Jared L Cohon

President Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University

Jared Cohon started his academic career at Johns Hopkins where he rose through the academic ranks and served in administrative positions from 1973 to 1992, when he left for Yale where he was Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies until 1997. Dr. Cohon served as Carnegie Mellon's eighth president from 1997 to 2013. During that time, the university made progress on many fronts, including teaching and research, international activities, diversity and economic development in southwest Pennsylvania. Dr. Cohon has worked on large-scale water problems in Argentina, China, India and the U.S. and on energy facility issues, especially nuclear waste. He serves on several government, non-profit and corporate boards. In 2014 and 2015, he co-chaired the Commission to Review and Evaluate the National Energy Laboratories.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Shale Gas Roundtable Public-Private Partnership by the University of Pittsburgh's Institute of Politics

• Member

Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland)

• Board Member

Center for Responsible Shale Development, Inc. Not-for-profit developing performance standards for shale gas producers

• board member

The Heinz Endowments

• Board Member

Lexmark International

• Board Member (Jul '10→?)

Unisys Provider of IT services, systems integration, consulting, and server technology.

• Board Member (Aug '13→?)

Homeland Security Advisory Council Advisory committee to the Secretary of Homeland Security

• council member ('02→'13)

Trane

• Director (past)

Positions

Carnegie Mellon University Private research university in Pittsburgh, founded in 1900

• President ('97→'13)*

Center for Indoor Air Research Tobacco-funded research group

• science advisory board member ('89→?)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Arlen Specter US Senator from Pennsylvania

• 9 contributions · 6,700 USD ('98→'08)

John Patrick Murtha Jr Democrat, US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 8 contributions · 5,250 USD ('00→'08)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

• 2 contributions · 4,500 USD ('04→'08)

Michael F Doyle US Representative from Pennsylvania (1995-2023); will not run in 2022.

• 4 contributions · 1,750 USD ('03→'07)

Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Elizabeth Esty Former U.S. Representative from Connecticut (2013-2019)

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('11)

Rick Santorum former US Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('00)

Pat Toomey former US Senator from Pennsylvania (2011-2023); former US Representative

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('11)

Jason Altmire Democratic US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('08)

Tim Murphy Former US Representative from Pennsylvania (2003-2017)

• 1 contribution · 250 USD ('04)

Memberships

National Security Higher Education Advisory Board

• Member ('05→?)

Schools

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• PhD, Civil Engineering (?→'73)

University of Pennsylvania Private, Ivy League university founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740 as one of the nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence

• BSE, Civil Engineering (?→'69)