Morton Hyman

Morton Hyman is founder and Principal of MPH Enterprises, LLC, a private equity investment company. He is retired from Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., owners and operators of one of the world's largest tanker fleets engaged in the transportation of bulk commodities in the domestic and international markets. There he served as President (1971-1999), President and Chief Executive Officer (1999-2003), and Chairman of the Board of Directors (2000-2003). During this time, Mr. Hyman also held the position of Vice Chairman for Discount Bank and Trust Co. Ltd., one of the largest privately owned Swiss banks.

Mr. Hyman has an extensive history of civic activities, most notably Chairman, Board of Trustees, Continuum Health Partners, Inc., a nonprofit hospital system in New York City that comprises five historically distinguished hospitals: Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital Center, Long Island College Hospital, and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He also serves as a member of the Board of Overseers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, a Trustee of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and is a Fellow and member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Mr. Hyman is an alumnus of Cornell Law School. He is the recipient of the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, New York Medical College, Trustee of the Year, 2001 - Modern Healthcare 2002 Leadership in Business Award, New York Business Group on Health, 2002 Healthcare Leadership Award - United Hospital Fund, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, May, 2000.