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Richard Thaler, Jr
Treasurer
Board of Trustees
- Morehouse College, Board Member
- Managing Partner, Lieutenant Island Partners, LLC
Education
Harvard University
Master of Business Administration
Princeton University
Bachelor of Arts
PROFILE
Richard Thaler is the managing partner of Lieutenant Island Partners, LLC. His current activities include advising several private equity partnerships as well as service on myriad not for profit boards including the Princeton University History Dept Advisory Council, Plymouth Plantation (historical Museum), Treasurer of Learn 4 Life Charleston, and a startup charter school in Charleston, SC. Previously, he was an investment banker for many years with Lehman Brothers and then Deutsche Bank where he retired as a Vice Chairman of Global Investment Banking. While an investment banker, Mr. Thaler enjoyed 11 years as a pro bono adjunct professor of finance at Morehouse where he taught a course on Leverage Buyouts and Private Equity. He has served on the Morehouse Board of Trustees for ten years and as Treasurer and Head of the Financial Sustainability Committee the Morehouse Board for the last six years. As a young man he travelled throughout South America, Africa and crossed Asia by public bus.
He holds a BA in History from Princeton University and a MBA from Harvard University.
In Conversation...
WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN TO SERVE ON THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES?
Serving as a Trustee has been a continuation of my 30 year involvement with the college starting as the head of Recruiting at Lehman Brothers to teaching a pro bono course in finance and actively mentoring Morehouse students
WHO FROM THE MOREHOUSE COMMUNITY HAS IMPRESSED OR IMPACTED YOUR LIFE OR WORK?
I haven known about Morehouse since was a kid having grown up following the speeches, teachings and writings Dr King. As a business professional, i became involved with the school when my Lehman brothers colleague,Willie Woods, asked me to commit the firm to recruiting Morehouse students. One thing led to another and I ended up teaching a few classes and then developing a curriculum for a full semester course. Getting to know so many people at Morehouse and may so many great friends has been a source of joy and a life changing experience for this white suburban kid from Boston
AS A TRUSTEE, HOW DO YOU HOPE TO IMPACT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE?
Hope to have been able to advance Morehouse’s mission and improve its finances to continue to deliver and always improve on the Morehouse experience
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE AND/OR TV SHOW OF ALL TIME?
Book-Treasure island (i have always loved pirate stories)
Movie-Casablanca (terrific story and so many great lines)
TV series-Breaking Bad (great story and Brian Cranston is a phenomenal actor)