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Bill Lambert, a second-year student at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, is the first recipient of the Max Adler scholarship. Lambert is the son of Bill and Harva Leigh Lambert of Ladue, Mo.
The award is funded by the Max Adler Student Investment Fund (MASIF), founded in 1983, through a generous grant to the school by Mimi Adler, widow of Max Adler, a prominent New York businessman.
Lambert, of St. Louis, Mo., has been recognized within the school, particularly among fellow classmates within the finance concentration, as an exceptional student who displays leadership ability and business acumen, according to Jim Bradford, Owen School dean. Lambert will pursue a career in investment banking with Deutsche Bank in New York following graduation.
“It is with great pleasure we make this initial scholarship grant. The combined generosity of the Adler family and the astute work of the MASIF have made the initial gift a perpetual scholarship. I congratulate Bill Lambert for his dedication to the Owen School of Management,” said Bradford.
The goal of MASIF is to provide Vanderbilt MBA students with an opportunity to gain experience in investment management and research. This is the first year that the Adler gift will be used to fund the scholarship, according to Owen student and current Max Adler President Nicholas Zager.
“It is very exciting for the school and the fund to be in a position to provide this scholarship. Bill has demonstrated his leadership abilities, academic success, and commitment to the school and a career in finance,” Zager said.
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