1. Eugene Rotberg served as vice president and treasurer of the World Bank from 1968 to 1987, responsible for overall funding and investment operations.
12 Facts About Eugene Rotberg
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Eugene Rotberg later became associate director for trading and markets and chief counsel for the Office of Policy Research.
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At the World Bank, Eugene Rotberg was responsible for borrowing in the capital markets throughout the world to finance the World Bank lending program to developing countries.
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Eugene Rotberg was responsible for the management and investment of over $20 billion liquid assets in 20 different currencies.
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Eugene Rotberg was successful in overcoming those attitudes, and as a result the World Bank was able to finance its expanded lending program.
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Eugene Rotberg lectured extensively at academic institutions such as The University of Pennsylvania Law School, The Wharton School, Duke University, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Harvard Business School, Yale University School of Management, Macalester College, and The George Washington University over a period of 50 years.
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Eugene Rotberg was a frequent guest of the PBS TV program, "Debates, Debates," which focused on controversial domestic and international issues.
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Eugene Rotberg served as a trustee for the NPR Foundation; the Washington National Opera; the Theatre Lab in Washington, DC; Development Alternatives, Inc.
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Eugene Rotberg is currently president of the Center for Contemporary Opera.
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Eugene Rotberg serves on the advisory councils of the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at The George Washington University.
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Eugene Rotberg has written a libretto for an opera, Tarhir.
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Eugene Rotberg is the godfather of Benjamin Wolf, the son of Martin Wolf, chief economics correspondent of Financial Times, and Alison Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich and professor at King's College, London.