Robert Rosenkranz
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Robert Rosenkranz is a philanthropist
and the CEO of Delphi Financial Group, a New York Stock Exchange-listed insurance holding company with assets of over $8 billion, and the founder of a group of investment and private equity partnerships.
A graduate of Yale
(summa cum laude) and Harvard Law School
, he spent his early career as an economist with The RAND Corporation, where he was engaged in research on foreign policy issues and municipal finance.
He is a member of the Yale University Council and the Dean’s Council of the Yale School of Architecture. He serves on the boards of the Manhattan Institute
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the London think tank Policy Exchange
. Mr. Rosenkranz is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In late 2009, Yale University dedicated it's new building, Rosenkranz Hall, in recognition of Mr. Rosenkranz's philanthropic work. Rosenkranz Hall is home to Yale's social sciences and international studies departments.
In April 2010, Mr. Rosenkranz was honored by the Manhattan Institute
with their annual Alexander Hamilton Award, which he received in recognition of his founding of the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series.
The Rosenkranz Foundation also endowed Yale's Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence program, and promoted Chinese art by sponsoring a major exhibit on Mu Xin donating a large collection to Harvard University, and funded a book series on modern Chinese art by Yale University Press.
series with the goal of raising the level of public discourse and promoting a realization that, on contentious issues, those who challenge the conventional wisdom have intellectually respectable and often persuasive viewpoints. Through an annual series of between 10 and 12 live Oxford-style debates, IQ2US brings together thought-leaders and audiences together around public policy and cultural issues. The program has been the subject of articles in The New York Times
, The New Yorker
, and many other publications.
Moderated by ABC’s John Donvan
and produced by Emmy-award winner Dana Wolfe, panelists have included Arianna Huffington
, P. J. O'Rourke
, Karl Rove
, David Brooks
, Mort Zuckerman, Wesley Clark
, Bernard-Henri Lévy
and many others.
Mr. Rosenkranz has written about public policy for the Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal
and other publications.
and Stephanie Rosenkranz, both constitutional law scholars, and is married to Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D., Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim Museum
.
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
and the CEO of Delphi Financial Group, a New York Stock Exchange-listed insurance holding company with assets of over $8 billion, and the founder of a group of investment and private equity partnerships.
A graduate of Yale
YALE
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(summa cum laude) and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
, he spent his early career as an economist with The RAND Corporation, where he was engaged in research on foreign policy issues and municipal finance.
He is a member of the Yale University Council and the Dean’s Council of the Yale School of Architecture. He serves on the boards of the Manhattan Institute
Manhattan Institute
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a conservative, market-oriented think tank established in New York City in 1978 by Antony Fisher and William J...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the London think tank Policy Exchange
Policy Exchange
Policy Exchange is a British conservative think tank based in London. The Daily Telegraph has described it as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right"...
. Mr. Rosenkranz is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Philanthropy
In 1985, Mr. Rosenkranz founded the Rosenkranz Foundation with the mission of encouraging fresh perspectives and innovation in public policy, higher education and the arts. One initiative of the foundation is the monthly debate series, Intelligence Squared U.S. Foundation, founded in 2006. A live event in New York, Intelligence Squared is broadcast nationally by National Public Radio and televised by WNET Public Media/Thirteen.In late 2009, Yale University dedicated it's new building, Rosenkranz Hall, in recognition of Mr. Rosenkranz's philanthropic work. Rosenkranz Hall is home to Yale's social sciences and international studies departments.
In April 2010, Mr. Rosenkranz was honored by the Manhattan Institute
Manhattan Institute
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a conservative, market-oriented think tank established in New York City in 1978 by Antony Fisher and William J...
with their annual Alexander Hamilton Award, which he received in recognition of his founding of the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series.
The Rosenkranz Foundation also endowed Yale's Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence program, and promoted Chinese art by sponsoring a major exhibit on Mu Xin donating a large collection to Harvard University, and funded a book series on modern Chinese art by Yale University Press.
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates and Public Policy
Mr. Rosenkranz founded Intelligence Squared U.S., a live debateDebate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
series with the goal of raising the level of public discourse and promoting a realization that, on contentious issues, those who challenge the conventional wisdom have intellectually respectable and often persuasive viewpoints. Through an annual series of between 10 and 12 live Oxford-style debates, IQ2US brings together thought-leaders and audiences together around public policy and cultural issues. The program has been the subject of articles in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, and many other publications.
Moderated by ABC’s John Donvan
John Donvan
John Donvan is a correspondent for ABC News. A list of his career postings includes: Chief White House Correspondent, Chief Moscow Correspondent, Amman Bureau Chief, Jerusalem Correspondent, London Correspondent, Eastern Europe Correspondent, and, most recently, a regular correspondent for...
and produced by Emmy-award winner Dana Wolfe, panelists have included Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s...
, P. J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'Rourke
Patrick Jake "P. J." O'Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on...
, Karl Rove
Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to former President George W. Bush until Rove's resignation on August 31, 2007. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives...
, David Brooks
David Brooks
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, Mort Zuckerman, Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
, Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist. Often referred to today, in France, simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" movement in 1976.-Early life:...
and many others.
Mr. Rosenkranz has written about public policy for the Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
and other publications.
Personal life
Mr. Rosenkranz lives in Manhattan in an apartment that reflects his interests in Asian art and modern design, including an important collection of Buddhist sculpture and Chinese art. He is an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited in New York City. He has two adult children, NicholasNicholas Quinn Rosenkranz
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He writes and teaches in the fields of constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and federal jurisdiction....
and Stephanie Rosenkranz, both constitutional law scholars, and is married to Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D., Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum may refer to:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, United States* The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy* The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain* The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas, United States...
.
External links
- Rosenkranz Foundation webpage
- Intelligence Squared U.S. Foundation webpage
- Robert Rosenkranz Photography
- New Yorker article on Rosenkranz and Intelligence Squared
- New York Times article on Rosenkranz and Intelligence Squared
- Philanthropy Roundtable Feature of Robert Rosenkranz
- Robert Rosenkranz Huffington Post profile