Morris W. Offit

Morris W. Offit b. ca 1937 is an American businessman.

Morris W. Offit
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBanker
Known forFounder of Offit Hall Capital Management
Founder of OFFITBANK

Moffit is Chairman at Offit Hall Capital Management LLC, founder and former chief executive officer at Offitbank (since merged with Wachovia),[1] and independent director of American International Group, elected to the Board of Directors and chairman of the Audit Committee in August 2005.[2] He was a director at Wachovia following their acquisition of Offitbank.[3]

Moffit was born to a Jewish family,[4] the son of Rhea (née Wolf) and Michael Offit.[5]

Moffit is a supporter of the Two state solution in Israel.[4] He served as Chairman of the Board of Johns Hopkins University (1990-1996), Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Museum (1987-1991), trustee of the New-York Historical Society, and trustee of The Museum of the American Revolution.[6] He also served a three-year term as president of UJA-Federation of New York.[6] He currently serves as a trustee of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies.[7]

Moffit was honored as The New Jewish Home's Eight over Eighty Gala 2017 honoree.[6]

References
  1. Thomas Jr., Landon (15 April 2002). "A Mayor and His Money". New York Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. "Proxy Statement" (PDF). AIG Proxy Statement, 2006. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-30. Retrieved 2006-05-31.
  3. "OFFITBANK, A LEADING WEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY, TO MERGE WITH WACHOVIA". Wachovia. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. Israel Policy Forum: "negotiated resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on two states for two peoples" Archived 2015-08-27 at the Wayback Machine February 12, 2014
  5. New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths OFFIT, RHEA W. December 31, 1997
  6. Levy, Henry J. (2017). "The New Jewish Home Celebrates 8 Remarkable Over 80". The Jewish Post.
  7. "Board of Trustees – AICGS". www.aicgs.org. Retrieved 2018-11-29.


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