Lowell Milken

Lowell Milken is an education reform leader known for national programs including the Milken Educator Awards and TAP™: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement. A product of California’s public schools, he has credited his fifth and sixth grade teachers—Lou Fosse and Elliott Sutton—at Hesby Street Elementary School in Encino, CA with inspiring the Milken Educator Awards , founded in 1985 to recognize outstanding teachers. To date, more than $60 million in awards have been presented to 2,400 K-12 teachers and principals in the U.S. In 1999, Lowell Milken introduced TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement , now operated by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching which he founded in 2005 . He also played a key role in the development of HighTech-Los Angeles and Milken Community High School in Los Angeles.

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Lowell Milken is co-founder of Knowledge Universe, the largest provider of early childhood education (ECE) in the world. He is also the founder of the TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement, co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation, and a former senior vice president in the junk bond trading operation of Drexel Burnham Lambert , and the younger brother of Michael Milken . Over the past three decades, Lowell Milken has founded additional nonprofit organizations, including the Lowell Milken Family Foundation and the Lowell Milken Center. In 2000, Lowell Milken was named one of America’s most generous philanthropists by Worth Magazine .

American businessman and philanthropist Lowell Jay Milken (born November 29, 1948) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation . He is also the founder of the TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement as well as co-founder of Knowledge Universe , a provider of early childhood education. Milken is a former senior vice-president in the junk bond -trading operation of Drexel Burnham Lambert , headed by his brother Michael Milken . Lowell Milken has founded several more nonprofit organizations, including the Lowell Milken Family Foundation and the Lowell Milken Center. In 2000, he was named one of America's most generous philanthropists by Worth magazine. As chairman of the Milken Family Foundation, he presents of the Milken Educator Awards several times each year.

American businessman and philanthropist (born 1948) Lowell Jay Milken (born November 29, 1948) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation . He is also the founder of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement as well as co-founder of Knowledge Universe , the world's largest provider of early childhood education from 2005 until 2016. He is known for his advocacy and nonprofit leadership focused on K-12 American education reform. In 2017, he was the recipient of the James Bryant Conant Award for exceptional contributions to American Education. Lowell Milken has founded several more nonprofit organizations, including the Lowell Milken Family Foundation and the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes. In 2000, he was named one of America's most generous philanthropists by Worth magazine and has been listed for the past 7 years in the Los Angeles Business Journal's LA500 list of the most influential and impactful executives in Los Angeles. Milken is a former senior vice-president in the High-yield debt department for Drexel Burnham Lambert , which was forced into bankruptcy in 1990, and was headed by his brother Michael Milken . In 1985, he created the Milken Educator Awards , widely considered the preeminent teacher recognition program in the nation. Education Commission of the States .