Vartan Gregorian Dead At 87
April 19, 2021
Vartan Gregorian, who led the Carnegie Corporation of New York for more than two decades, revitalized The New York Public Library during the 1980s, and served as president of Brown University, died suddenly on April 15 at age 87. He had been hospitalized for testing due to stomach pain, according to the Carnegie Corporation.
“Vartan Gregorian served the Corporation for 24 years as an extraordinary leader and a devoted steward of Andrew Carnegie’s legacy,” Thomas H. Kean, chair of the Carnegie Corporation of New York board of trustees and former governor of New Jersey, said via a statement. “We will remember him most for his immense intellect, his thoughtful generosity, his witty, learned, and sly sense of humor, and his uncanny ability to both inspire and challenge each of us to do our utmost to advance the Corporation’s mission above all else. He was a man of the world who inspired the world.”