"Creating Companies: Entrepreneurship from the South Pacific to Washington, D.C.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Homecoming and Family Weekend
4:00 – 6:00 pm (Post-Football Game)

Burns Arts Atrium, North Colonnade, Union College

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres ► Casual attire ► Business conversations


Stephen W. Ritterbush ‘68

"Creating Companies: Entrepreneurship from the South Pacific to Washington, D.C.
(And a Few Stops In Between)"

Ritterbush is a Managing Partner of Fairfax Partners. Over the last 18 years, He has founded, or co-founded more than 25 companies. With Johnson & Johnson, Ritterbush formed two investment partnerships that nurtured the growth of medical device and drug technology companies.

Ritterbush served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Arthur D. Little Far East, Inc. in Singapore. While in the Far East and later in Washington, DC he worked with Advent International to establish and develop venture capital funds in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

Stephen Ritterbush earned bachelor's degrees in civil engineering and political science from Union in 1968, and was an active member in the College Council and captain of the Lacrosse team. He is currently a member of Union College’s Board of Trustees and chair of the Administration and Finance Committee.

Ritterbush also earned a master's of science degree in oceanography from the Department of Geophysics at the University of Hawaii, and a master's degree in law and diplomacy and a Ph.D. in international economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University. Ritterbush was also a Rockefeller Foundation fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.


RSVP to Mike O’Hara, College Relations, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 or via fax 518.388.6060, phone 518.388-6166 or email oharam@union.edu.