25th Anniversary Historic Exhibit

25th Anniversary Historic Exhibit

25th Anniversary Historic Exhibit

📅 September 24, 2025
📍 Lerner Hall Atrium, University of Delaware
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

The Weinberg Center’s 25th anniversary historic exhibit will be installed in the Atrium of Alfred Lerner Hall on the University of Delaware campus in late summer and will run through the academic year. Curated by the University’s Museum Studies Program, the installation will be launched with a lecture for Lerner College students and faculty exploring the meaning of corporate governance and its significance in a business school curriculum.

The entire University community, especially Lerner students, are invited to a special unveiling and reception in the Lerner Hall Atrium on September 24 from 5 pm to 7 pm. We will introduce the Weinberg Center, corporate governance, and how the Weinberg’s Center’s work in corporate governance intersects with the Lerner College curriculum, including in the fields of accounting, business administration, and finance.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Oliver Yao, Dean of Lerner College
  • Lawrence Cunningham, Director of the Weinberg Center
  • John D’Arcy, Professor of Management Information Systems
  • Fei Xie, Professor of Finance
  • Laura Field, Professor of Finance
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25th Anniversary Historic Exhibit

25th Anniversary Gala

October 9, 2025 —

The Weinberg Center’s 25th anniversary gala will take place in the Trabant Center on the University of Delaware campus.

The emcee of our gala dinner program will be The Honorable Andre G. Bouchard, former Chancellor of Delaware, partner at Paul Weiss, and Chair of the Weinberg Center Advisory Board.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Dr. Laura Carlson, Interim President and former Provost of the University of Delaware
  • The Honorable Richard A. Gephardt, Former U.S. House Majority Leader, Goldman Sachs Advisor and Ford Motor Co. Director
    The Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor of Delaware
  • The Honorable Collins J. Seitz, Chief Justice of Delaware

The Gala is by invitation only; invitations will be sent in late Summer. Please contact Lawrence Cunningham with questions.

 

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25th Anniversary Historic Exhibit

25th Anniversary Symposium

October 9, 2025 — The Weinberg Center’s 25th anniversary symposium—Boardroom Legacy: The Weinbergs of Goldman Sachs and the Making of Modern Corporate Governance—will convene at Clayton Hall on the University of Delaware campus from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to join 25 leading authorities on corporate governance for a deep and sweeping analysis of the field, featuring  the never-before-published 1948 paper by John L. Weinberg, Status and Functions of Corporate Directors, submitted as his senior thesis at Princeton University.

Keynote: The Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., former Chancellor and Chief Justice of Delaware, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

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Cunningham to Speak at Conference

Cunningham to Speak at Conference

Larry CunninghamOctober 20, 2025 — Director Lawrence Cunningham will participate in the luncheon board roundtable discussion at the Eastern Regional Conference, an annual event of the Society for Corporate Governance, which will be held in person at Meta’s headquarters in Hudson Yards, New York City.

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