| 1 | Name: | Dr. Ellen V. Futter | |
| Institution: | American Museum of Natural History | ||
| Year Elected: | 2009 | ||
| Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | ||
| Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1949 | ||
Ellen V. Futter has been President of the American Museum of Natural History since 1993. Before joining the museum, she served as President of Barnard College for 13 years where, at the time of her inauguration, she was the youngest person to assume the presidency of a major American college. Committed to public service, Ms. Futter serves on the boards of several non-profit and for-profit organizations. She formerly served as Chairman of the Board of New York Federal Reserve Bank. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has received numerous honorary degrees and awards. Ms. Futter graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, from Barnard in 1971 and earned her J.D. degree from Columbia Law School in 1974. Her career began at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy where she practiced corporate law. Ellen V. Futter was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2009. | |||