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- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
closely held businesses. And they want to grow them right where they are. The firm was founded by a group of 12 family business owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring business owners. Generally,...
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Maureen Harmon
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
of 27 marathons, including the Boston Marathon (twice), Earls has proven that he can accomplish just about anything he sets his mind to. When Earls officially retired at the end of 2005, he was director of NASA's Glenn Research Center in...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Where Are They Now?
transitioning early I could build a new career and contribute to society on a wider scale,” he observes, describing his decision to retire in 2003 at age 55. He resolved to work in areas and on issues that inspired “as much passion and...
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- 01 Apr 1998
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Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
about reducing the company's work force; most downsizing was achieved through attrition and early retirement incentives. "This is not an earthshaking turnaround," notes the straight-talking DiCamillo during an interview in his modest...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2005
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Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
business as he rescued Big Blue, then a stumbling mainframe-computer giant, and rebuilt it into a powerful but nimble information-technology company. Judith R. Haberkorn (AMP 111, 1992) The retired president for consumer sales and...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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What We’re Reading
a coxswain, a sculler, and a high school coach. The truth is that almost everyone who has rowed has their own boys-in-the-boat story. That’s part of the beauty of the sport. —Bill Becklean (MBA 1968) has coached the boys’ crew team at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Christensen and Vernon Remembered
formally retired in 1990, he continued to write, teach, and offer seminars on case-method teaching until the last months of his life. Thousands of his students, including HBS professor Michael E. Porter, have never forgotten the impact he...
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- 12 Jul 2018
- News
In the Market for Environmental Change
Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972) is cofounder and retired managing director of the Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners and chair of the Environmental Defense Fund. In this video interview, he talks about his growing interest in...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
break to earn his MBA (with distinction), and then continued up the ranks as submarine squadron commander and finally deputy oceanographer of the Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he took an assignment with the Defense Advanced Research...
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Susan Young
- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Virts (GMP 11, 2011) Retired NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander The first book I read in kindergarten was about the Apollo astronauts who went to the moon, and I was hooked. Growing up, I had posters of airplanes and...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
'76), have developed an astounding array of community outreach services -- from elaborate food pantries to job assistance programs; from tutoring, mentoring, and counseling services for children and young mothers to retirement planning...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
MBAs in retail, starting in the bargain basement of Bloomingdale’s. He worked his way up through the ranks of the department store to chairman and CEO, establishing the old, family-owned store as a national luxury brand and the flagship New York store as a destination....
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
Michael Eisner announced that he would retire in 2006, Gold and Disney filed suit to challenge the designation of Robert Iger as his successor, charging that the board rubber-stamped Eisner’s pick without conducting a valid search for a...
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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
crazy at school, there was a studio in Somerville [Massachusetts] I would go to and spend two or three hours throwing pottery. It’s been a form of relaxation for me for 50 years. I’m retired now, so I have a lot more time to devote to it....
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend
he was simply “a student of teaching,” adding, “We really know so very little about the teaching-learning process.” Although Christensen retired in 1990, as an emeritus professor he continued to write, teach, and serve as case-method...
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- 16 Oct 2018
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To Lead and Serve
Joseph Patrick (“Joe”) Mulloy (MBA 1987) is a retired Vice Admiral with the US Navy. In this interview, he reflects on the connections between his HBS education and his leadership and management experiences during a long military career....
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
University and was accepted at HBS at age 19. During World War II, Williams survived the sinking of the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea and in 1945, as ship’s announcer on the USS Topeka, he read President Truman’s announcement of the dropping of the atom...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 29 Apr 2022
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Clean Slate
forming a new national stock exchange, leading early IPOs of Indian companies like Wipro and Infosys, and overseeing early diversity and inclusion initiatives in her role as head of HSBC India. After retiring in 2015, Kidwai co-founded...
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- 01 Aug 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
in which alumni reconnect with the School and its intellectual capital. The spring meeting of the Board is always a bittersweet one. We review the year and celebrate our successes, and we also salute the retiring Board members who have...
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John Hoffman
- 18 May 2023
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Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
in Peoria, Illinois, which took her through the city's poorest neighborhoods. A serious illness in Wilfong's mid-30s led her to reevaluate the way she spent her time. Wilfong realized she didn't want to wait until retirement to give back...
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April White