Ellen V. Futter

Ellen Victoria Futter was born on September 21, 1949. She was the president of the American Museum of Natural History from 1993 to 2023. She led this famous museum for many years.

Before that, Futter was the president of Barnard College for 13 years. Barnard College is a college for women in New York City. Her work helped improve education and science.

Biography

Ellen Futter was born in New York City and grew up in Port Washington, New York. Her father, Victor Futter, was a lawyer. He worked for Allied Corporation and taught at the Hofstra University Law School and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

She studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then went to Barnard College, where she graduated with high honors in 1971. She later earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1974.

Futter began her career at a big law firm in Wall Street. In 1980, she became the acting president of Barnard College and was then appointed as its president. She was the youngest college president in the United States at that time. She led Barnard until 1993, when she joined the American Museum of Natural History.

In 2014, she received the Rachel Carson Award for her work in protecting the environment. In 2022, she announced she would leave her position as president of the museum in 2023. She has also been involved with many important groups and organizations.

JPMorgan directorship

Ellen Futter was part of JPMorgan Chase's Risk committee in 2012. This was after the bank's leader, Jamie Dimon, announced a big loss in trading. She also worked with a company called Bristol-Myers during a problem with their accounting. She was on a committee for AIG before the company needed help from the U.S. government.

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