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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
Cobras. "I could see Captain O'Grady running toward them," Walsh says, animatedly recalling the scene. "One of the Marines grabbed him by his belt and lifted him on board. The whole encounter took less than eight minutes." In full... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
the 1950s, Sagansky recalls that TV characters like the Cartwrights in Bonanza "became an important part of my life." In high school, he followed the industry in Variety. After graduating from Harvard College in 1974, he opted to attend... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
Relations has had direct contact with more alumni — or read more birth announcements and vacation travelogues. Over the years, the Class Notes production process has evolved from handwritten and typed notes to Web submissions. “Back in the 1980s,” View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
work was so hard, she wasn’t sure she would make it at first, she says, recalling a marketing professor who cold-called her to open a case she had not read. She faked it well enough, but the experience helped shape Oishi’s approach to... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in real time, even as other communications were disrupted. Just as important, Twitter became an invaluable tool for people to check on loved ones and seek evacuation and medical assistance. "That was the moment I decided to work at Twitter full-time," View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) recalls a job interview early in her career in which the interviewer asked, “Why should I employ you? At your age, you’re just going to go off and have children.” At another position, she recruited a younger man... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
the groundwork for the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative a decade later. Matthew Caulfield (MBA ’72) of Oceanside, California, arrived on campus as an experienced Marine officer fresh from Vietnam. While some of his classmates had been leaders in the antiwar... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
recalls Fung, who had planned, like most of his classmates, to work in the United States. So it was with some reluctance in July 1972, with the ink barely dry on his diploma, that Fung answered a call from his mother to return to Hong... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
Professor Austin nostalgically recalled a journey he had made 34 years before, returning from Peace Corps service in Chile to study at HBS. "When the plane took off, it flew over the Andes," Austin told conference attendees. "It was early... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
by Maureen Harmon Blaine Favel Blaine Favel (MBA 2001) grew up on Cree Indian reservation. His father was a chief, as was his grandfather before him. "It was a true democracy back then," says Favel, when a chief served at the will of the people. Favel View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
Growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, Andrew Tisch never had to seek out part-time jobs. Employment opportunities were everywhere in the family business, a chain of hotels in New Jersey, Florida, and New York City. “I started before I was a teenager,” Tisch View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
temperature. On the surface, the support crew walked through their own checklists to reestablish communication. They had faith in their submersible and their pilot, but they couldn’t help but worry. “I don’t know if I’ll ever forget that moment when it was gone,” View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
mission. One applicant recalled that his interview with Shackleton was less than ten minutes long. During this time, the commander “asked me if my teeth were good, if I suffered from varicose veins, if I had a good temper, and if I could... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
entering the premises for their interview to say that they were going to turn back because this was not a suitable office space,” recalls Agarwala. “One candidate went to the extreme of saying that he could never get married if he worked... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
Steve Belkin suggest that the strongest common threads in their class may be the need for independence and the desire to parlay professional success into something beneficial for the community. "When I started out, undoubtedly, financial success was a strong motivator... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
personally, too. As he began to dig into the research, the conclusions were unambiguous: “I needed to retire and dedicate myself to sharing knowledge,” recalls Brooks, who left AEI in 2019. Courtesy Arthur Brooks At HBS, he teaches the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
company returned to signage as well, but this time used licensed partners NeoLux (Korea), Midori Mark (Japan), and Motion Display (Sweden) to sell its trademark Ink-In-Motion displays for point of sale promotion. Wilcox recalls another... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
associate dean for International Development at HBS, and a member of Satyam’s board. Palepu recalls that he was intrigued by the idea, but skeptical that it would work. But where Palepu saw potential obstacles, Raju simply saw management... View Details