Board of Directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia
The Board of Directors of City Trusts is appointed by and accountable for its actions to the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Membership consists of 12 citizens of Philadelphia, the Mayor and the President of City Council, who serve Ex-Officio. They serve without compensation. The Board was first created in 1869. Mr. William Welsh served as the first President of the Board. In addition to overseeing the administration of The Estate of Stephen Girard, Girard College and Wills Eye Health System, the Board of Directors of City Trusts is charged with the administration of approximately 116 other trusts left to the City of Philadelphia for charitable purposes. These are referred to as the “Sundry Trusts,” each maintained separately and administered according to the terms of the benefactor.
The John Scott Award Advisory Committee
Bernard W. Smalley, Esquire
The President of The Board of Directors of City Trusts
Committee Chairperson
Marsha I. Lester
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry,University of Pennsylvania
Committee Secretary
Magid Abou-Gharbia
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Temple University
Clyde F. Barker
Donald Guthrie Professor of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Eduardo D. Glandt
Professor Emeritus Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Hai-Lung Dai
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry, Temple University
Virginia Man-Yee Lee
The John H. Ware 3rd Endowed Professor in Alzheimer's Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Amos B. Smith, III
Rhodes-Thompson Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
George J. Pappas
UPS Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and System Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Former Committee Members
| Robin M. Hochstrasser | Eugene Garfield | Mortimer M. Labes |
| Alfred K. Mann | Arye Rosen | Anna Marie Skalka |
| Harvey Rubin | Katherine W. McCain | Elizabeth F. McCormack |
| John M. Daly |