Thomas Volpe ’53
Thomas Volpe '53
Alumni Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2018
Business Leader, Philanthropist
Tom Volpe’s career was spent at three venerable institutions, as a CPA at the firm of Haskins & Sells, as Vice President and Treasurer of Colgate Palmolive and as Senior Vice President of Financial Operations for the Interpublic Group. The positions with Interpublic and Palmolive included broad international responsibilities. He has also has served on boards in the charitable world including St. Francis College of Brooklyn, where he served a lengthy tenure as Chairman. Since 1997, he has sponsored a lecture series at the college.
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