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Research Fellow, Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Boston College 513 McGuinn Hall Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (617) 552-2871 Fax (617) 552-3903 email: whitakal@bc.edu personal webpage: http://www2.bc.edu/~whitakal/ |
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Keith Whitaker is Research Fellow at the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy. He earned his BA in classics and philosophy and an MA in classics from Boston University, and his PhD in Social Thought from the University of Chicago. He also holds a certificate in National Security Studies from the University of Kiel, Germany, and the Certified Trust and Financial Advisor designation from the American Bankers Association. Dr. Whitaker has taught for many years in Boston College's Philosophy
Department and Boston University's Writing Program. In addition, he has
worked as an assistant to the chiefs of staff of Boston University Presidents
John Silber and Jon Westling. For years, Dr. Whitaker served as Director and President
of the Morton Foundation, a privately operating foundation devoted to
education. Among other publications Dr. Whitaker has written "A Journey into Platonic Politics: Plato’s Laws" (University Press of America, 2004) and "Plato’s Parmenides" (Focus Press, 1996). He has edited over twenty volumes of classical Greek, Latin, and German texts in translation, and he has written many papers on philosophy, politics, and literature for such periodicals as Partisan Review, Academic Questions, Journal of Education, The American Spectator, and National Review Online. Currently he is writing, with Paul Schervish, a book on religious traditions and philanthropic decision-making. Dr. Whitaker also works as a Senior Vice President and Director of Family Dynamics for Calibre , a multi-family office company with $18 billion under management.
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