professorships - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2017
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How to fight 'time famine' and boost your happiness

16 Nov 2020
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Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

27 Apr 2015
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Harvard Business School’s Rebecca Henderson Named University Professor

25 May 2016
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associate professorship to support the School’s pipeline of faculty. “Associate professors are the future of the School. I want to support the next generation as they come along,” offers Melwani, who emphasizes the important role that HBS... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

on boards and committees in support of the arts. He died in 1989. The brothers’ commitment to the visual arts influenced the Burden family’s philanthropic support of Harvard. In addition to Burden Hall with its cutting-edge design, the family has endowed a photography... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

as his daughter Anna and her husband, Thomas C. Nelson (MBA '88), are graduates of the School. In addition, Spangler has been deeply involved in a broad range of HBS activities and was a 1988 recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award. An HBS View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

04 May 2013
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James Dinan & Elizabeth Miller, both MBA 1985

For Jamie Dinan and Elizabeth Miller, endowing the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professorship of Business Management as a 25th Reunion gift was one more significant step along a mutual journey. Dinan, the founder, chairman, and... View Details

24 Jan 2020
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Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

High Distinction (1979) and a DBA (1992) from Harvard Business School. He was granted tenure at the School in 1998 and named to a chaired professorship in 2001. “Clayton Christensen was one of the world’s greatest scholars on innovation... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

an acclaimed course designed to improve students' ability to understand and work with others. In 1968 the Ford Foundation granted Turner a visiting professorship at the Indian Institute of Management, where he advised faculty on course... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Merton Named University Professor

In a prestigious appointment with strong HBS overtones, Professor Robert C. Merton has been named the first incumbent of a new Harvard University Professorship named for John and Natty McArthur, the former Dean of HBS and his wife.... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Proposed Chair Would Honor African-American Business Pioneer

At a special reception in New York City in early March, a distinguished group of friends, relatives, and admirers of the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33) gathered at the home of Richard H. Jenrette (MBA '57) to consider plans for the creation of a Harvard Business... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments

Professorship was established by Meredith and C.D. “Dick” Spangler Jr. (MBA 1956) to honor Dean Clark’s leadership and to support the School’s efforts in building an outstanding faculty. Clark, who served as Dean from 1995 to 2005,... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship

(FAS) will fund both the Lumry Family Professorship at HBS and the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center in FAS's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Lumry's gift reflects his professional interests and expertise in technology... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
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Understanding the language of business

financial outlook, published in the annual financial report. As a cochair of The Harvard Campaign, he helped ensure Harvard’s strong financial footing through the 21st century. Rothenberg’s generosity to Harvard University went beyond service: he endowed several View Details

01 Feb 1998
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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 Sep 2018
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Remembering Dick Spangler

daughters, Anna Spangler Nelson (MBA 1988) and Abigail Riggs Spangler—made a gift to the School for the construction of the Spangler Center, a building that has become the hub of MBA student life. An HBS professorship (held by Bill Kirby)... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship

1975 Professorship of Entrepreneurial Management. The inspiration for the gift came in part from the popularity of The Entrepreneurial Manager, the recently retooled required course, as well as from perennially oversubscribed electives... View Details