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'''Boris "Bob" Yavitz''' [[MS]] ([[SEAS]]) '[[1948|48]] [[PhD]] ([[Business]]) '[[1964|64]] served eight years as the dean of [[Columbia Business School]]. 

After moving to the United States at 23, Yavitz earned two graduate degrees (in engineering and business) from Columbia and, after starting and managing his own development company, eventually became the dean of the Business School in [[1975]].

Yavitz's leadership revamped the school, returning both its spirit and its prestige; after retiring from the position, he remained a beloved professor.

In addition, he served as the director and deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from [[1976]] to [[1982]]. 

He died of prostate cancer in [[2009]], aged 85.

==External links==
*[http://www.bwog.net/articles/boris_yavitz_columbia_business_school_dean_has_died Bwog obit]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/nyregion/20yavitz.html?_r=1 NYT obit]

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