Meet the Trustees

William H. Strong

strong-168x228.jpg

IU Trustee

Indiana University Board of Trustees
IMU M005
900 E. 7th St. Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-3762
william.strong@morganstanley.com

Appointed to board in 2010
Current term: 2010–2013
Residence: Hong Kong

Trustee Strong, Co-CEO Asia Pacific for Morgan Stanley, has been engaged in developing solutions to solve complex and difficult client problems for more than 30 years across more than 20 countries. These solutions have included many of the largest capital raising transactions and mergers and acquisitions in the United States. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Trustee Strong for a three-year term to the Board of Visitors of The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. The Department of Defense called upon his expertise in 2008, asking him to organize and lead an economic mission to Iraq, where he conferred with leading Iraqi and U.S. officials about approaches to accelerate investments in Iraq by Western companies. He is a member of the  Board of  Trustees of the Newseum Inc., a museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to celebrating the First Amendment to the US Constitution; a  Life Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and he has played an active role in fund-raising at Colgate University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a graduate of Purdue University and earned an M.B.A. from Northwestern University.