And the Nominees Are …

Penn Alumni has nominated three candidates to fill three alumni trustee positions for five-year terms starting January 1, 2005.

Jay S. Fishman W’74 WG’74 (At-Large) n Jay S. Fishman of Englewood, N.J., is the Chief Executive Officer of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., the nation’s second largest commercial insurer. Prior to the recent merger creating this corporation, Mr. Fishman served as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of The St. Paul Companies. Over the years, he has held executive positions at Citigroup, Travelers Insurance Group, Primerica, Shearson Lehman Brothers, and the American Can Company. Mr. Fishman is vice chairman of the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board in Washington D.C., and he serves on the boards of the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, N.J., and the John Nuveen Company, headquartered in Chicago. He also is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and serves as chairman of the board of the American Insurance Association. At Penn, Mr. Fishman is a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center, the Parents Leadership Committee, and the Class of 1974 30th Reunion Gift Committee. In addition, he established the Shirley and Edward Fishman Memorial Scholarship, an endowed scholarship fund to provide renewable financial aid to outstanding Wharton undergraduates who would otherwise be unable to meet the cost of a University education.

Robert M. Levy WG’74 (Central Region) n Robert M. Levy of Chicago is Partner, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of Harris Associates, L.P., an investment management firm founded in 1976. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has been with Harris Associates since 1985. Prior to this, he was a portfolio manager and director of Gofen and Glossberg, Inc. Mr. Levy also is President of the Robert M. Levy and Diane v.S. Levy Family Foundation, as well as a Director of the Bill Nygren Foundation. Mr. Levy has been involved with Penn in a variety of ways including as a member of The Wharton School Board of Overseers, the Midwest Regional Advisory Board, and The Academy. He was formerly a member of the Wharton Graduate Executive Board. Mr. Levy has supported The Wharton School for many years, including major contributions for Jon M. Huntsman Hall and, in 2002, the Diane v.S. and Robert M. Levy Endowed Fellowship, which is designated for Wharton graduate students with less than three years of work experience or women or underrepresented minorities. Mr. Levy received his B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Marie A. Savard Nu’72 M’76 (Pennsylvania Region) n Marie A. Savard, M.D. of Wynnewood, Pa., is a nationally known internist and women’s health expert, author, and champion for patient rights and responsibilities. She is the founder of Savard Systems and author of two books: How to Save Your Own Life: The Savard System for Managing—and Controlling—Your Health Care and The Savard Health Record: a six-step system for managing your health care. Dr. Savard has appeared before medical groups, corporations, government hearings, civic organizations, and the general public to speak about the importance of the individual’s role in managing one’s own health care. She has been a health columnist for Woman’s Day magazine and is currently the senior medical consultant to the Lifetime TV series Strong Medicine. She is a frequent guest on radio and television and appears regularly on the Philadelphia ABC affiliate television program, Sunday Live, as a health expert. Dr. Savard was recognized as one of the outstanding physicians in the Philadelphia area, where she is an internist and physician for the Cabrini Nursing Home for missionary nuns. Dr. Savard is Chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Women, and at Penn she is a member of the School of Nursing Board of Overseers, the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women, and the Steering Committee of the Friends of Penn Nursing.

Alumni may file other nominations until August 17; these nominations must be accompanied by a petition signed by five percent of all eligible degree-holding alumni.

For details, please write to Robert J. Alig, Executive Secretary of Penn Alumni,
E. Craig Sweeten Alumni House, 3533 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6226 or email him at <aligb@ben.dev.upenn.edu>.

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