SYRACUSE — The former president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has been named University Professor at Syracuse University (SU).
Carl Schramm, who spent 10 years as Kauffman president, is the 16th person to hold the title. He will teach an honors seminar examining the entrepreneurial history and evolving economy of New York’s Upstate cities.
“The university’s vision of working across sectors to encourage entrepreneurship and the formation of new firms as a means of revitalizing the local community is unique,” Schramm said in a news release. “I am excited to work with colleagues who are engaged in what I believe to be one of the most important experiments under way in the United States.”
Under his leadership, the Kauffman Foundation grew into a global institution, becoming the largest private funder of economic research related to growth and innovation, according to SU. The foundation funded an extensive entrepreneurship effort involving SU and other area colleges in 2007 with a five-year, $3 million grant.
Schramm is also an investor in BrandYourself.com, whose founders began the company while they were SU students.
“Carl is a consummate catalyst,” SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor said in the release. “From his early work on the economics of health care, to launching startups, to advising U.S. presidents, to leading the Kauffman Foundation’s efforts to seed the entrepreneurial spirit nationally and globally, he has used scholarship as a fulcrum to make a difference in the world. As he brings his unparalleled experience back to his hometown, we know he’ll have a deep and broad impact at SU and all of its connected communities.”
Contact Tampone at ktampone@cnybj.com