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One Year Later: Morningstar Remembers Jack Bogle

There was nothing passive about the Vanguard founder and father of passive index investing.

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Jack Bogle, a tireless advocate for individual investors and business ethics, died Jan. 16, 2019. He was 89. Morningstar looks back at some of our coverage of that news and the impact of his work.

Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle Passes Away

Morningstar's Tribute to Jack Bogle There has never been anyone who has given more to investors and taken less in return than Jack Bogle.

Morningstar Runs the Numbers: Bogle Edition We take a numerical look through the life and work of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle.

Kinnel: No One Has Done More for Investors Than Bogle Both a mutually owned fund company and index funds might have been mere niche players in the industry had Bogle not stayed the course.

Relentless: Remembering Jack Bogle What really defined Jack Bogle--perhaps because it was his most relatable quality--was his sheer determination, writes Morningstar's Jeff Ptak.

Morningstar's Interviews With Jack Bogle The complete archive of Morningstar interviews with Vanguard founder Jack Bogle from 2008 until 2018.

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Alec Lucas

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Alec Lucas is director of manager research, active funds research, for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He is a voting member of the Morningstar Medalist Ratings Committee for U.S. and international fixed-income strategies, covers fixed-income strategies from asset managers such as Baird and American Funds.

Lucas is also active in parent research. He is a voting member of the U.S. parent ratings committee and previously served as the lead analyst for Franklin Templeton, Capital Group, and Vanguard, among other firms.

Lucas was a strategist on Morningstar's equity strategies team prior to assuming his current role in June 2022. He covered equity strategies from asset managers such as Primecap and American Funds and received the 2019 Citywire Professional Buyer Rising Star Award.

Before joining Morningstar in 2013, Lucas worked as a minister as well as a professor for Loyola University Chicago, among other institutions. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Heidelberg.

Lucas holds bachelor's degrees in philosophy and classics from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he graduated summa cum laude and with departmental honors, and a Master of Divinity, summa cum laude, from Trinity International University. He also holds a doctorate in theology, with distinction, from Loyola University Chicago and has published several articles and one book within that field.

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