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John Rowe Starts as Chair of the Board of Trustees of IIT

John Rowe Starts as Chair of the Board of Trustees of IIT

John W. Rowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corporation officially becomes Chair of the Board of Trustees at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on Thursday, November 9, when he presides over his first board meeting. Rowe replaces outgoing 16-year Chairman Robert Pritzker, an IIT alumnus, who will remain active at IIT serving as Chair of the Boards Policy Committee and as Chair of the Pritzker Institute for Biomedical Science and Engineering Board.

My term as chair begins at a time of phenomenal growth for the university, Rowe said. Lew Collens and Bob Pritzker have fundamentally transformed IIT over the past 16 years, and I look forward to building on the foundation they have laid. At Exelon, we believe that supporting educational institutions is an investment that benefits the community and strengthens the work force.

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