Melville, N.Y., USA - December 4, 2014, Melville, N.Y., USA - Henry Schein, Inc., a provider of health care products and services, appoints Lawrence S. Bacow to the company's board of directors.
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Having held executive leadership positions at three of the world's finest academic institutions, Dr. Bacow will bring expertise and unique insights into the needs of future dentists, veterinarians and physicians.
From 2001 to 2011, Dr. Bacow was the 12th President of Tufts University, where he oversaw all seven of the University's schools, including its School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
In addition, he served on the Board of Trustees and as a member of the executive committee of Tufts Medical Center.
Following Tufts, Dr. Bacow served as President-in-Residence in the Higher Education Program at Harvard's Graduate School of Education for three years. He currently is Leader-in-Residence at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Bacow spent 24 years on the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he held the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professorship of Environmental Studies.
He served as the elected Chair of the MIT Faculty and subsequently as Chancellor, one of the Institute's two most senior academic officers.
Dr. Bacow is a member of the Harvard Corporation, the fiduciary oversight board of Harvard University, where he chairs the Joint Committee on Inspection which functions as Harvard University's audit committee.
He serves on the Board of Overseers of TIAA-CREF, and is a Director of Liquidnet Holdings, Inc., and Loewe's Companies, Inc., serving on the audit committee of both Boards.
He is a past Director of Boston Properties, Inc., where he was a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee.
Dr. Bacow received an S.B. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a M.P.P. and a Ph.D. from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. ■