CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Donald Alan King Jr., a prominent real estate developer and investor, has joined the Governing Council of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, following formal approval Friday by the UVA Board of Visitors.

King is the outgoing chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Board of Trustees, where he has served on the board since 2009. King spent his career in the investment real estate business, first as a developer and owner. He then joined RREEF in 1979, becoming an advisor to large pension funds and retirement systems. King was the first managing partner of RREEF, a position he held from 1988 to 2002. 

In 2002, King became global head of real estate at Deutsche Asset Management. King retired in 2005, becoming vice chairman of Deutsche Asset Management. He supports conservation efforts and works closely with the Clark Fork Coalition, the Five Valleys Land Trust, and the Montana Land Reliance to help them further their goals. He is also a member of the board of the Chicago City Day School. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA at Harvard University. He also served on active duty as a junior officer in the United States Navy.

As a member of the Governing Council, King will provide guidance and fundraising support for the Miller Center, a nonpartisan national research institution specializing in presidential studies and public policy.

About the Miller Center

The Miller Center is a national public policy research institution based at the University of Virginia. It applies the lessons of history, contemporary humanities, and social sciences to today’s public policy challenges. 

Founded in 1975. the Miller Center embraces a distinctive nonpartisan role in studying the executive branch of the United States federal government. Its programs are supported fully by funds it solicits (through the Miller Center Foundation) and its endowment.