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Robert J. Struyk
Board Chair, The McKnight Foundation
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Robert J. Struyk was elected chair of The McKnight Foundation board of directors in January 2009, becoming the Foundation's fifth chair since it was established in 1953. Having served previously on the Foundation's board from 1996 to 1999, Struyk returned to board service in 2006.
In addition to serving on McKnight's board, Struyk is a senior vice president of Dorsey & Whitney Trust Company. Prior to his role with the trust company, he practiced law for more than 43 years with Dorsey & Whitney. While at Dorsey & Whitney, Struyk provided management expertise and practiced law with a focus on trusts, estates, taxes, and charitable foundations. During the 1980s, he was the firm's operations partner and policy committee chairman, and managed day-to-day operations as well as the firm's strategic direction.
Struyk earned a bachelor's degree in English at Michigan's Hope College; a master's degree in English from Columbia University; and a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. At the University of Minnesota, he was a member of the Order of the Coif and a case editor for the Minnesota Law Review.
Additional previous board affiliations include Breck School, William Mitchell College of Law, the Minnesota Opera, the Jungle Theatre, and the Attorneys Liability Assurance Society.
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