· Since graduating from Yale University, he has worked as a stockbroker on Wall Street, first at A.G. Becker & Co. then, in 1968, he founded his own firm, now known as Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC..
· He is also Trustee Emeritus and former Chairman of the Manhattan Institute; Trustee of the American Museum of Natural History; the New-York Historical Society; and The Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
· He is also a co-founder and co-chairman of the Club for Growth.
· Co-founder of the Lincoln Prize and The Frederick Douglass Book Award.
PREVIOUS:
In 1974 he founded the Central Park Community Fund and, in 1980, became a founding and continuing trustee of the Central Park Conservancy.
OTHER:
He is the recipient of honorary degrees from Gettysburg College, St. John’s University, and the Yale Medal.
EDUCATION:
Yale University 1954 (B.A., History)
PERSONAL:
A life-long New York City resident, he has four children and seven grandchildren.
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BIO:
CURRENT:
· Senior Partner, L. E. Lehrman & Co., an investment firm he established.
· Managing partner of the Gilder Lehrman Collection, a national resource of American historical documents, now on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, where he is also a trustee.
· Co-founder of the Lincoln Prize, given annually to the best scholarly work published on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.
· Chairman of The Lehrman Institute, a public policy research and grant making Foundation founded in 1972. The Lehrman Institute created The Lincoln Institute, which has promoted the study of America’s 16th president – particularly through five web sites
· Co-chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which promotes teaching of history in U.S. high schools & colleges through seminars, workshops and an extensive website with original documents. The Institute is a co-sponsor of George Washington Book Prize.
· Trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale Univ. for Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, which gives annual Frederick Douglass prize.
PREVIOUS:
· In January 1982, he ran for Governor of New York. Nominated by both the Conservative and Republican parties of New York, he launched a campaign to rebuild New York. Following a narrow loss to Mario Cuomo, he was asked by President Reagan in Aug 1983 to become Chair of Citizens for America.
· Cardinal Cooke honoree in 1983 of the Archdiocese of New York for his early work in developing the Inner City Scholarship Fund.
· In April of 1987, he joined Morgan Stanley & Company, investment bankers, as a Senior Advisor and a Director of Morgan Stanley Asset Management. In 1988, he became a Managing Director of the firm.
OTHER:
He has been a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute, the Morgan Library, the Manhattan Institute and the Heritage Foundation. He is a former Chairman of the Committee on Humanities of the Yale University Council.
PUBLICATIONS:
written books and articles on American history, national security, and economic and monetary policy. He has co-authored the book Money and the Coming World Order.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University in 1960, after which he won a Carnegie Teaching Fellowship as an instructor of history on the Yale faculty. Master’s degree as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow from Harvard University.
PERSONAL:
Born in Harrisburg, PA, Married to wife, Louise Lehrman. they have five children.
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