Dean Woodman (November 4, 1928 – December 19, 2019)[1] was an American businessman, philanthropist, and co-founder of the investment bank Robertson Stephens.
[4] In 1955, he worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch including 16 years as director of West Coast corporate financing.
[5] In 1984, Woodman served as managing director in the investment banking group of Hambrecht & Quist and in 1988, he served as managing director of the international investment bank ING Barings LLC (and its predecessor Furman Selz).
[2] In 1999, he left ING to work as a consultant specializing in financial assignments, private equity and debt placements, and mergers and acquisitions.
[3] He made the gift in honor of his Quaker family's five-generation commitment to the school where his great-grandfather Augustine Jones served as a headmaster.