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Four Receive School's Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1988 to recognize alumni who demonstrate outstanding leadership
in their professional activities and extraordinary, ongoing volunteer service to Wharton.
Recipients of the 1998 Distinguished
Service Awards, presented
October 23 in Philadelphia,
include:
DAVID B. FORD, WG’70
David Ford, co-head of the asset
management division at Goldman,
Sachs & Co., has worked
over the years to support Wharton
through his firm. As a result,
Goldman Sachs today is the single
largest employer of Wharton
graduates.
Ford has also been one of the
School’s leading volunteers. For the past three years, he has
served as chairman of Wharton’s Annual Fund. During his
tenure as chair, the fund increased by 358 percent.
HARVEY H. W. CHANG, WG’77
Harvey Chang has been a leader in the banking, government
and manufacturing sectors. Today, he is the senior vice
president and CFO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Co., the world’s largest pure integrated circuit foundry.
He has promoted Wharton in the Republic of China in a
number of different ways. In addition to serving as president
of the Wharton Club of Taipei, he led the 5th Asian Regional
Alumni Meeting in 1998. He has also undertaken an
initiative with the president of the
Wharton Club of Shanghai to develop
positive Cross-Straits relations.
FRÉDÉRIC DUBOIS, WG’73
Frédéric Dubois has been a banker and
entrepreneur in the healthcare industry.
Currently he is the managing
partner of Paris-based Santé Investissement,
which manages investment
funds specializing in hospitals and
healthcare businesses in France.
His affiliation with the School
and his leadership role in Wharton’s
Annual Fund has enabled him to help
transform the fundamental philanthropic relationship
between Wharton and the School’s European alumni.
WANG XI , WG’47
Wang Xi’s career has included positions as scholar, professor
and corporate executive. He currently is vice president of the
General Reinsurance Corp.
Over the years he has promoted Wharton throughout
the People’s Republic of China. In addition to serving as president
of the Wharton Club of Shanghai, he led the 4th Asian
Regional Alumni Meeting in 1997. He has also undertaken
an initiative with the president of the Wharton Club of
Taipei to develop positive Cross-Straits relations.
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