Richard C Levin

President of Yale University

Yale’s President since 1993. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1968 and studied politics and philosophy at Oxford University, where he earned a B.Litt. degree. In 1974 he received his Ph.D. from Yale and joined the Yale faculty. Before becoming president, he chaired the economics department and served as dean of Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Levin was recently appointed to serve on the President's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology. He is a trustee of the Hewlett Foundation, a director of Climate Works and American Express, and is also a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. He served on a bipartisan commission to recommend improvements in the nation’s intelligence capabilities and chaired a major review of the nation’s patent system for the National Academy of Sciences. Richard Levin and his wife, Jane, have four children and seven grandchildren and have lived in New Haven throughout their years at Yale.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

American Express Company Global payments company

• Director

C3 Energy Network Energy grid data analytics firm

• Director

Board Memberships

Hewlett Foundation Private foundation established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder

• Trustee

National Committee on United States-China Relations Promotes understanding and cooperation between the United States and Greater China

• director

Yale School of Management Yale business school

• advisory board member

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Multi-disciplinary group of experts advising the US President on Science and Technology matters

• Member (past)

ClimateWorks Foundation Influential climate-focused philanthropic foundation funded by the likes of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, with heavy presence in geoenegineering funding

• Vice Chair (past)

Yale Investment Committee Responsible for oversight of Yale's endowment

• Member

Yale Corporation Yale University's highest governing body

• Fellow

Positions

Schwarzman Scholars Rhodes scholar-styled program created by Blackstone CEO, Stephen Schwarzman

• Advisor

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History New York

• advisory board member

Partnership for Public Service Public-private partnership

• advisory board member

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• Chair of Economics Department (past) [+1]

• President

Government Positions

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Commissioner

Schools

Oxford University

• Bachelor's Degree (past)

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• PhD (past)

Stanford University One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

• BA (past)