Arthur J. Schwartz, Ed.D.
Executive Vice President
Dr. Arthur Schwartz has been at the John Templeton Foundation for thirteen years. He served as a Senior Program Officer and Vice President before becoming the Foundation's first Executive Vice President three years ago. As Executive Vice President, Dr. Schwartz is responsible for the design and implementation of philanthropic strategies to increase the Foundation's effectiveness and impact. His core challenge, as the Foundation continues to grow in size and asset base, is to build an internal management and organizational framework that emphasizes continuous learning and the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of the Foundation's mission and purposes.
In his former capacity as Vice President for Programs and Research in the Human Sciences, Dr. Schwartz directed the What Works in Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty prize program, a grants competition to promote public understanding of how entrepreneurship and market reforms alleviate poverty and create wealth in the least developed parts of the world. He also directed the Foundation's funding initiatives within the fields of gifted education and character development. Dr. Schwartz was the founding editor of the Foundation's magazine In Character: A Journal of Everyday Virtues.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Schwartz taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and served for several years as a director of dropout prevention programs for the Philadelphia school district. In 1990, his successful work to reduce school dropout rates was recognized at a White House ceremony hosted by President George H.W. Bush.
Since 1992, Dr. Schwartz has focused his research on adolescent moral and spiritual development. He has delivered papers at numerous national conferences, and his articles have appeared in the Harvard Educational Review, Journal of Moral Education, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among other publications. He recently wrote the lead chapter in the Hoover Institution volume Bringing in a New Era in Character Education.
Dr. Schwartz received his doctorate in moral education from Harvard University. He is married with two children, loves coaching little league baseball, enjoys musical theatre, and is an avid reader of abolition history.
