Endowment Model Pioneer David Swensen Dies
Endowment Model Pioneer David Swensen Dies Posted on 05/06/2021 David Swensen, Yale’s chief investment officer, died at the age of 67 on May 5, 2021 in the evening after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Swensen had undergone years of treatment for cancer. Swensen had gone on temporary leave from his job in September 2012 to undergo treatment before coming back to work at Yale. In a press release from Yale’s President Peter Salovey, “After receiving his Ph.D. in economics from Yale in 1980, David worked for Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers before returning to Yale in 1985 to...