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Sarah W Fuller, Penn Trustee

Penn Trustee Sarah Wilder Fuller, CW’71, died on October 29, 2017 at the age of 68.

Ms. Fuller earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Penn’s former College for Women in 1971 and a master’s in Soviet studies from Harvard University. She was president of AMR/Arlington Medical Resources, Inc.

Ms. Fuller became a Penn Trustee in 2009. She was a member of the Academic Policy, Local, National and Global Engagement, and Budget and Finance Committees, as well as the Strategic Initiatives Advisory Board, Proxy Subcommittee, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity. In addition, she was very active in the School of Arts & Sciences, where she was a member of the Board of Overseers and its Executive Committee.

Her involvement at Penn extended to roles on the Advisory Board of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business and the Advisory Board of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, as well as membership on the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women and the Penn Alumni Board of Directors and its Education Committee.

Ms. Fuller and her husband, William, generously supported Penn Arts & Sciences with an endowed chair in honor of Dean Rebecca Bushnell in 2012. Ms. Fuller’s company established the Decision Resources Distinguished Lecture in Life Sciences and Management.

Before joining AMR/Arlington Medical Resources, Inc., Ms. Fuller was co-founder, president and chief operating officer of Decision Resources Group, a life sciences advisory firm.

Ms. Fuller was a member of the Board of Overseers of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School; was president of the Board of Directors of Cultural Survival, a Harvard-affiliated organization that works to defend the rights of indigenous peoples; and was a director of StartingBloc, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting socially responsible business practices. She was a member of the CEO Roundtable and received its Leadership Award in 2006. 

She is survived by her husband, William, and their sons, Charlie, C’04, GEN’05, and Sam, C’07.

 

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