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Felix G. RohatynCSIS Trustee |
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Ambassador Felix G. Rohatyn is a vice chairman to Lehman Brothers. Mr. Rohatyn served as U.S. ambassador to France from September 11, 1997, until December 28, 2000. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1928, Ambassador Rohatyn received his secondary school education in France. He has lived in the United States since 1942 and resides in New York City. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador in Paris, Mr. Rohatyn was a managing director of the investment banking firm Lazard Frères & Co. LLC in New York, which he joined in 1948, becoming a partner in 1961. He retired from the firm in 1997 in order to take up his post in France. From 1975 to 1993, he was also chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation of the State of New York, where he managed the negotiations that enabled New York City to resolve its financial crisis in the late-1970s. He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange from 1968 to 1972. He also served on the boards of several NYSE listed corporations. Mr. Rohatyn is presently vice chairman of Carnegie Hall in New York City and a trustee of CSIS in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the board of Middlebury College. He also serves on the boards of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Publicis Groupe S.A., Groupe Lagardère and Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG. Ambassador Rohatyn served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. Ambassador Rohatyn received his bachelor of science degree in physics from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1949 and has also been awarded numerous honorary degrees. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences among other nonprofit organizations. He is also a Commander in the French Legion of Honor. |
Felix G. Rohatyn In the News
Felix Rohatyn, a CSIS Trustee, and Warren Rudman had a commentary published in the Financial Times, "Infrastructure is America's Best Investment." 03/27/2008
CSIS Trustee Ambassador Felix G. Rohatyn published a commentary in the International Herald Tribune, "When the free market and politics collide." 04/03/2006
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Testimony by Felix G. Rohatyn
Felix Rohatyn on an Infrastructure Investment Bank 03/13/2008
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