Robert Kinloch Massie
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Robert Kinloch Massie IV August 17, 1956 |
| Residence | Somerville, MA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (A.B.); Yale Divinity School (M.Div.); Harvard Business School (D.B.A.) |
| Known for | Ceres Executive Director; Global Reporting Initiative co-founder |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Tate |
| Children | Daughter, two sons |
| Parent(s) | Robert K. Massie, Suzanne Massie |
Robert Kinloch "Bob" Massie IV (born August 17, 1956) is an American activist and author who works on issues of global leadership and corporate accountability, social justice, and climate change. He has created or led several organizations, including Ceres, the Global Reporting Initiative, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, and the New Economy Coalition. His early activism centered on opposition to South Africa's apartheid regime, writing the about the relationship between the US and South Africa in the apartheid era. He is currently a candidate for the Democratic nomination to be governor of Massachusetts.
Born with severe hemophilia, Massie entered Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude in 1978 with a degree in history. As an officer of his alumni class he established the Class of 1978 Foundation, one of the first university foundations to fund direct summer service for students.
While at Princeton he was active in the student movement for Princeton’s divestiture from South Africa, and campaigned for equal access to University dining clubs, many of which did not admit women as members. During this period he also spent three summers and parts of his sophomore year working in the office of U.S. Senator Henry Jackson (D-Washington). He investigated safety in the blood supply system.} Several years later, he learned he had contracted HIV from contaminated blood products.
Massie was one of the very few HIV patients with native resistance to the disease. His immune response was studied by physician Bruce D. Walker at Massachusetts General Hospital and was the subject of a NOVA documentary in 1999.
After graduating from Princeton Massie entered Yale Divinity School, where he concentrated on social and theological ethics, taking a year off to return to Washington to work on issues of corporate responsibility with Public Citizen Congress Watch. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Yale in 1982, and was ordained in the Episcopal Church the following year.
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