Arthur Rock is Principal of Arthur Rock & Co. and was a partner in Davis & Rock from 1961 to 1968, both venture capital firms. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Echelon Corporation and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). Mr. Rock is also President of the BASIC Fund, which provides scholarships for inner city children to attend private schools.
He was Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems and a member of the Board of Directors of Teledyne Inc., Xerox, Argonaut Insurance, Apple Computer, and AirTouch. Mr. Rock was a founder of Intel Corporation and served as Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Executive Committee and lead director at various times, and is currently Director Emeritus.
Mr. Rock has also served as trustee of the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Business School, the California Institute of Technology, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Opera. He is a recipient of the Medal of Achievement of the American Electronics Association and the American Academy of Achievement, the Arents Pioneer Medal of Syracuse University, and the Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship &Innovation Award from the University of California. He has been inducted into the Junior Achievement Hall of Fame, the California Business Hall of Fame, and the Bay Area Business Council Hall of Fame.
Mr. Rock received a BS degree in Political Science and Finance from Syracuse University and an MBA from Harvard University.
