Harold Tanner (born 1932) is an investment banker and philanthropist.

Education

Tanner graduated from the

Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations The New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University (ILR) is an industrial relations school and one of the four New York State contract colleges at Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York, United States. The ...

in 1952 and earned an MBA from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

in 1956.

Charitable Activities

Tanner is a longtime member of the American Jewish Committee's Board of Governors, and served the human relations organization as Chair of its Board of Trustees, Member of its Executive Committee, and from 2001 to 2004 as its President. He serves as Chairman of the AJC Transatlantic Institute. From 2005-7 he served as Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations. Tanner has served as a Cornell trustee since 1982, including as vice chairman of the board and Chairman from 1997-2002. He served on the Trustee Executive Committee from 1986-2002.

Awards

Tanner a recipient of: * Herbert Lehman Award of the American Jewish Committee in 1995. * A Foremost benefactor of Cornell. * Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award in 1992. * Cornell ILR Jerome Alpern Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002.

External links

Cornell website biography

Second Cornell biography

References

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