The Starr Foundation Chair in South Asia Studies

THE STARR FOUNDATION was established in 1955 by CORNELIUS VANDER STARR, who moved to China after World War I and founded the Asia Life and American Asiatic Life Insurance Companies. Today, American International Group, Inc., as the enterprises are known, is the world’s largest insurance organization, with more than 88 million customers around the globe, and leads in property casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement services, mortgage insurance, and aircraft leasing. The Starr Foundation supports education and especially student aid, international organizations, medicine and health care, the arts and humanities, civic and public affairs, and social services. The Starr Foundation has given generous and longtime support to Johns Hopkins.

C.V. Starr Distinguished Professorship in Southeast Asia Studies

THE STARR FOUNDATION was established in 1955 by CORNELIUS VANDER STARR, who moved to China after World War I and founded the Asia Life and American Asiatic Life Insurance Companies. Today, American International Group, Inc., as the enterprises are known, is the world’s largest insurance organization, with more than 88 million customers around the globe, and leads in property casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement services, mortgage insurance, and aircraft leasing. The Starr Foundation supports education and especially student aid, international organizations, medicine and health care, the arts and humanities, civic and public affairs, and social services. The Starr Foundation has given generous and longtime support to Johns Hopkins.