Edward P. Bass

Infobox Person
name = Edward Perry Bass
birth_date = birth date and age|1945|9|10
birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
occupation = Philanthropist, Environmentalist
networth = steady US$2.5 billion (2008)
spouse = Vicki Skinner Bass (1995-) [cite web|title=Where Cowgirls Go to Get Their Due |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D6173AF931A35755C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |author=Allen R. Myerson |publisher=New York Times |date=2002-06-02 |accessdate=2008-05-27]

Edward Perry Bass (born Birth date|1945|9|10) [cite news|title=The Bass Family Tree |publisher=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=1998-04-26 |accessdate=2008-05-26] is a businessman, financier, philanthropist, and environmentalist who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He financed the Biosphere 2 project, an artificial closed ecological system, which was built between 1987 and 1991. He is the chairman of Fine Line, an investment and venture-capital management firm in Fort Worth,Chronicle of Philanthropy; 11/23/2006, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p6-6. Retrieved 2008-05-26.] and president of the board of directors of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a philanthropic organization. [cite web |url=http://www.sidrichardson.org/Board.html |title=Sid W. Richardson Foundation Board of Directors |accessdate=2008-05-26] He was listed as #163 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2008, with an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion.cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_Edward-Bass_OBVO.html | title=#163 Edward Bass |date=2008-09-16 |accessdate=2008-09-17 |publisher=Forbes]

Education

Bass graduated from Yale in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in administrative science.cite web | url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/01-09-05-01.all.html | title=Edward P. Bass Named to Yale Corporation |date=2001-09-05 |accessdate=2008-05-26 | publisher=Yale University]

Current Activities

*Named as a Successor Fellow of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale, in 2001.
*Vice Chairman, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Board of Directorscite web | url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/wwf/annualreport07/ | title=World Wildlife Fund 2007 Annual Report | accessdate=2008-05-26 | page=64]

Philanthropy

*2002: Established the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholars Program at Yale [cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/yibs/bass.html |title=The Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholars Program |accessdate=2008-05-26]
*2006: $60 million donation to Yale (He and his family have donated more than $200 million to Yale.)
*2007: $12 million to WWF Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition; 10/5/2007, Vol. 250 Issue 81, pW2. Retrieved 2008-05-26]

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