Kevin R. Brine, former Board Member of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, Inc., is an author and teacher. Mr. Brine holds an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business (1981) and an M.A. in English from the Graduate School of Arts and Science (2003). A former Trustee of New York University (2003–2007), he is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Faculty of Arts and Science and a founding Chairman of the Libraries’ Deans Council. A member of the Sir Harold Acton Society, in 1999, he was honored with the Alumni Meritorious Service Award. His 2005 gift enabled the transformation of the Bobst Library’s two lower floors into the Brine Commons, which is devoted to undergraduate student life. His publications include: Garland Cannon, Kevin R. Brine eds., Objects of Enquiry: The Life, Contributions and Influences of Sir William Jones (1746–1794). New York: New York University Press. Kevin R. Brine, Graham Nickson, Mariët Westerman, Adam Weinberg, Alexandra Munroe. Kevin R. Brine: The Porch of the Caryatids: The Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures. New York: Caryatid LLC, 2006. Kevin R. Brine, Elena Ciletti, Henrike Hähnemann eds., The Sword of Judith: Judith Studies Across the Disciplines. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2010. He is currently working on a history of financial models co-authored with Mary Poovey, The Samuel Rudin Professor of Humanities, forthcoming from The University of Chicago Press. Mr. Brine teaches a Freshman Honors Seminar in the College called “Literature, Economics and History in 18th Century Great Britain.”