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David M. Rubenstein Research Professorship in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. He served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments before becoming the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy during the Carter Administration. He also practiced law in both New York City and Washington, D.C.

Mr. Rubenstein is a current or past board member of dozens of non-profit organizations, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Mr. Rubenstein is an original signer of The Giving Pledge and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award, among other philanthropic awards. He is also the host of The David Rubenstein Show and the author of The American Story and How to Lead.