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American businessman and philanthropist

Ravenel B. Curry III is an American businessman and philanthropist.

Early life and education

Ravenel, a native of Greenwood, South Carolina, graduated from Furman University in 1963.

Career

Curry began his investment career as a security analyst at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. He was also partner at H.C. Wainwright as well as a Portfolio Manager of The Duke Endowment. Curry is currently the President and CIO of Eagle Capital Management, an investment management firm headquartered in New York City which he co-Founded with his late wife Beth Curry in 1988.

Philanthropy

He sits on the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, The Duke Endowment, the New York Hall of Science, the New-York Historical Society, the Genetics Endowment of South Carolina, the Blanton-Peale Institute (named for Norman Vincent Peale), and his alma mater, Furman University. He has previously served as President of the Furman University Alumni Board and as Chair of the New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Success Academy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In 2004, he donated US$1 million to support the Chinese Studies program at Furman University, and, in 2023, he donated US$10 million to support the renovation of Furman University's basketball arena.

He and Beth Curry founded the Ravenel and Elizabeth Curry Foundation, which made major contributions to Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College and Queens University of Charlotte, N.C.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Rivers Curry (nÊe Mary Elizabeth Rivers) (1941-2015) in 1963.

In 2017, Curry was granted the Manhattan Institute’s Alexander Hamilton Award.

References

  1. ^ The Duke Endowment Board of Trustees
  2. ^ Across South Carolina, The Augusta Chronicle, 12/07/04
  3. ^ The U.S./China Executive Institute Advisory Council
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  5. "Furman celebrates award recipients at the 2022 Bell Tower Ball".
  6. ^ Roberts, Sam (November 19, 2015). "Beth Curry, 74, Founded Investment Firm". New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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  8. American Enterprise Institute Board of Trustees
  9. Manhattan Institute Board of Trustees Archived 2015-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  10. New-York Historical Society Board of Trustees
  11. New York Hall of Science Board of Trustees Archived 2013-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Ravenel Curry Bio".
  13. "Ravenel B. Curry III". www.eaglecap.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  14. "Ravenel Curry pledges $10 million gift for Furman's Timmons Arena renovation".
  15. "Curry receives major honor from the Manhattan Institute". Furman University. May 5, 2017.
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