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John H. Biggs
(born July 19, 1936) is a former director of
The Boeing Company
from their 1997 merger with
McDonnell Douglas
[1]
[2]
until May 2011,
[3]
and the
National Bureau of Economic Research
as well as a trustee of
Washington University in St. Louis
. He was previously chairman and
chief executive officer
of financial services company
TIAA-CREF
from January 1993 until November 2002.
Education
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A native of
St. Louis
, an alumnus of
Thomas Jefferson School
,
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Biggs earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in classics from
Harvard University
, and a Ph.D. in economics from
Washington University in St. Louis
.
Career
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Biggs began his professional career with the
General American Life Insurance Company
in 1958. He served in various
actuarial
management positions, and in 1970 was appointed vice president and controller. In 1977, Mr. Biggs became vice chancellor for Administration and Finance at
Washington University in St. Louis
. He was named president and CEO of Centerre Trust Company, St. Louis, in 1985.
From 1989 to 1993 he served as president and
chief operating officer
for TIAA-CREF, and became CEO in January 1993.
Biggs is currently a director of the Boeing Company
[2]
and
JPMorgan Chase
, chairman of the
J. Paul Getty Trust
, and a
trustee
of Washington University, The
Danforth Foundation
in St. Louis, and the
Santa Fe Opera
. He is a director and former chairman of the
United Way
of New York City and the
National Bureau of Economic Research
. He is a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
, and the
Council on Foreign Relations
. He is treasurer of the New York City Investment Fund. He is a fellow of the
Society of Actuaries
. He was chairman of the trustees of the
Getty Trust
and is Executive-in-Residence at NYU-
Stern School of Business
.
Biggs has published a number of papers on corporate governance, variable annuities, Social Security, regulation and taxation of pension plans, and demographic effects on pensions.
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