Nicholas Institute Board of Advisors

Marshall Field, V
American business and civic leader Marshall Field V, the fifth generation of the Chicago family famous for merchandising and publishing, is the chair of the Nicholas School Board of Visitors, succeeding Simon B. Rich, Jr. Field, of Hobe Sound, Florida, has a strong interest in conservation. He is currently serving on the board of directors of World Wildlife Fund and has been chair of the organization’s National Council. He has served as chair of the board of trustees at The Field Museum in Chicago, an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures, and is a member of The Nature Conservancy and The Atlantic Salmon Federation. He is currently serving as a director of The Everglades Foundation. Educated at Harvard, Field entered the family business, Field Enterprises Inc., in Chicago, and during his career served as publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. He now serves as chairman of the Old Mountain Company Inc., which manages his private investments. In 1981, the Fields established the Jamee and Marshall Field Foundation, which focuses on environmental and conservation issues, the arts and culture, education, and health care.