Ninochka McTaggart, Ph.D. is a Senior Researcher at the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and she holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Riverside. She served as guest curator of the exhibit, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Believe the Hype鈥: L.A. Asian Americans in Hip Hop at the Chinese American Museum in 2018. Her latest book is 鈥淲hite Privilege: The Persistence of Racial Hierarchy in a Culture of Denial.鈥
The Fund was initially established in 1977 with a gift from Richard Link, and named in honor of legendary banker Charles Blyth. Blyth Funds were also initially created at Stanford and Caltech, but only Stanford's remains active today.
Our Fund is wholly student managed. We choose a 14-person board each spring, study the stock market and maintain a portfolio. We buy and sell as we see fit. Throughout its history, the Blyth Fund has maintained two primary goals:
1. Asset Preservation
2. Education
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