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- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Striking a Balance
Alvin J. Silk The struggle to balance career and family was all too familiar to the late Diane Doerge Wilson, whose memory is being honored with an HBS professorship funded by a gift from her husband, Alvin J. Silk. A senior consultant at... View Details
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Gordon Road | About
Alumni Association Medal from Harvard University in 1984. At HBS, he served on the Board of Directors of the Associates, on the Visiting Committee, on several reunion gift campaigns, and as a Class Notes secretary for the Alumni Bulletin.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
A new chair has been established by André R. Jakurski (MBA '73) to support research in the area of global finance. Professor Kenneth A. Froot will be the first incumbent of the André R. Jakurski Professorship of Business Administration.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership
HBS professor Michael Tushman has been named the first incumbent of the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professorship of Business Administration. Tushman is internationally recognized for his work on the relations between technological... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
and unshakable integrity. His dedication to quality and the high standards he set in everything he did strengthened the School immeasurably for all who followed in his path." Lawrence Edward Fouraker was born in Bryan, Texas, on October 28, 1923. His college years at... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
interest in me were the reasons I considered an academic career and developed a passion for research," said Porter, who holds an endowed professorship named after his mentor. Born on August 17, 1919, Christensen grew up in Iowa City and... View Details
- 26 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Clayton M. Christensen, Acclaimed Author and Teacher, Dies At 67
Christensen joined the HBS faculty in 1992. He earned a B.A. with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University (1975); an M.Phil. in applied econometrics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar (1977);... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
How Does the HBS Endowment Work?
professorships and fellowships. Only the remaining 13 percent is unrestricted—$19 million in FY17—and can be used to help fund new ideas and initiatives. An enduring investment: Donors who establish an endowed fund at HBS take the long... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A Commitment to Education
Spangler, former president of the University of North Carolina (UNC), is the namesake of HBS’s Spangler Center, the social hub of the School’s campus. It is a tangible reminder of his support of education, which ranges from HBS and... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
alumni Inform, identify, and engage the next generation of HBS leaders Strengthen the perception of HBS and business in the world Engage with and support the University in new and mutually beneficial ways Raise funds for current... View Details
- 25 Jul 2018
- News
HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86
Gypsum, founded in Buffalo in 1925 and now one of the largest gypsum board producers in the world. With a lifelong interest in education, Spangler also oversaw the schooling of more than a million students as head of North Carolina’s Board of Education from 1982 to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
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... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
John Dearden Remembered
lecturer in 1959 after a decade in Ford Motor Company’s finance department. Promoted to full professor in 1964, he was named the first incumbent of the Herman C. Krannert Professorship of Business Administration in 1969. He retired from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Wyss: Thanks the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association for presenting him with the Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award. Related Links 2007 Alumni Achievement profile Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Stevenson Named Director of External Relations
easier than ever for alumni to stay connected to the School." Stevenson is the first incumbent of the Sarofim-Rock Professorship of Business Administration, a chair established in 1981 to provide a continuing base for research and... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
Founding Cochair, Partners HealthCare 1995 Retires from HBS 1995 Named Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank 1997 John and Natty McArthur University Professorship established at Harvard 1999... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Martin V. Marshall Remembered
while working as a stock boy at a Safeway grocery store to help pay his way through the University of Missouri. He received the School’s Distinguished Service Award in 1998, and one year later, OPM graduates honored Marshall by endowing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
academia, Deon Policy Institute focuses on four priorities: increasing entrepreneurial opportunities, making Greece a leading producer of renewable energy, strengthening ties between the diaspora and the home country to fuel economic growth, and upgrading the public... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
to $10 million, that will honor Nohria by supporting: the HBS Fund; the Nitin Nohria Endowment for Business and Society, which in addition to enabling innovative research will establish a professorship named for Nohria; the priorities... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Remembering “Mr. Harvard”
of Harvard College and of HBS and for many decades was a notable friend and supporter of both the University and the School. Born in Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1901 and raised in Brookline, Gordon, a 1923 Harvard College graduate, took a... View Details