The Princeton Varsity Club welcomed Jack Bogle ’51 back to campus as the keynote speaker for the Spring 2009 edition of the PVC Jake McCandless ’51 Speaker Series. Mr. Bogle delivered his address entitled “Aspiring to Build a Better Financial World” on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:30pm in McCosh Hall 10 to a diverse audience.
John C. Bogle, 79, is Founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center.Β He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1996 and Senior Chairman until 2000.Β He had been associated with a predecessor company since 1951, immediately following his graduation from Princeton University,Β magna cum laudeΒ in Economics.Β He is a graduate of Blair Academy, Class of 1947.
The Vanguard Group is one of the two largest mutual fund organizations in the world.Β Headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Vanguard comprises more than 120 mutual funds with current assets totaling more than $1 trillion.Β Vanguard 500 Index Fund, the largest fund in the group, was founded by Mr. Bogle in 1975.Β It was the first index mutual fund. The story of his life and career is told inΒ John Bogle and the Vanguard Experiment: One Manβs Quest to Transform the Mutual Fund Industry, by Robert Slater (1996).
In 2004,Β TIMEΒ magazine named Mr. Bogle as one of the worldβs 100 most powerful and influential people, andInstitutional InvestorΒ presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award.Β In 1999,Β FortuneΒ designated him as one of the investment industryβs four βGiants of the 20thΒ Century.β In the same year, he received the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University for βdistinguished achievement in the Nationβs service.βΒ In 1997, he was named one of the βFinancial Leaders of the 20thΒ Centuryβ inΒ Leadership in Financial ServicesΒ (Macmillan Press Ltd., 1997). In 1998, Mr. Bogle was presented the Award for Professional Excellence from the Association for Investment Management and Research (now the CFA Institute), and in 1999 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Fixed Income Analysts Society, Inc.
Mr. Bogle is a best-selling author, beginning withΒ Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor(1993);Β Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent InvestorΒ (1999);Β John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 YearsΒ (2000);Β Character Counts:Β The Creation and Building of The Vanguard GroupΒ (2002);Β Battle for the Soul of CapitalismΒ (2005); andΒ The Little Book of Common Sense InvestingΒ (2007). His seventh book,Β Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life, was published by John Wiley and Sons in November 2008.
Mr. Bogle served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute in 1969-1970, and as a member of the Board in 1969-1974.Β In 1997, he was appointed by then-U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt to serve on the Independence Standards Board.Β In 2000, he was named by the Commonwealthβs Chamber of Commerce as Pennsylvaniaβs Business Leader of the Year.
He served as Chairman of the Board of the National Constitution Center from September 1999 through January 2007, and was a Director of Instinet Corporation until December 2005. He was a member of The Conference Boardβs Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise, and is a Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Β A Trustee of Blair Academy, he served as Chairman in 1986-2001.Β He has received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Delaware, University of Rochester, New School University, Susquehanna University, Eastern University, Widener University, Albright College, Pennsylvania State University, Drexel University, Immaculata University, Princeton University, and Georgetown University.
Mr. Bogle was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on May 8, 1929.Β He now resides in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Eve.Β They are the parents of six children and the grandparents of twelve.
The Jake McCandless β51 PVCΒ Speaker Series began in 2004 with a lecture fromΒ NCAA President Myles Brand.Β The series was endowed in the name of J. L. “Jake” McCandless β51, who coached Princeton to the 1969 Ivy League football championship during the Tigersβ centennial year of football.
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The Princeton community is invited to join us in McCosh 10 on Thursday, April 6th for a conversation with Jeff Ingold ’90 and Ted Price ’90 as part
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The Princeton community is invited to join us in McCosh 10 on Thursday, April 6th for a conversation with Jeff Ingold ’90 and Ted Price ’90 as part of the Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series. Ingold andΒ Price are former Princeton squash teammates who have gone on to very unique careers in the entertainment industry, producing some of the most recognizable television shows and video games in the world.
Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series Conversation with Entertainment Executives Jeff Ingold ’90 & Ted Price ’90
The conversation will be moderated by Ford Family Director of Athletics, John Mack ’00. The speaker series event is free and open to the general public (no advanced registration required). The Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series was endowed in the name of J.L. “Jake”McCandless ’51, who coached Princeton to the 1969 Ivy League football championship during the Tigers’ centennial year of football. Click here to learn more about the series and past featured speakers.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS Jeff Ingold β90,Β is the President of Bill Lawrenceβs Doozer Productions at Warner Bros. Television. He just wrapped production on theΒ third season of the two-time Emmy award winning seriesΒ Ted Lasso, as well asΒ ShrinkingΒ (starring Jason Segel andΒ Harrison Ford) andΒ Bad MonkeyΒ (starring Vince Vaughn), both for Apple TV+. Β
Prior to joining Doozer Productions, Ingold was the longtime comedy head at NBC. After rising through the ranks as a currentΒ executive on such hit NBC shows asΒ Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace,Β andΒ Scrubs, Ingold transitioned to the developmentΒ team where he oversawΒ The Office.Β In 2006, Ingold was promoted to the head of NBC comedy under then President, KevinΒ Reilly. During the rest of his tenure, which included expanded oversight of Universal Television comedies in addition to NBC,Β Ingold supervised the critically acclaimed seriesΒ 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation,Β AndΒ Community.Β When he left in 2011,Β Ingoldβs title was Executive Vice President, NBC and Universal Comedy Series.Β
Ingold is a graduate of Princeton University and the USC Marshall School of Business. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
Ted Price β90Β is President and Founder of Insomniac Games β a videogame developer with over 500 employees located across US and Canada, working remotely and onsite in its bi-coastal offices. In 2019 Insomniac was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Since 1994 Insomniac has created high profile game franchises in the console, VR, AR and mobile spaces. Some of its more popular creations include theΒ Spyro the DragonΒ series, theΒ Ratchet and ClankΒ series, theΒ Resistance: Fall of ManΒ series,Β Sunset OverdriveΒ andΒ Marvelβs Spider-Man. Upcoming games includeΒ Marvelβs Spider-Man 2Β andΒ Marvelβs WolverineΒ for the PlayStation 5.
Insomniacβs games have sold over 100 million units worldwide since the companyβs inception. Insomniac has also won numerous local, state and national workplace awards for its unique culture.
Priceβs responsibilities at Insomniac include directing the companyβs strategic planning and helping shape its culture as well as contributing to its projects. Price is also the Vice Chairman of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in English.
Join fellow Princetonians on Tuesday, April 11th from 12:00-1:30 p.m. for the spring edition of the PVC Luncheon series, where you will hear updates from several spring season
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Join fellow Princetonians on Tuesday, April 11th from 12:00-1:30 p.m. for the spring edition of the PVC Luncheon series, where you will hear updates from several spring season Tiger head coaches and student-athletes, as well as remarks from Ford Family Director of Athletics, John Mack β00.
The event will take place at the Friend Center (Convocation Room 113; use Olden St. entrance) on Princetonβs campus. Please RSVP below (or reach out to 609-258-8955) if you plan to attend the Spring Coaches Luncheon β we look forward to seeing you!
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Each year, the PVC celebrates the accomplishments of our senior class with the year-end Gary Walters β67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet. This special occasion will honor the Princeton Athletics
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Each year, the PVC celebrates the accomplishments of our senior class with the year-end Gary Walters β67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet. This special occasion will honor the Princeton Athletics Class of 2023 on Thursday, May 25th in Jadwin Gymnasium to kick-off Reunions weekend. We look forward to being joined by families, friends, coaches, staff, alumni and our Team Around the Team for this celebratory banquet.
To see the list of awards presented at the banquet,click here. To view highlights from last yearβs PVC Awards Banquet,click here.
Additional event and RSVP information will be provided soon. In the meantime, any questions related to the Gary Walters β67 PVC Awards Banquet can be directed to pvc@princeton.edu