Robert Menschel

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Robert Menschel
Bornc. 1930 (age 91–92)
Died27 May 2022 [1]
Alma mater Syracuse University
OccupationInvestment banker, philanthropist
SpouseJoyce Menschel
Relatives Richard Menschel (brother)
Ronay A. Menschel (sister-in-law)
E. W. Priestap (nephew-in-law)

Robert B. Menschel (1930-2022) was an American investment banker and philanthropist. He had a 50 year relationship with Goldman Sachs as a Partner or Senior Director. The author of a financial book, and the winner of the 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

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Early life

Robert Menschel was born circa 1930. [2] His father was a real estate investor. He has a brother, Richard, who is also a Goldman Sachs senior director and philanthropist.[ citation needed ]

Menschel graduated from Syracuse University in 1951. [3]

Career

Menschel began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1954. [4] When it became a public company in 1999, Menschel earned $20 million in shares. [5] He is now a (retired) senior director. [4]

Menschel is the author of Markets, Mobs & Mayhem: A Modern Look at the Madness of Crowds, prefaced by William Safire. While presenting historical examples of societal hysteria, [6] Menschel suggests picking stocks by focusing on "value investing, [...] a strong franchise, a defined strategy that focuses on a core competency, and consistent sales and earnings." [2]

Philanthropy and political activity

Menschel was first elected to the Board of Trustees id Syracuse Universityin 1981, he served as a voting trustee for more than two decades, becoming a trustee emeritus and part of a select group of honorary trustees, Syracuse University. [3]

Since 1977, he has been at various times the Chairman, President, Trustee and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Museum of Modern Art as well as former Chairman of its Photography Committee, where he has donated 162 photographs. [7]

He serves on the board of trustees of the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. [8] He is the namesake of The Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium at the Council on Foreign Relations. [9]

With his brother, Richard, Menschel won the 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. [10] Menschel and his wife donated over $700,000 to Democrats in 2010. [11]

He is the former Board President of The Dalton School, Chairman of the Board of Guild Hall of East Hampton, Long Island, and a member of Bill Clinton's President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Personal life

Menschel has a wife, Joyce, who is the namesake of the Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ https://news.syr.edu/blog/2022/06/14/passing-of-robert-b-menschel-syracuse-graduate-trustee-philanthropist-and-financial-icon/
  2. 1 2 Lenzner, Robert (March 18, 2003). "Menschel Doesn't Run With The Crowd". Forbes. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Board of Trustees". Syracuse University. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Announcing the 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honorees". Carnegie Corporation of New York. August 25, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ Strom, Stephanie (July 10, 2003). "Fees and Trustees: Paying the Keepers of the Cash". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Markets, Mobs & Mayhem: A Modern Look at the Madness of Crowds". Publishers Weekly. September 9, 2002. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel". MoMA. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Board of Trustees". NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Richard L. Menschel and Robert B. Menschel". Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. 22 May 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Top Individual Contributors: All Federal Contributions". OpenSecrets . OpenSecrets . Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
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