NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY PRESENTS “A CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN TISCH”

Tisch to discuss his highly-acclaimed book The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships

(New York, NY - April 11, 2005) New School University and its Milano Graduate School will host a conversation with Jonathan M. Tisch, chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., at New School University’s Wolff Conference Room, 65 Fifth Avenue, NYC (between 13th and 14th Streets). New School University President Bob Kerrey and Fred P. Hochberg, Dean of the Milano Graduate School, will join Tisch in the conversation.

Jonathan Tisch will speak about his highly-acclaimed book, The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships (John Wiley & Sons). One of New York City’s most respected business and community leaders, Tisch’s career is a testament to lasting success through corporate responsibility. He will talk about his approach to leadership through partnership and collaboration and share practical advice on how organizations and individuals add value when they inspire good corporate citizenship and civic responsibility.

The conversation is part of the Milano Graduate School’s Change Forum Speakers Series. Each spring, The Change Forum invites a prominent scholar or practitioner of organizational development and change management to engage Milano students in a dialogue about management practices. The Change Forum is a student organization of the Organizational Change Management Program at the Milano Graduate School.

About Jonathan Tisch
Jonathan Tisch is Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, a division of Loews Corporation, a diversified financial holding company with nearly $80 billion in assets. Under his leadership, the chain has grown to include 20 of America’s finest luxury hotels. As an industry leader, Tisch is also Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable and NYC & Company, New York’s official tourism organization.

About the Milano Graduate School
Progressive, current and socially responsible, the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in New York offers degree programs in professions that shape the way organizations work, communities function and people live. Milano offers Master's Degree programs in Health Services Management and Policy, Human Resources Management, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Change Management, Urban Policy Analysis and Management; and a Ph.D. Program in Public and Urban Policy. The Milano Graduate School also contributes to communities and professions through special initiatives, centers and publications. Fred P. Hochberg is Dean of the Milano Graduate School. For further information, call (212) 229-5400 or visit the Web at http://www.newschool.edu.