Privilege - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2021
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Leading with Heart

and compassion for other people who might be going through their own rollercoaster journey in their life and be compassionate, be empathetic? And how can I with that empathy and compassion, leverage the privilege and the opportunity that... View Details

15 Sep 2017
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Christopher Harland (MBA 1984)

consider it a great privilege to have spent two years with some of the smartest, most driven people out there,” explains Harland. For his thirtieth reunion, Harland established a charitable remainder trust. “I want HBS to maintain its... View Details

21 Dec 2017
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A Decent Place to Live

Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) is chief operating officer of Habitat for Humanity International. In this interview she talks about the critical importance of providing decent housing for people around the world. “I have the privilege and... View Details

30 Mar 2015
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Creating a sustainable world

real-time, shared bus services for workers whose employees pay monthly subscriptions for the service. “I especially find it rewarding as these emerging companies develop projects that, in the long run, will contribute to a better world for the coming generation; they... View Details

20 Mar 2023
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Taking His Shot

wouldn't have even been able to play professionally. Were it not for these incredible guys in Boston that I met in business school who convinced me that I should dream and give tennis another shot, I wouldn't be here," Pecotic told the ATP. "I feel so View Details

22 Dec 2015
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Cahill to Lead HBS External Relations

this role as the School has raised close to $900 million and energized alumni at 22 events around the world during the Campaign. The Campaign, publicly launched in April 2014, is part of The Harvard Campaign, which concludes in 2018. “It is a great View Details

25 Apr 2018
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Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success

and the resultant lack of minority role models, is what prompted Rice to develop MLT while still a student at HBS. He realized just how close he had come to missing the opportunity for a career in business, because, despite coming from a relatively View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Working to improve California's public education system

I’d never actually experienced it firsthand. So what that showed me was that the problem must be statewide if our privileged community couldn’t survive on the funds that we were given. So we realized we needed to build the political will... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

be part of GE just as it’s relocating its headquarters to Boston.” Graham Fairbairn (MBA 2018) Hometown: Sydney, Australia Destination: General Mills, Minneapolis “I come from a consumer packaged goods background and have had the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2008
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The Making of a School

. . And I don’t care to give a half a million, either. But if by giving five million dollars I could have the privilege of building the whole School, I should like to do it.” The prominent New York firm of McKim, Mead & White, architects... View Details

Keywords: George Bates MBA '25; Dean Wallace Donham; George F. Baker; Bishop William Lawrence; Lawrence Lowell; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2014
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Convening Power

life and it’s a privilege to be able to give back to a school that has given us so much.” “Harvard Business School was transformative for Seth,” added Beth Klarman. “He is truly one of the School’s success stories—not just in his business... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Karen Gordon Mills

wonderful old house across from campus,” says Mills. “The boys have made a great adjustment. Brunswick and Maine are very special, and it's really a privilege to live there.” At home, the cheerful and unflappable Mills often has official... View Details

16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

to make the transition from a communist planned economy to a market economy. And we felt incredibly privileged to be part of that process. We became good friends with the then, Prime Minister Philip Dimitrov. We started the International... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Vision: Sound Science

meaningful work that I enjoy,” says Simons. “Hearing loss is one of the greatest unmet challenges in medicine. It’s an amazing privilege to be involved in this field at a time when advances by Akouos and others could improve the practice... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

01 Dec 2016
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HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

with thoughtful things to say, their collective points of view were better than any one point of view. It was the first turning point for me about the importance of a collaborative community. Rick Melnick: One of the things about the School that really stands out for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

being burdened by typical levels of debt. “I am motivated to determine what I actually want to do and go do it, because a lot of people don’t have this kind of opportunity, and I don’t want to waste it. I very much see it as a privilege... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Sep 2016
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For the Good of Society

granted today—the nonprofit sector and philanthropy—didn’t exist in the mid-‘90s. The idea of being of service to others, to help break cycles of intergenerational poverty, has felt to me as the highest possible calling. What a privilege... View Details

21 Nov 2008
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No More Squawking about the Campus Turkey

Summit, when the press took notice and filed stories, went to her head. If anything, she became more aggressive and finally crossed the line separating irksome from menacing, whereupon her campus privileges were officially — and... View Details

Keywords: Centennial; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
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Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

the Alumni Board, the Visiting Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Associates. “I’ve enjoyed working with the talented External Relations staff, and it has been a real privilege to have met so many outstanding graduates,” she... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 1997
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Greetings from snow-swept Minnesota! In the last few months, I've had the privilege of visiting HBS a number of times, and I wanted to update you on my trips and the things I learned while on campus. After attending the Fall Reunions in... View Details

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