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first as a board member and later, from
1980 to 1991, as Chairman of the
Board, during which time he led its
successful effort to restore the
landmark New York building. He is
now Chairman Emeritus of Carnegie
Hall.
In 1990, Mr. Wolfensohn became
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
On January 1, 1996, he was elected
Chairman Emeritus.
Mr. Wolfensohn has been President of
the International Federation of Multiple
Sclerosis Societies, Director of the
Business Council for Sustainable
Development, and served both as
Chairman of the Finance Committee
and as Director of the Rockefeller
Foundation and of the Population
Council, and as member of the Board
of Rockefeller University.
He is an Honorary Trustee of the
Brookings Institution and a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations and
the Century Association in New York.
Born in Australia in December 1933,
Mr. Wolfensohn is a naturalized U.S.
citizen. He holds B.A. and LL.B.
degrees from the University of Sydney
and an M.B.A. from the Harvard
Graduate School of Business.
Before attending Harvard, he was a
lawyer in the Australian law firm of
Allen Allen & Hemsley.

Mr. Wolfensohn served as an Officer in
the Royal Australian Air Force, and
was a member of the 1956 Australian
Olympic Fencing Team.
Mr. Wolfensohn is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and a Fellow of the American
Philosophical Society. He has been the
recipient of many awards for his
volunteer work, including the first
David Rockefeller Prize of the Museum
of Modern Art in New York for his
work for culture and the arts.
In May 1995 he was awarded an
Honorary Knighthood by Queen
Elizabeth II for his contribution to the
ats. Mr. Wolfensohn has also been
decorated by the Governments of
Australia, France, Germany, Morocco,
and Norway.
He and his wife, Elaine, an education
specialist and a graduate of Wellesley,
B.A., and Columbia University, M.A.
and M.Ed., have three children-Sara,
Naomi, and Adam.
OCTOBER 1999

World Bank Group President James D. Wolfensohn

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