water. Len Blavatnik established the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator to identify and fast-track highly promising earlystage technologies and allow for accelerated licensing and commercial development. This program is complemented by the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, which helps to bring discoveries to market quickly. SWATI A. PIRAMAL MPH 92 The generous gift made by Dr. Swati A. Piramal and her husband, Ajay AMP 92, to the Harvard Chan School will help open a research and training center in the heart of Mumbai. This gift will help to launch important new projects to improve health care in India. Ali Y. Koç MBA 97 James C. Kralik AB 86, MBA 90 Miky Lee AM 86, GSA 90 Yunli Lou AB 91 Sunil B. Mittal OPM 99 Adebayo O. Ogunlesi MBA 78, JD 79 Alejandro Santo Domingo AB 99 Marjorie M. T. Yang MBA 76 Paolo Zapparoli MBA 94 Jaime A. Zobel de Ayala II AB 81, MBA 87

6 EXTENDING HARVARD S GLOBAL Flavia B. de Almeida MBA 94 LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT Hakeem Belo-Osagie MBA 80 Myma Belo-Osagie LLM 78, SJD 85 Lincoln E. Benet MBA 89 Nicolas Berggruen Elif B. Bilgi MBA 94 James W. Breyer MBA 87 Dhanin Chearavanont Ali Y. Koç MBA 97 Patrick J. Healy AB 89, MBA 94 John B. Hess AB 75, MBA 77 A Harvard executive education class on global health care delivery. Harvard has both the ability and the obligation to contribute solutions to global challenges. The University is committed to sustaining and extending its leadership so that it can have a meaningful impact on the world. Through generous and often flexible support, members of the GAC have ensured Harvard s position as a global leader by funding initiatives that bring together people and ideas to solve global problems. GERALD L. CHAN SM 75, SD 79 A landmark gift in 2014 to the School of Public Health from the Morningside Foundation a private foundation established by the family of Mrs. T.H. Chan was recognized with the School s renaming as the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This philanthropy will enable the School to focus on four global health threats: pandemics old and new; harmful physical and social environments; poverty and humanitarian crises; and failing health care systems around the world. GAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELPED TO EXTEND HARVARD S GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT James C. Kralik AB 86, MBA 90 Ali Y. Koç MBA 97 Yunli Lou AB 91 Jessica Tuchman Mathews AB 67 Hiroshi Mikitani MBA 93 Murat Özyeğin MBA 03 Robert E. Rubin AB 60 Stephen A. Schwarzman MBA 72 Ramakrishna Sudireddy Peter A. Weinberg MBA 83 Paolo Zapparoli MBA 94 Leah Zell AB 71, AM 72, PhD 79 WANG JIANLIN Earlier this year, support from the Dalian Wanda Group and its chairman, Wang Jianlin, launched the Harvard Global Institute. The Harvard Global Institute will be centered and organizationally based on the University s campus in Cambridge, and Chairman Wang s gift will provide support for the institute to launch its first operations in Shanghai. Over time, with additional financial support, the Institute hopes to expand its operations to other parts of the world. HARVARD HAS OVER 40 INTERNATIONAL CENTERS AND OFFICES FOCUSED ON GLOBAL ISSUES.

7 THE HARVARD GLOBAL FUND Today the world s greatest challenges and opportunities improving education and public health; exploring and protecting the environment; developing a better understanding of economic, social, and political behavior; meeting future energy needs; and appreciating and understanding art and culture require scholars to collaborate across content areas and continents. Harvard s distinctive strengths in research, innovation, and intellectual engagement provide an unmatched platform to influence the issues facing the international community. GAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT TO THE HARVARD GLOBAL FUND Elif B. Bilgi MBA 94 Dhanin Chearavanont Paolo Zapparoli MBA 94 In order to engage with today s most pressing challenges, Harvard must be able to respond rapidly to priorities affected by current events around the world, such as the recent Ebola epidemic. With a goal of raising $50 million, the Harvard Global Fund provides critical support for the University s international efforts on campus and abroad. The Harvard Global Fund helps Harvard sustain its role as an international leader, convener, and innovator. Beyond financial support, the influence and leadership of the Global Advisory Council has been vital to The Harvard Campaign. With expertise and experience that reaches all corners of the earth, the GAC continues to be a key partner in the Campaign and in conceiving the University s global future. Through sound advice and thoughtful philanthropy, the council is having a positive impact on Harvard and is enhancing the University s impact on the world. SCOTT D. MALKIN AB 80, MBA 83, JD 84 Scott Malkin has supported a wide range of initiatives from global health and financial aid to stem cell research and online learning. Scott was also an early contributor to the new Harvard Global Fund, the president s discretionary fund designed to advance the global initiatives discussed by the GAC. These GAC members have taken special roles as volunteer leaders by serving as co-chairs of The Harvard Campaign and/or individual School campaigns: