Did You Know… that the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees has nominated 1981 Law school alumnus David Cohen to replace Jim Riepe as chairman of the board, beginning in Nov. 2009? James S. Riepe W’65, WG’67, senior advisor and retired vice chairman of the investment firm T. Rowe Price, has been chairman of the board since 1999. He said of his decision that it is "an appropriate time to have some new leadership." David L. Cohen L’81, who has been a trustee since 2001, is currently the executive vice president of Comcast Corporation and will be Penn’s first Philadelphia-based trustee chair since 1986.
Read the press release from the Office of University Communications:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1496
Read the DP online for more info:
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2008/12/03/News/Riepe.To.Step.Down.As.Trustee.Chairman-3566524.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition
