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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
and increased his own already substantial support. In addition to the Opera, through a family foundation, Johnson and his wife, Cathie, support a variety of educational and cultural institutions. An HBS professorship they funded is named... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Career Highlights
the School’s 75th anniversary, attracting 85 participants from 60 universities around the world 1984 Named the Robert Walmsley University Professor 1987 Receives the Academy of Management’s Outstanding Educator Award 1988 C. Roland Christensen View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
to $10 million, that will honor Nohria by supporting: the HBS Fund; the Nitin Nohria Endowment for Business and Society, which in addition to enabling innovative research will establish a professorship named for Nohria; the priorities... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
to establish an endowed professorship in his name. Relaxing in the sunroom of her home near Richmond, Lambert reflects on her "retirement" years. Among many other things, she is interested in helping other small business owners with... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
Dean in 1980, he held the Ford Professorship for another year before leaving the faculty. Fouraker received Harvard Business School's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, in 1980. A professorship... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
engineering institute. And in 2004, he gave $25 million to support the HBS Doctoral Programs. Wyss has also endowed several professorships at Harvard.) Last December, Wyss figured prominently in what news accounts hailed as the largest,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Faculty News
first time. David A. Thomas, an authority on mentoring, executive development, and workplace diversity, becomes a chaired professor as the inaugural incumbent of the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professorship of Business Administration. The chair... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership
HBS professor Michael Tushman has been named the first incumbent of the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professorship of Business Administration. Tushman is internationally recognized for his work on the relations between technological... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
interest in me were the reasons I considered an academic career and developed a passion for research," said Porter, who holds an endowed professorship named after his mentor. Born on August 17, 1919, Christensen grew up in Iowa City and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
he adds. “I see tremendous opportunity for collaborative partnerships now that the [Harvard John A. Paulson] School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” Seizing that opportunity, at the urging of his daughter, a 2004 MBA, McCance... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
game-changing ideas, these examples of pathbreaking research emerged from HBS faculty members early on in their careers. Today Porter holds the Bishop William Lawrence University Professorship and Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
gave of those earnings at then record levels to establish the MBA Class of 1949 Professorship of Business Administration. Stressing that the class provides solid role models for today’s leaders, Callahan gives detailed accounts of eight... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
hands-on education. Honored annually at the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference—the yearly gathering of the HBS African American Student Union and the HBS African-American Alumni Association, an organization he cofounded in 1978—Fitzhugh, who died in 1992, is also celebrated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
organized by Christensen and colleagues Jim Heskett and David Garvin drew 85 participants from sixty universities around the world. That same year, Christensen was named to the Robert Walmsley University Professorship, one of a handful of special View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
efforts to make the inner city a viable and competitive economic entity," says University Professor Michael E. Porter, who is researching economic development in America's inner cities. Dunphy has also established a fellowship fund for minority students at HBS and a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
its members have provided leadership and support in areas ranging from professorships, to fellowships, to curriculum development. In honor of its 35th Reunion, the class established the MBA Class of 1949 Professorship of Business... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
Founding Cochair, Partners HealthCare 1995 Retires from HBS 1995 Named Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank 1997 John and Natty McArthur University Professorship established at Harvard 1999 McArthur Hall dedicated at HBS 2002... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
president, finance and administration, of the Preco Corporation, a privately held paper manufacturer. In 1981, he returned to the School to lead research and teaching in the field of entrepreneurship and the following year was named the first incumbent of the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
new and emerging initiatives. Without these funds, Kaplan said, the School's ability to respond rapidly to pathbreaking new programs and activities is severely limited. "Where gifts to the School's endowment strengthen our ability to fund established commitments such... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
the practice of business. This is a rare blend of characteristics, and competition for outstanding faculty is growing. Moreover, an entire generation of faculty who helped shape the School over the last half-century have retired or will soon retire. We’ve launched... View Details