About Morehouse

JOHN L. THORNTON

 

Year Elected: 2000

Board Committee (s):

  • Compensation
  • Development
  • Investment

Professional Affiliations Include:

  • Professor and Director of Global Leadership, Tsinghua University, Beijing
  • Former President and Co-COO, Goldman Sachs Group
  • Member, Council of Foreign Relations
  • Chairman, the Brookings Institution Board of Trustees
  • Director, Ford Motor Company

Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College, 1976
  • Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts in Jurisprudence, Oxford University, 1978
  • Master of Science, Yale University, 1980

Achievements Include:

  • Honorary Degree Recipient, Bank Street College
    of Education, 2003