Thomas A. Saunders III

Thomas A. Saunders III
Born 1937 (age 77–78)
Nationality American
Education Virginia Military Institute
University of Virginia
Occupation Investment banker
Philanthropist
Spouse(s) Jordan (Horner) Saunders
Children Calvert Saunders Moore
Thomas A. Saunders IV

Thomas A. Saunders III (born 1937) is an American investment banker, and philanthropist.

Biography

Early life

Saunders graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, with a B.S. in electrical engineering, and from the University of Virginia with an MBA in 1967.[1]

Career

Saunders was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley from 1974 to August 1989.[2][3] He was involved with the Conrail private offering.[4] He was a Dollar Tree director since 1993. Saunders was a founder of Saunders Karp & Megrue Partners, LLC, and has been the President of Ivor & Co., LLC, a private investment company, since 2000.[5]

Philanthropy

Saunders has given the University of Virginia some $17 million over the past twenty-five years. He is chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's Board of Trustees; a bridge has been named for him.[6] He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Heritage Foundation.[7]

He and his wife endowed the Matthew C. Horner chair in military theory at Marine Corps University. They chaired the 1995 Dinner on the Lawn at UVA, to kick off a billion-dollar capital campaign. In 2007 the Saunders hosted the annual gala for the New-York Historical Society at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.[8] He and his wife were awarded the 2008 National Humanities Medal

Personal life

He married Jordan Horner Saunders. They have lived in New York City, since the 1960s. They have a daughter, Calvert Saunders, born 1968 (age 46–47).[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/08/0825_virginia_school_tour/2.htm
  2. ↑ SARAH BARTLETT (August 7, 1989). BUSINESS PEOPLE; Morgan Stanley Losing Head of Buyout Fund. The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "2 More Leave Morgan Posts". The New York Times. September 21, 1989.
  4. ↑ "IS THIS ANY WAY TO SELL A RAILROAD?", Fortune, Lee Smith, May 25, 1987
  5. ↑ Forbes http://people.forbes.com/profile/thomas-a-saunders/26840. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.monticello.org/parkway/bridge.html
  7. ↑ Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees
  8. ↑ http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/2008_Medalists.html#Saunders
  9. ↑ "WEDDINGS; Calvert Saunders, C. A. F. Griffin". The New York Times. September 25, 1994.
  10. ↑ "Calvert Saunders, George Moore". The New York Times. May 9, 1999.

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