Rex Adams
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Rex D. Adams is currently serving as Chairman and Non-Executive Director (USA) on the Invesco Board of Directors.
Adams previously served as a professor and dean at Duke University
's Fuqua School of Business
from 1996 to 2001; before that appointment, he had worked for the Mobil Corporation for 31 years, serving as Vice President of Administration from 1988 to 1996. Adams graduated from Duke
magna cum laude in 1962; he was selected for a Rhodes Scholarship
that year, and studied nineteenth-century English
history at Merton College.
Adams previously served as on the Board of Directors of Alleghany Corporation. In 2001, he was elected chairman of the Board of Directors for the Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS). Adams also served as a trustee of Duke University.
Adams previously served as a professor and dean at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
's Fuqua School of Business
Fuqua School of Business
The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It currently enrolls 1,340 students in degree-seeking programs...
from 1996 to 2001; before that appointment, he had worked for the Mobil Corporation for 31 years, serving as Vice President of Administration from 1988 to 1996. Adams graduated from Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
magna cum laude in 1962; he was selected for a Rhodes Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for study at the University of Oxford. It was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships, and is widely considered the "world's most prestigious scholarship" by many public sources such as...
that year, and studied nineteenth-century English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
history at Merton College.
Adams previously served as on the Board of Directors of Alleghany Corporation. In 2001, he was elected chairman of the Board of Directors for the Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS). Adams also served as a trustee of Duke University.