Martin E. Messinger
Senior Advisor, The Messinger Group at Neuberger Berman LLC
Class of ’49, Parent of ’82 graduate
BIOGRAPHY
Marty earned a BA in Government and Economics in 1949. He has served the University in many capacities and joined the Board of Trustees in 1989. Currently, he is a Life Trustee and a member of the Investment committee. He joined the Eastman School of Music National Council in 2008 and was previously a member of the Eastman Board of Managers from 1998-2007. Marty is a member of the Libraries Campaign Committee and has served in numerous leadership roles for his reunions. He received the Eastman School of Music Centennial Award (2022), Luminary Award (2014), and the Dean’s Medal (2012). Previous University awards include the Hutchison Medal (2006) and the Metzdorf Award (2005).
In 2011, building upon more than four decades of generously supporting programs and initiatives across the University, Marty and Joan made a commitment to endow the position of Dean of the Eastman School of Music. Additionally, the Messinger family’s generosity helped provide a new home for the Eastman Community Music School at 10 Gibbs Street. At the University, the Messingers’ gifts have enabled Rush Rhees Library to renovate its Periodical Reading Room and create a dedicated space for graduate study rooms. Other areas that have benefited from the family’s philanthropy are the debate team (known as the Debate Union), the Goergen Athletic Center, the annual Library Recognition Award, and the Center for Jewish Studies. Marty has also contributed major sculpture on all three campuses, as well as art in the Eastman buildings.
After receiving his MBA at Columbia University, Marty started his career at Merrill Lynch & Company, working his way up to VP of Management and Assistant to the President and CEO. In 1973, he joined the independent asset management firm Neuberger Berman as a Managing Director. Today the company has reorganized as Neuberger Berman LLC and manages $205 billion in assets.
Marty resides in Miami, FL and spends his summers in the Berkshires. He and his late wife, Joan, have four daughters—Daryl, Alice, Lisa, and Sarah ’82—and ten grandchildren.