The University recently named Arthur W. Roos of Case Western Reserve University as treasurer of Johns Hopkins. Roos, who will begin reporting to James McGill, the senior vice president for finance and administration, on Nov. 1, will have responsibilities ranging from banking and cash relationships and operations, insurance and risk management, and receipt of technology stocks and securities gifts.
The appointment of Roos comes following the retirement of the previous holder of the position, William Snow.
"Roos is very familiar with the management of institutional assets and will step easily into Snow's position," McGill said in a statement in the Johns Hopkins Gazette.
"Art will be a terrific successor to Bill Snow, who has performed invaluably since 1987. [He] has performed remarkably well at Case Western and he has the profession and personal character to be a very successful treasurer here," he continued.
Roos has expressed goals to enhance the management and "protection of the University's assets." The management of the University's endowment and other similar investments will now be handled by a separate entity. The change occurred following assessment of the demands of the two differing operations.
Roos received his undergraduate education in civil and environmental engineering from Manhattan College and earned his master's in business administration in finance from Syracuse University. M.o<
