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Columbia's Arthur J. Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence

7/31/2017

A graduate of Columbia Business School with a master of business administration, Art J. Samberg founded Pequot Partners in the 1980s and led it to become the world’s largest hedge fund at one point. After closing the firm, he founded Hawkes Financial, LLC, a family office in New York. Also active in charitable giving, Art Samberg has made considerable donations to his alma mater, including a $10 million donation that supported the establishment of the Arthur J. Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence.

Founded in 2002, the Arthur J. Samberg Institute aims to further Columbia Business School’s dedication to teaching excellence by offering resources and programs to promote curriculum integration, faculty development, and pedagogical innovation. The Institute partners with professional consultants and faculty members to coach professors, lead development workshops, and provide feedback on course content and teaching skills.

Finally, the Institute offers students access to course evaluations for the current year’s electives, as well as an archive of evaluations for courses going back more than 16 years. To learn more about the Institute, visit www8.gsb.columbia.edu/samberg.

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Supporting Education through the Columbia Business School

1/13/2017

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Currently the owner of Hawkes Financial LLC, a family office based in Katonah, New York, Arthur (Art) J. Samberg has an MBA from Columbia Business School. In 2009, together with two other alumni, Russell Carson and Henry Kravis, Art Samberg donated $45 million to Columbia University Business School.

Lauded by Glenn Hubbard, the dean of the Business School in 2009, the generous gifts were used to improve the school’s learning program by launching strategic initiatives aimed at increasing and developing the school’s faculty.

The largest donation, $25 million by Mr. Samberg, was a challenge grant to motivate other supporters of the school to donate. It was used to recruit new faculty for the school’s burgeoning subject areas. The donation by Mr. Carson, $10 million, was an unrestricted donation. It was used to support business practice partnerships that allowed the school to collaborate with outside business leaders to offer internships, sabbaticals, and research partnerships. It was also used to bolster the school’s social enterprise program.

The last $10 million, donated by Mr. Kravis, was used to establish a case study development center. The center provides students with an opportunity to apply their analytical skills in making decisions based on qualitative data that mirrors the world business environment.

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Philanthropic Giving to Columbia Business School’s Manhattan Campus

12/15/2016

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Arthur “Art” J. Samberg is an established executive in the financial industry that resides in the New York area. A graduate of MIT, Stanford and Columbia Business School, Art Samberg currently serves as the owner of Hawkes Financial LLC, his family office. Mr. Samberg is also engaged in philanthropy with his alma maters and in 2013 pledged a $25 million gift towards construction of the Columbia Business School’s Manhattan campus.

Located in New York City, Columbia Business School is an institution of higher education that operates MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs. The school has a mission to develop successful leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as developing scholars and disseminating groundbreaking knowledge. These activities take place at the school's primary campus, Morningside Heights, and the more recently built Manhattan campus.

The Manhattan campus was designed by Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, the prestigious New York architectural firm, to reflect the high tech and fast paced nature of the modern business world. The state-of-the-art facilities encourage social networking and social intelligence skill-building among students. In addition, innovative technology is integrated into teaching and research at the campus. For additional information, visit www8.gsb.columbia.edu.

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Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus

1/7/2014

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As the owner of Hawkes Financial, LLC, Art Samberg continues his four-decade-plus-long career in the investment field investing his family funds. The recipient of a master of business administration from Columbia Business School, Arthur Samberg has maintained his relationship with the institution. In 2002, he founded the school's Arthur J. Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence with a $10 million contribution. In 2006, he gifted another $25 million to his alma mater. This latter contribution represented the largest gift in the school’s history at that time. Seven years later, Art J. Samberg joined with fellow “finance titan” Mario Gabelli to pledge $40 million towards the institution's Manhattanville campus.

In 2009, Columbia University received approval from New York State's Public Authorities Control Board to build a Manhattanville Campus in West Harlem. Located north of its Morningside Heights campus, this site will encompass 17 acres between 129th and 133rd Street and Broadway and Twelfth Avenue. Nearly 7 million square feet of property will be used for teaching, research, parking, and administrative facilities. Additionally, it will house the Columbia University-supported secondary school focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center.

This endeavor will also strengthen the community. Its dedication to environmental sustainability earned it a spot in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Neighborhood Design pilot program. Developers will introduce tens of thousands of square feet of open space as well as wider sidewalks. Additionally, it will provide multiple job opportunities.

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Columbia's Arthur J. Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence

Supporting Education through the Columbia Business School

Philanthropic Giving to Columbia Business School’s Manhattan Campus

Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus

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