Robert Morris '76, founder of private equity firm Olympus Partners and member of the Hamilton Investment Committee, was profiled in The Deal Newsweekly in its Dec. 1 issue. The publication is an "award-winning business and financial newsweekly offering insightful coverage of the business transactions that fuel corporate growth," according to the magazine's Web site. "Power of Regeneration" focused on Morris' philanthropic projects and specifically his work with the Polio Foundation.
According to the article, "As head of the Polio Foundation's research efforts in regeneration medicine, Morris has helped design and fund all such projects over the past several years. As soon as next year, he says, the foundation expects to publish its results on nerve growth treatments in mice in hopes of curing post-polio syndrome. … The regenerative research backed by Morris aims 'to treat the problems rather than the symptoms' by strengthening or regrowing nerves."
In addition to his engagement with the Polio Foundation, the article also described Morris' aid to children from impoverished families via private education. He serves as chairman of the Waterside School in Stamford, which opened in 2001 for underserved children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
The article mentioned Morris' role in managing Hamilton's endowment and the professorship he established in the name of his parents, Robert and Irma Morris. "It was established in his parents' names because he was the first in their respective families to attend a private college, says Morris, owing their guidance to his admission into Hamilton. In fact, the current recipient is Derek Jones, a professor of economics in whose class Morris sat back in 1975."
According to the article, "As head of the Polio Foundation's research efforts in regeneration medicine, Morris has helped design and fund all such projects over the past several years. As soon as next year, he says, the foundation expects to publish its results on nerve growth treatments in mice in hopes of curing post-polio syndrome. … The regenerative research backed by Morris aims 'to treat the problems rather than the symptoms' by strengthening or regrowing nerves."
In addition to his engagement with the Polio Foundation, the article also described Morris' aid to children from impoverished families via private education. He serves as chairman of the Waterside School in Stamford, which opened in 2001 for underserved children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
The article mentioned Morris' role in managing Hamilton's endowment and the professorship he established in the name of his parents, Robert and Irma Morris. "It was established in his parents' names because he was the first in their respective families to attend a private college, says Morris, owing their guidance to his admission into Hamilton. In fact, the current recipient is Derek Jones, a professor of economics in whose class Morris sat back in 1975."
