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Portrait Project

Jeff Chochinov

Like many Canadians, I didn't feel that patriotic until coming to the US, and this was not brought on just from the numerous currency and pronunciation jokes. My time here has made me realize what is great about Canada and, more... View Details

17 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Being a Mom at Business School

Alice Liu (MBA 2021) is originally from Beijing, China and moved to Canada when she was 11. She went to WashU in St.Louis, and worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan where she covered technology companies from SF and NYC offices.... View Details

24 May 2017
News

John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1934 Born, Burnaby, Canada 1957 Earns BCom, Forestry, University of British Columbia 1959 Earns MBA 1962 Joins HBS faculty 1963 Earns DBA 1980 Appointed Dean, HBS 1983... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Apr 2019
News

Remembering William Wilder

prestigious securities firms (now CIBC Wood Gundy), and of Consumers Gas, at the time the country’s largest natural gas distributor. In addition, he served on the boards of Royal Bank of Canada, Canada Life Assurance, Noranda Mines, and... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop

affordable in Africa through microfinance and mobile payments. Alumnus: Alexandre Skander Allegue, PLDA 18, 2015 Region: Africa Vention: A platform that allows businesses to design and order industrial equipment online. Alumnus: Etienne Lacroix, MBA 2011 Region: View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

Robert R. McCormick

When McCormick inherited The Chicago Tribune from his uncle, it had less than 200,000 subscribers, was the third largest newspaper in Chicago, and was barely surviving. McCormick helped place the paper on solid financial ground even acquiring timber land in View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Career Coach

Kaitlin Hearn

Kaitlin grew up in Canada and studied engineering, but has spent the bulk of her career in finance and consulting in New York. As a serial career switcher herself, Kaitlin is well positioned to help you think through the merits and... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

The Billion-Dollar Question

that you probably need to rock your own boat again. Disrupt your life with a sabbatical. That doesn't mean you have to spend seven months walking from Mexico to Canada and back on the Continental Divide Trail. After being the first to do... View Details

Keywords: Advice; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Profile

Hann Yew

One might think that an HBS student with a recent victory in the Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge would be eager to represent her life as a success story. Instead, Hann Yew, MBA 2015, sees it as a cautionary tale that began for her in the fourth grade. "I... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Healthcare/Biotech

William C. MacInnes

MacInnes was instrumental in orchestrating the growth of TECO Energy from a small $17 million operation with 700 employees to an $860 million enterprise with 3,500 employees. While ridiculed at the time, MacInnes converted TECO’s power plants to coal-fired generation... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

James L. Kraft

Kraft created a multi-million dollar processed food supply company. He was instrumental in perfecting the method of preserving cheese, so that it could be stored for a longer period of time in any climate. Consumption of cheese in America per capita increased by 50%... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

John K. Jamieson

Jamieson oversaw the creation of Exxon from the reorganized Standard Oil and other affiliates. During the Arab Oil Embargo in the early 1970’s, Exxon generated record-level profitability. View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Herbert H. Dow

Dow Chemicals began by producing bleaching powder as its main product. Through Dow’s inventiveness, Dow Chemical expanded dramatically, especially with the discovery of many uses for brine. Dow manufactured insecticides, oxychloride for stucco, light metals, and iodine... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

C. Donald Dallas

Dallas grew Revere Copper & Brass, a merger of six brass and copper companies, into a $100 million annual business. Dallas, keen on communication, wrote a monthly letter, which was sent to the homes of all Revere employees. Following World War II, Dallas... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Richard J. Cullen

Cullen pioneered both the development of Kraft paper, as well as the paper industry as a whole in the South. Cullen was a leader in exploiting the resources of the southern woodlands as the raw material for making Kraft paper. Cullen was also one of the early advocates... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

Joseph W. Crosby

Crosby built a small $3 million military supply (jet propulsion fuels) company into a $275 million advanced research and development operation. During his tenure, Thiokol designed sophisticated rocket launch equipment used for the Mercury and Gemini space programs and... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Jun 2003
News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

Jeff Norton “Popular culture can give the world a shared set of experiences, a starting point. I want to produce someone’s favorite movie.” Question He Asks Strangers Everywhere: What is your favorite movie? Grew Up: Burlington, Ontario Bachelor of Commerce: Queen’s... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

79.5% Northeast 41.3% Boston: 10.1% New York City: 31.2% Mid-Atlantic 6.2% South 3.2% Midwest 8.0% Southwest 4.9% West 15.3% Bay Area: 9.8% Other 0.6% International Total 18.4% Asia/South Pacific 6.0% Europe 8.4% Latin America 1.0% Canada... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)

Sadly, hockey-mad Canada has few cities that can sustain an NHL team economically, so it's losing teams to U.S. cities." Commenting on the first-time-ever participation of NHL stars on national teams at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan,... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jan 2017
News

Sphere of Influence

scholarships to study in Canada and the United States. Recently named a “Global Visionary” by the Swiss bank UBS, Balares is founder and CEO of Womensphere Foundation, a nonprofit that supports women’s advancement in leadership,... View Details

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