Arthur “Art” Samberg ’62, a pioneer in investment management and longtime member of the MIT Corporation, died of leukemia on July 14. He was 79.
Reflecting his wide-ranging interests at MIT, Samberg served on the executive committee of the MIT Corporation and on visiting committees for the departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mathematics, and Nuclear Science and Engineering. He also served on the School of Science Dean’s Advisory Council, the MIT Energy Initiative External Advisory Board, and the MIT Investment Management Company Board. Samberg joined the Corporation in 2003.
He and his wife Rebecca Samberg established a scholarship fund that has supported more than 200 MIT scholars since its inception, many throughout their MIT undergraduate careers. A gift from the couple also enabled a new conference facility at MIT, the Samberg Conference Center.
"Art Samberg would often say with pride that his life was transformed by MIT — so it is wonderfully fitting that...
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