Ravenel B. Curry III

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Ravenel B. Curry III is an American businessman and philanthropist. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Early life

Ravenel, a native of Greenwood, South Carolina, graduated from Furman University in 1963. [2] [4]

Career

He began his investment career as a security analyst at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, was a partner at H.C. Wainwright and a Portfolio Manager of the Duke Endowment. [5] Curry is currently the President and CIO of Eagle Capital Management, an investment management firm headquartered in New York City which he co-Founded with his late wife Beth Curry in 1988. [6] [1] [3]

Philanthropy

He sits on the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, The Duke Endowment, the New York Hall of Science, the New-York Historical Society, the Genetics Endowment of South Carolina, the Blanton-Peale Institute (named for Norman Vincent Peale), and his alma mater, Furman University. [1] [3] [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2004, he donated US$1 million to support the Chinese Studies program at Furman University, and, in 2023, he donated US$10 million to support the renovation of Furman University's basketball arena. [11] [2] He has previously served as a Trustee of Furman University, as President of the Furman University Alumni Board and as Chair of the New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority. [12] Currently, Curry serves as a Trustee of the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute, the New York Hall of Science, the New-York Historical Society, the Genetics Endowment of South Carolina. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Success Academy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [13]

He and Beth Curry founded the Ravenel and Elizabeth Curry Foundation, which made major contributions to Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College and Queens University of Charlotte, N.C. [6]

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Rivers Curry (née Mary Elizabeth Rivers) (1941-2015) in 1963. [2] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Duke Endowment Board of Trustees
  2. 1 2 3 4 Across South Carolina, The Augusta Chronicle , 12/07/04
  3. 1 2 3 The U.S./China Executive Institute Advisory Council
  4. ↑ "Ravenel Curry pledges $10 million gift for Furman's Timmons Arena renovation".
  5. ↑ "Furman celebrates award recipients at the 2022 Bell Tower Ball".
  6. 1 2 3 Roberts, Sam (November 19, 2015). "Beth Curry, 74, Founded Investment Firm". New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ American Enterprise Institute Board of Trustees
  8. ↑ Manhattan Institute Board of Trustees Archived 2015-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ New-York Historical Society Board of Trustees
  10. ↑ New York Hall of Science Board of Trustees Archived 2013-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Ravenel Curry pledges $10 million gift for Furman's Timmons Arena renovation".
  12. ↑ "Ravenel Curry Bio".
  13. ↑ "Ravenel B. Curry III". www.eaglecap.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
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