Rogers Named Adjunct Senior Fellow at Baker Institute

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Rogers Named Adjunct Senior Fellow at Baker Institute

John F.W. Rogers, vice president and
assistant to the chairman at Goldman, Sachs & Co., has been
appointed as adjunct senior fellow of the James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy, institute director Edward P. Djerejian
announced today.

"John Rogers was instrumental in the establishment of the Baker
Institute at Rice," Djerejian said. "His efforts led to the success
of our fund-raising efforts during the winter of 1993 through May
1994. His work laid a very strong foundation on which we are now
building the work of the Baker Institute.

"I am proud that he has accepted our offer to continue his
association with the institute in this special role as adjunct
senior fellow. In this position, he will continue to consult and
advise us on our ongoing projects and fund-raising efforts."

Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs & Co., Rogers was a senior
fellow at the Baker Institute, where he was responsible for the
institute’s ongoing development and operations.

He also served from 1991 to 1993 as undersecretary of state for
management for the U.S. Department of State, where he was
responsible for the department’s worldwide operations.

Rice president Malcolm Gillis praised the appointment of Rogers
as adjunct senior fellow at the Baker Institute.

"This new association for John with the institute will offer
Rice an opportunity to continue to draw on a wealth of skills and
talents which were so vital in the early work of getting the
institute off on the right footing," Gillis said. "I am delighted
that he has agreed to accept this position at the institute."

Dean of the School of Social Sciences James R. Pomerantz said
Rogers played a pivotal role in the formation of the institute.

"From his arrival in the winter of 1993 until his departure in
the spring of 1994," Pomerantz said, "John was the mainstay of the
institute, spearheading our fund-raising efforts, handling public
relations matters, coordinating the institute’s first two public
events, establishing program requirements and assisting in the
search for a director.

"It was fitting that John was the first senior fellow to be
named at the Baker Institute. Now that he is gone, he is sorely
missed, but as an adjunct senior fellow, I know that he will
continue to help the institute and Rice every way he can."

Richard J. Stoll, Baker Institute associate director, said
Rogers’ distinguished public service career will serve the institute
well.

"John has exactly the kind of background and experience that we
want for a fellow of the institute," Stoll said. "He has also had a
critical role in moving the institute from a vision to a reality.
Without his energy and effort, the Baker Institute would not be
poised to have a major impact on Rice, the nation and the world. He
is truly a person of action and someone who is deeply committed to
the vision that drives the institute."

Prior to his work at the State Department, Rogers was executive
vice president of the Oliver Car Co., Washington, D.C.’s largest
real estate service firm, from 1988 to 1991. He served as assistant
secretary of the treasury from 1985 to 1987 and as assistant to the
president of the United States for management and administration at
the White House from 1981 to 1985.

Active in historical preservation, Rogers served as a member and
chairman of the President’s Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation from 1983 to 1991. He has received numerous awards for
his restoration work. He received the Presidential Citizens Medal in
1985, the Alexander Hamilton Award in 1987 and the State
Department’s Distinguished Service Medal in 1993.

Rogers graduated from George Washington University in 1978 with
a bachelor’s degree in public affairs and administration.

Rice University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian
private university dedicated to undergraduate teaching and graduate
studies, research, and professional training in selected
disciplines. It has an undergraduate student population of 2,572, a
graduate and professional student population of 1,375 and a full-
time faculty of 448.

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