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- 27 Jun 2017
- News
Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)
problem-solving, and leadership,” explains Battit. “These are skills I use every day.” Battit has given to the HBS Fund every year since graduating. “I give to HBS because I am extremely grateful for the experiences I had as a student, the experiences I have as an... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
confided to [Facebook CEO Mark] Zuckerberg that she felt as though her workplace friendships were melting away. One night before bed, she wrote a 1,700-word explanation of what she was going through and how she hoped people would interact... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties
weekend unfolded, there was also time for classmates to enjoy what has not changed about the School, including the enduring quality of friendships begun in student days. Calling alumni the "single greatest resource of the School,"... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the center of a network that provides rich opportunities for professional and intellectual growth. For me, that network has also been important because of the lasting friendships it has fostered and the doors it has opened for meaningful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial
Test Room (ca. 1930): Selected to work in an experimental test room, six young women employees noted, as did Mayo, that the setting’s intimacy engendered stronger friendships than occurred on the factory floor. Over time, their... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
whose friendship was forged on their second day of class at HBS, in 1980, are the sons and grandsons of entrepreneurs. Tuchman’s father ran a chain of dry cleaners in the Midwest and survived the polyester boom of the 1970s by branching... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
friendships and networks informally in creative and productive ways. As CEO of a relatively new nonprofit, how do you spend most of your time? Fundraising. We’ve been running on a shoestring, and we currently have more volunteers than we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
isn’t just critical to succeeding in one’s career—it’s also essential to being a strong leader and good teammate. That mindset helped us strengthen friendships with each other while also delivering value to our Israeli partners,” he adds.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
(MBA 2003) as the Board launches plans for the coming year. Bulletin: You’ve been volunteering at HBS in a range of roles ever since graduation. Why is it important to you to support the School in this way? O’KEEFE: Like many, I had an incredible experience at HBS. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
judge.” When asked about the sacrifices he's made to rise through the ranks at GE, Immelt admitted that he hasn't been able to maintain as many close friendships as he'd like. All of his free time is spent with his wife and daughter, he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
$90,000, and 50 percent of the minority students at the top US business schools completed MLT’s MBA prep programs.” Got game: “I developed some of my closest friendships playing pick-up basketball at HBS, many of whom have been pivotal to... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
in his middle-class New Jersey family to attend college, Crane remembers the lessons and friendships as having lifelong impact. “The professors were like watching great conductors of an orchestra,” he says, recalling classes with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Japanese Connection
when hiring and what skill sets you need to have.” While Williams is enjoying his new role, which has brought him lasting friendships and allows him to travel often to Japan, he still views the work as transitional. His ultimate goal... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
Callaghan McGee Photos by Tracy Powell (Editor's Note: Brad McGee passed away in November 2015.) John Callaghan (MBA 1984) and Brad McGee (MBA 1987) became close friends while growing up in the small town of Carmel, NY. Their friendship... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
game,” said Tom Avery, adding the experiences gained by being an Old Boy have been invaluable. “The team and friendships that came along with the HBS Old Boys truly changed my life, and added a depth that transcends the usual HBS two... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
the planet if you’re not jumping on that plane. But the friendships we’ve formed and the lives that many people have led that reach across boundaries, the lives of families that cross international boundaries—that’s the sad part that I... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
friendship has gone on 35 years,” she says. “It has been a profound friendship.” In 2012, she expanded her commitment to the women of Harvard, cofounding Harvard Women France with Catherine Bouvier d’Yvoire (MBA 1982), Margaret Milan (MBA... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
think I would have predicted that Ken would rise to managing director of Goldman Sachs and that Giff would become a widely respected CEO before his tragic death in 1990. We all have similar stories of friendships begun or sealed at HBS --... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
discourage discrimination. “I want to reach the minds and hearts of youth, as well as their wallets,” he says. At HBS, Gertsacov has been surprised by the depth of the friendships he’s made. “I expected HBS to be ultracompetitive. It has... View Details