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Roger Hertog

Roger Hertog (born July 5,1941)[1] is an American businessman, financier, and conservative philanthropist. Hertog pursued a career in business, later becoming president of Sanford Bernstein (now AllianceBernstein). He currently serves as president of the Hertog Foundation and chairman of the Tikvah Fund, which promotes Jewish thought and ideas.[2][3]

Personal life and career

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Born to German Jewish immigrants, Hertog was raised in the Bronx and attended public schools. His first job was in the mail room of a financial company while attending City College at night. Eventually, he joined Oppenheimer & Co. in a clerical position. At Oppenheimer, he met his future business partner, Sanford Bernstein. In 1967, Hertog joined Sanford C. Bernstein, & Co. Hertog remained president of the firm until its merger with Alliance Capital Management in 2000. He retired in 2006 from AllianceBernstein L.P. and remains Vice-Chairman Emeritus.[1]

His wife, Susan Hertog, graduated from Hunter College and earned her M.F.A. from Columbia University School of the Arts in 1993.[4][5] Roger and Susan Hertog have three grown children.[6]

Philanthropy

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Hertog with Benjamin Netanyahu at Hudson Institute

Hertog is co-president of the Hertog Foundation.[7] He currently serves as the executive committee chairman for the New York Historical Society’s board of directors, and as a board member at the Alexander Hamilton Society.[8][9] Hertog has spent time on the boards of the American Enterprise Institute, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the Washington Institute for Near-East Policy, and is a chairman emeritus of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.[10][11][12] He was a part-owner of now-defunct The New York Sun and The New Republic, and is a board member at Commentary.[13] He is also a major supporter of National Affairs magazine, edited by Yuval Levin.[1]

His family foundation supports several educational fellowships for college students and young professionals. In 2010, the foundation launched the Political Studies Program, a full-scholarship summer program for undergraduates in the theory and practice of politics. In 2013, in partnership with the Institute for the Study of War, Hertog expanded by launching a two-week summer seminar on warfare and military doctrine for advanced undergraduates, the War Studies Program. The Foundation offers other programs and seminars in three main areas: Political Thought and Philosophy; War and Foreign Affairs; and Economics and Domestic Policy.[14][15][16]

Hertog often donates to Jewish and Israeli organizations, and is the chairman of the Tikvah Fund.[3] As part of his work with Tikvah, Hertog helped fund the Shalem Center in Israel, which has since become the Shalem College.[17][18] Hertog has also given money to the Anti-Defamation League, Taglit-Birthright Israel, and American Friends of Shalva.[4]

Apart from his educational work, Hertog has supported arts and culture in New York City. He is credited with helping spur modernization at the New York Historical Society, joining the board in 2003. In 2004, Hertog and fellow board members Lewis E. Lehrman and Richard Gilder helped fund an Alexander Hamilton exhibit at N-YHS.[1][6] He sponsored the creation of the Bronx Library Center, which opened in 2006.[19]

In the 1990s, Hertog, along with other investors, launched one of the first privately funded school-voucher programs, funding 1,000 scholarships annually for poor families interested in sending their children to private schools. Over 25,000 applied for the scholarships. He has invested in the Success Charter Network and Families for Excellent Schools in New York, and funded a study on the charter school movement in New York City.[1][20]

On November 15, 2007, Hertog was awarded a National Humanities Medal in a White House ceremony with U.S. President George W. Bush.[21][22][23] He won the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership in 2010.[1][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Stephens, Bret."Excellence in Philanthropy: The Business of Big Ideas" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, philanthropyroundtable.org; accessed November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (2012-11-08). "A Patron's Passion for History on Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  3. ^ a b "Board of Directors » About » The Tikvah Fund". tikvahfund.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  4. ^ a b "Roger Hertog". Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  5. ^ Sterling, Kristin. "Hertog Program Celebrates 10 Years of Mentoring", Columbia News, April 26, 2005; retrieved May 30, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c Pogrebin, Robin. "A Patron’s Passion for History on Display". The New York Times. November 9, 2012; retrieved May 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "About : Hertog Foundation". hertogfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  8. ^ "New-York Historical Society | Board Of Trustees". www.nyhistory.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  9. ^ "The future of foreign policy". The Alexander Hamilton Society. Archived from the original on 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  10. ^ "Roger Hertog Joins AEI Board". AEI. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  11. ^ "Board of Directors - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy". www.washingtoninstitute.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  12. ^ "Board of Trustees | Manhattan Institute". Manhattan Institute. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  13. ^ "About Us - Commentary Magazine". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  14. ^ "Political Studies Program : Hertog Foundation". www.hertogfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  15. ^ "War Studies Program : Hertog Foundation". hertogfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  16. ^ Worthen, Molly (2016-12-03). "Can I Go to Great Books Camp?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  17. ^ "Shalem Center gets major grant for college". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  18. ^ "Israel accredits first liberal arts college". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  19. ^ Group, The Bridgespan. "The Philanthropy of Roger Hertog: Using Business Savvy in Service of Profound Ideas". www.bridgespan.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  20. ^ "Giving It Now: The Philanthropic Plan of Roger and Susan Hertog". Inside Philanthropy. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  21. ^ "6 Academics Receive National Honors in Arts and Humanities", The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 16, 2007.
  22. ^ "Humanities Medals Awarded by President Bush" Archived 2018-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. NNEH News Archive November 15, 2007.
  23. ^ ""President and Mrs. Bush Attend the Presentation of the 2007 National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals"". Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), November 15, 2007, formerly posted on WhiteHouse.gov, now in the Internet Archive (accessed January 22, 2009).
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