Name Landon Clay | Education Harvard University | |
 | ||
Organizations founded Clay Mathematics Institute | ||
Landon T. Clay (born Landon Thomas Clay) was an American businessman and founder of the Clay Mathematics Institute. He died on July 29, 2017
Clay graduated from Harvard in 1950 with a B.A. in English. Clay was the chairman of Eaton Vance Corporation from 1971 to 1997 and has been a director of ADE Corporation since 1970 – a mutual fund management and distribution company. Clay served as chairman of the East Hill Management LLC, which is an investment advisory firm that he had founded in 1997. Clay has been a director for the Dakota Mining corporation since 1990 and was a former director for the Golden Queen Mining Company Ltd. from 2006 to 2009. In addition from 1971 to 1997, Clay had served on the board of Museum of Fine Arts. Clay had also served as a director for Plasso Technology Limited.