Howard L. Morgan
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| Born |
Howard Lee Morgan November 14, 1945 New York, New York |
| Residence | Villanova, Pennsylvania |
| Education |
City College of New York Cornell University |
| Occupation | Businessperson; Chief executive officer; Professor (former) |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Morgan (present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Nat Morgan Esther Hyman Morgan |
| Website | First Round Capital |
Howard Lee Morgan (born November 14, 1945) is an American venture capitalist, philanthropist, socialite, angel investor, author and contributing writer for Business Insider. He also serves as the Chairman, CEO, Director, Board member or advisor for an assortment of companies including B Cap Group, Arca Group, Idealab, Math for America and managing partner for First Round Capital with partners Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic, and Rob Hayes.
According to Business Week, Morgan is said to be "connected to 28 board members in 28 organizations across 31 different industries". He has been listed on the Forbes 2009 list of Executives and Directors, currently ranked #12 on CouldAve’s Top 30 Most Respected Venture Capitalist for 2011 and rank #1 in Philadelphia.
Howard Morgan attended the City College of the City University of New York in 1965 where he earned a Bachelor of Science in physics. He then received a Ph.D. in operations research from Cornell University in 1968. Morgan was also awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of Pennsylvania.
After earning his Ph.D from Cornell University Dr. Morgan was granted a faculty position with their Department of Computer Science in September 1968. He went on to work as Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and also Professor of Computer Science at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania. During his academic career Morgan also served as an editor of Communications of the ACM, Management Science, Transactions on Office Information Systems and Transactions on Database Systems. His research on user interface technology, and on optimization of computer networks led to his bringing the ARPAnet to Philadelphia in 1974. As a result of this early participation in the Internet, he advised many corporate and government agencies on the uses of electronic and voice mail, implementing it throughout the Wharton School in the mid 1970s. Morgan continued to work as a professor from 1972 through 1985.
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