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Eli Lilly II
Succeeding his father, Lilly spent his entire career, 70 years, with Eli Lilly and Company. He started as superintendent of manufacturing in 1907 and was the company’s honorary chairman until his death in 1977. He presided over Lilly’s... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
William W. Prince
Prince took over the estate of his adopted father upon his death and concentrated his efforts on improving Armour, one of Chicago Stock Yards' subsidiaries. When Prince took over Armour, its principal business, meatpacking, was not... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
James W. Cannon
In 1898, Cannon’s mill produced the first cotton towel ever finished in the South. About 1906, Cannon built Kannapolis, the largest unincorporated town in the world, as a mill town that included schools, churches, and parks. Upon his View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.
Following the death of his father, Sidney Winslow Jr. took an increasingly important role in the family company, which had been consolidated into the holding company, United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Winslow went on to expand the... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
The Real Meaning of Love
people’s awareness of the warning signs of abusive and controlling relationships. “The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love was started in 2010 after Yeardley, who was a University of Virginia fourth year, was beaten to death by... View Details
Charles A. Cannon
line to include sheets, hosiery, bedspreads, draperies, decorative fabrics, and blankets. In 1970, the company’s income was $305 million, and upon his death in 1971, Cannon had 17 plants and 24,000 workers. View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Olive Ann M. Beech
In 1932, Beech assisted her husband in forming the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and within a short time, the company prospered and dominated the market for privately-owned small, commercial planes. Beech Aircraft was also an important defense contractor during World War... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
John W. Brown
Brown took the helm of Stryker upon the death of its CEO (the founder’s son). In a short period of time, Stryker built the small company into a medical products powerhouse. Taking the company public in 1977, Brown oversaw phenomenal... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Henry R. Towne
Assuming sole leadership of the company after the death of his partner Linus Yale, Towne would go on to revolutionize the lock industry. Capitalizing on one of Yale’s less favorite designs, Towne recognized that the heart of the lock... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Jean Paul Getty
After accumulating a one-third interest in Getty Oil Company, Getty negotiated for a controlling interest in the company after the death of his father. Getty went on to merge Tidewater Oil Company, Skelly Oil Company, and the Missouri Oil... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Mourns Professors Christensen and Vernon
As this issue of the Bulletin went to press, we learned of the deaths of two of the School's most distinguished emeriti faculty members. C. Roland Christensen, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus, died on August 28 of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Turning Point: Ready or Not
Mansoor Basha (GMP 13, 2012) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Mansoor Basha (GMP 13, 2012) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) At the start of the pandemic, I hunkered down like everyone else. But as time went on and the death toll rose, I... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
stop of the blockbuster exhibition, Treasures of Tutankhamun, was at Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art, where Basseches, then age 14, was dazzled by the gold statue of the boy king, the carved alabaster lions, and the elaborate View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
variables that might plausibly impact the proposal or enactment of legislation. Here’s what they found: Of the roughly 30,000 annual gun deaths in the United States, roughly 56 percent are suicides, 40 percent are homicides, and 4 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Portrait Project
Nick Rosenbaum
to glaciers, a lighthouse at the end of the earth, monasteries perched on mountains. Death follows unseen. His Hawaiian shirt hangs in my closet, never to be washed again. Time and again I hold it to my face, breathing in his smell, until... View Details
- Portrait Project
Seth Cohen
been eclipsed by ones of a more personal nature. Of immigrating alone to the U.S. as a teenager. Of being the first in the family to graduate high school. Of drawing strength from the death of a childhood friend. Of failure, and how it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
High Stakes on the High Seas
of blue-water sailboat racing,” says Walter Cronkite. The book captures the fury and drama of a killer storm at sea while illuminating the reasons why some people are driven to risk death in the name of recreation. Anticipating brisk... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
J. Ogden Armour
Upon the death of his father in 1901, Armour took over the direction of Armour and Company. Under his management, sales increased from $200 million in 1900 to $1 billion in 1920. When Armour retired in 1923, the company employed over... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- Portrait Project
Michael Nkansah
that I may yet owe death a life. I was never a pan-African before that day—my mind teemed with tired tales from my father of Nkrumah's utopian vision. But capitalism could well succeed where decades of post-independence politics failed—in... View Details
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Cyril Abel Vergis
death has proven that it is also possible to find happiness in carrying a fallen torch. Like my mother, I too will help people get to the "finish line" with the grace and dignity they deserve. I will make a difference in elder... View Details