John W. Rowe

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John W. Rowe [1] is the former CEO and executive chairman of Aetna. He served Aetna from 2000 to 2006. In 2005 his compensation was $22.2 million. [2]

Prior to Aetna Dr. Rowe was President and Chief Executive Office of Mount Sinai NY Health from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that he was President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City from 1988 to 1998.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Rowe was a professor of medicine and founding director of the Division on Aging at the Harvard Medical School and Chief of Gerontology at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital.

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[edit] Tax Patents

In 2006, the Wealth Transfer Group sued John W. Rowe for infringement of a tax patent.[3] The patent was U.S. Patent 6,567,790 , entitled "Establishing and managing grantor retained annuity trusts funded by nonqualified stock options".[4] (i.e. SOGRAT®) This case has been settled for undisclosed terms.[5]

[edit] Publications

Dr. Rowe has published over 200 scientific publications, mostly in the field of gerontology and a textbook in the same field.

He coauthored a the book Successful Aging with Robert Kahn, PhD

[edit] Professional Affiliations

Dr. Rowe has been a Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a former member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Connecticut.

[edit] Education

College: Canisius College BS ' 66 Graduate School: University of Rochester MD ' 70

[edit] References

  1. ^ Corporate Governance: Board of Directors Bio for John W. Rowe
  2. ^ Forbes list of top executive compensation
  3. ^ Floyd Norris, Patent law is getting tax crazy, International Herald Tribune, October 19, 2006.
  4. ^ Nowotarski, Mark, "Tax Strategies?", Insurance IP Bulletin, October 15, 2006
  5. ^ Herman, Tom, "Patents on Tax-Related Ideas Stir Worry", Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2007