WILLIAM BERKLEY, NYU CHAIRMAN
“[Martin] Lipton was deeply involved
in [New York] university's
expansion plans.
He also sat on
the committee to select
his own replacement
as chair, and
(as William Cohan recounted
in the Times) played a crucial part in steering the board toward the candidate it eventually settled on-William Berkley, the billionaire chairman of an insurance holding company in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the chairman of a charter school company.”
in the Times) played a crucial part in steering the board toward the candidate it eventually settled on-William Berkley, the billionaire chairman of an insurance holding company in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the chairman of a charter school company.”
Massing, Michael, ‘How to Cover the One Percent,’ The New
York Review, January 14, 2016, pp: 74-76.
