Boris Yavitz - Revision history

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New page: '''Boris "Bob" Yavitz''' MS (SEAS) '?? B '?? served eight years as the dean of Columbia Business School. After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned t...

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'''Boris "Bob" Yavitz''' [[MS]] ([[SEAS]]) '?? [[Business|B]] '?? served eight years as the dean of [[Columbia Business School]].

After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in 1975.

Yavitz's leadership revamped the school, returning both its spirit and its prestige; after retiring from the position, he remained a beloved professor.

In addition, he served as the director and deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1976 to 1982.

He died of prostate cancer, aged 85.

[[Category:SEAS alumni|Yavitz]]
[[Category:Business school alumni|Yavitz]]
[[Category:Deans of the Business School|Yavitz]]

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 '''Boris "Bob" Yavitz''' [[MS]] ([[SEAS]]) '[[1948|48]] [[PhD]] ([[Business]]) '[[1964|64]] served eight years as the dean of [[Columbia Business School]].
-After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in [[1975]].
+Yavitz was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, then part of the Soviet Union, and raised in Tel Aviv. He earned his bachelors degree at the [[University of Cambridge]] in England, and served in the Royal Navy. After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in [[1975]].
 Yavitz's leadership revamped the school, returning both its spirit and its prestige; after retiring from the position, he remained a beloved professor.

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	After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in [[1975]].		After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in [[1975]].

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-'''Boris "Bob" Yavitz''' [[MS]] ([[SEAS]]) '?? [[Business|B]] '?? served eight years as the dean of [[Columbia Business School]].
+'''Boris "Bob" Yavitz''' [[MS]] ([[SEAS]]) '[[1948|48]] [[PhD]] ([[Business]] '[[1964|64]] served eight years as the dean of [[Columbia Business School]].
-After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in 1975.
+After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in [[1975]].
 Yavitz's leadership revamped the school, returning both its spirit and its prestige; after retiring from the position, he remained a beloved professor.
-In addition, he served as the director and deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1976 to 1982.
+In addition, he served as the director and deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from [[1976]] to [[1982]].
-He died of prostate cancer, aged 85.
+He died of prostate cancer in [[2009]], aged 85.
 [[Category:SEAS alumni|Yavitz]]
 [[Category:Business school alumni|Yavitz]]
-[[Category:Deans of the Business School|Yavitz]]
+[[Category:Deans of the Graduate School of Business|Yavitz]]