NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Mark A. Angelson, a member of Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni and chair of the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Scholar Rescue Fund and selection committee, was inducted to the Rutgers Board of Governors at today’s meeting here. He joins the board as a public governor appointed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and confirmed by the state Senate. His term runs through 2020.

Angelson graduated from Rutgers College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, in 1972, and from Rutgers School of Law-Newark, in 1975. He was inducted to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2013.

Besides his roles with the Scholar Rescue Fund, Angelson serves as an IIE trustee and as its treasurer. Founded in 1919, the IIE is an independent nonprofit that is among the world’s largest and most experienced international education and training organizations, and administers Fulbright Scholarships for the U.S. Department of State. The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and works are threatened in their home countries.

For the past two years, Angelson was chair of NewPage, the largest manufacturer of specialty and printing papers. Last month, he led its merger with Verso in a transaction described as among the most challenging and complex.

Mark A. Angelson
Mark A. Angelson
 

In 2011-2012, Angelson served as deputy mayor of the city of Chicago and chair of the Mayor’s Economic, Budgetary and Business Development Council. Mayor Rahm Emanuel credited him with facilitating the creation of tens of thousands of jobs for Chicagoans and launching the largest municipal employees’ wellness program in the country, among other initiatives.

“Mr. Angelson has an extraordinary record of accomplishment in the public and private sectors. The Board of Governors and the entire university will greatly benefit from his intellect, wealth of professional experience and business acumen,” said Rutgers President Robert Barchi.

Angelson began his career in 1975 as a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He practiced with Sidley Austin LLP from 1982 through 1995, and served as co-chair of international operations and resident managing partner of the law firm’s offices in Singapore, New York and London.

From 1996 through 2010, he was a leader of the transformation and consolidation of the printing industry, as chair and chief executive officer for several public companies, including RR Donnelley (Chicago), Moore (Toronto), Moore Wallace (New York) and World Color Press (Montreal), and as a private investor. He also was chair of MidOcean Partners, a New York and London-based investment firm, from 2007 to 2009.            

Angelson has been a trustee of Northwestern University for more than a decade and, since 2010, an adjunct professor of mergers and acquisitions at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and its membership committee, the Economic Club of New York, the Chicago Club and of the Pilgrims Society (London and New York), and is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. In 2005, Angelson and RR Donnelley received the Harold H. Hines Award from the United Negro College Fund. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the John Marshall Law School in 2006.

In 2014, Angelson was appointed the Richard D. Heffner Public Service Professor by Barchi, a position he has relinquished for the duration of his service on the Rutgers Board of Governors.