John W. Rowe

John W. Rowe

John Wallis (Jack) Rowe is an American businessman and doctor, who served as Chairman and CEO of Aetna Inc., a large health insurance company based in Connecticut, a title he retired from in February 2006.

Career

Columbia University

John Rowe is currently a professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management.Fact|date=August 2008 He has also served as professor at Harvard Medical School, and has authored more than 200 scientific publications, mostly on the aging process. Rowe is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Connecticut.

Aetna

Prior to Columbia, John Rowe [ [http://www.aetna.com/governance/bio_rowe.html Corporate Governance: Board of Directors Bio for John W. Rowe] ] was the CEO and executive chairman of the health insurance company Aetna from 2000 to 2006. During his tenure he transformed Aetna into a large, profitable company.Fact|date=August 2008 In 2005 his compensation was $22.2 million. [ [http://www.forbes.com/static/pvp2005/LIRS5NI.html Forbes list of top executive compensation] ]

Mt Sinai NY Health

Prior to Aetna Dr. Rowe was President and Chief Executive Office of Mount Sinai NY Health from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that he was President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City from 1988 to 1998.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Rowe was a professor of medicine and founding director of the Division on Aging at the Harvard Medical School and Chief of Gerontology at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital.

Tax Patents

In 2006, the Wealth Transfer Group sued John W. Rowe for infringement of a tax patent. Floyd Norris, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/19/business/norris20.php "Patent law is getting tax crazy"] , International Herald Tribune, October 19, 2006. ] The patent was US patent|6567790, entitled "Establishing and managing grantor retained annuity trusts funded by nonqualified stock options". [ [http://www.bakosenterprises.com/IP/B-10152006/IPB-10152006.html Nowotarski, Mark, "Tax Strategies?", Insurance IP Bulletin, October 15, 2006] ] (i.e. SOGRAT®) This case has been settled for undisclosed terms. [ [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117383751682136325.html Herman, Tom, "Patents on Tax-Related Ideas Stir Worry", "Wall Street Journal", March 14, 2007] ]

Publications

Dr. Rowe has published over 200 scientific publications, mostly in the field of gerontology and a textbook in the same field.

He coauthored a the book "Successful Aging" with Robert Kahn, PhD

Professional Affiliations

Dr. Rowe has been a Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a former member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Connecticut.

Education

College: Canisius College BS ' 66Graduate School: University of Rochester MD ' 70

Family

John Rowe lives in New York City and Cape Cod, Massachusetts with his wife, who is a professor at Fordham University.

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