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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder
he has reflected upon considerably since September 11. Recalling his grandfather's legacy as a Navy chief petty officer and World War II submarine veteran honored for valor and bravery, Sanchez concludes, “He did what I want to do with my life. He left a better world... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
thousands of children in his native country. He went on fact-finding missions, acquiring intel from Vanessa Kirsch, CEO of New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund supported by the Monitor Group and HBS professor Michael... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 May 2013
- News
Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997
for underserved children in the markets in which Creador operates in South and Southeast Asia. Vasudevan’s passion for education also extends to HBS, where he has established an endowed fund to support global research and provide... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Play's the Thing
Baron, the first non-European to win the prestigious award. "I think it's a well-made story, and it's funny," said Baron, a former executive with American Express and Coca-Cola who later became a television and movie writer. "It's really about parents and View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators
Reciprocity: Would I want others to treat me, or someone close to me, this way? Publicity: Would I be comfortable if my actions were fully and fairly described in the newspaper? Trusted friend: Would I be comfortable telling my best friend, spouse, or View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
but the delay between the onset of mental illness and treatment is typically 11 years. Those figures convinced the Verdis and the Swartzes to focus their nonprofit’s efforts on young people—among them, the 1 in 6 children under the age of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
Leanne Huebner (MBA 1997) was just out of college, working at her first job and volunteering her free time with foster children when a little girl asked: “Will you adopt me?” Just 22 and single, Huebner wasn’t in a position to raise... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
ensure under-resourced children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond. Four years ago, NOCP embarked upon a turnaround of Walter L. Cohen High School, once coined “America’s Most Dangerous High School” and the lowest... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping smallholder farmers feed the world
training to impoverished communities worldwide, to create healthy local economies. “More than three million children under age five die each year from preventable, hunger-related causes,” he explains. “That shocks me. I have to make my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)
Back in 1985, my son Menelik, who was three years old, told me he couldn’t be a superhero because he wasn’t white. That was a shock. When children don’t see themselves represented, research shows it has a negative effect on self-esteem,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Fellowships Have Impact
with Children Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship Program for Not-for-Profit Management Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York Financial Aid Fund George and Edith Weed Willman Fund “It would have been difficult for me to attend HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
doing with a dollar more effective than what the poor can do for themselves?” Cash isn’t the only answer, he acknowledges. Direct cash transfers won’t build hospitals or pave roads, but they can spur entrepreneurship. One recipient in Kenya, John, age 45, once lived... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
goal of giving his two children the spiritual education he had come to appreciate in his own formative years. When he began teaching Sunday school, however, he soon found that "teaching those kids was more important to me than what I was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 May 2013
- News
Warren Luke, MBA 1970
Warren Luke’s children have also earned MBAs at HBS: Catherine (MBA 2000), Kevin (MBA 2002), and Bryan (MBA 2006). “Dad instilled in the family the value of education,” says Warren Luke, who has continued the precedent set by his father... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Global Forum Set for June
for spouses or partners and for children ages 11 to 18. In addition, there are several pre- and post-forum tours, including trips to the Shenandoah and the Blue Ridge mountains and to Civil War battlefields at Manassas and Gettysburg. View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers
Ian Rowe (MBA 1993) is navigating a clear path to success for students at Public Prep, a network of tuition-free charter schools in New York City. Like the North Star-shaped model that frames the schools’ mission, Rowe is building a foundation for View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a better India through business and philanthropy
chairman of Pratham, the largest non-governmental organization in India, which provides education for underprivileged children with programs such as its “Read India” campaign. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
public schools, which the Scheels’ four children have all attended. Scheel’s wife, Susan, was an early leader of Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE), a foundation that provides supplemental funds to support worthwhile programs—such as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
asset value. We discussed the triumphs and tragedies of raising children and how difficult it really is to make decisions amid a maelstrom of imperfect information. I found sectionmates had become intimate soul mates as I shared my recent... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Leveraging MBA Skills for the Public Good
the men I worked with had a graduate degree.” Two years later, when the first of three children with section mate Jim Brackenridge arrived, Brackenridge focused her energies on a second career as a volunteer for youth soccer on the local,... View Details