Alumni Achievement Awards - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2021
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Pitching to Win

Courtesy Harvard Innovation Labs Courtesy Harvard Innovation Labs On May 5, the Harvard i-lab presented the tenth annual President’s Innovation Challenge awards ceremony, a live-streamed event in which finalists pitched their ventures to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

06 Jan 2012
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Where Are They Now?

his company, Sundaram Medical Devices, was awarded in 2010 in the first annual HBS Alumni New Venture Contest. But Mahesh, the founder and CEO of Sundaram, a manufacturing start-up in Chennai, India, that is... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

29 Nov 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

An old adage about volunteers cites the value they bring to organizations as including “wealth, work, and wisdom.” These “three Ws” define the dedicated alumni body here at HBS. Although being a donor is certainly critical to sustaining... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

President, Women's World Banking Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Stanford University, 1971 B.A., Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "Power... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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A Modern-Day Classic

“Pathbreaking.” That, in one word, is how HBS professor Ranjay Gulati describes the impact of Organization and Environment. The book was published in 1967, reissued by Harvard Business Press in 1987, and won the Academy of Management’s View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2017
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The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop

NVC 20: This year marked the 20th anniversary of the New Venture Competition, which began in 1997 as the HBS Business Plan Contest. (photo by Susan Young) After surviving among a pool of 171 alumni teams from 14 different regions, four... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2024
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Outside Voices

ground for new ideas,” she says. The nonprofit has also benefited from deep support within the HBS network, including Deon board member and HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997). A member of the Hellenic parliament,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

01 Oct 1997
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Class of 1997 Graduates with Distinction

impressive debut with the participation of 160 students, 35 faculty, and numerous alumni and friends of the School. At the award ceremony, contest faculty advisor Professor William A. Sahlman shared the... View Details

13 Feb 2020
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Honoring a Legend

Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey presenting to HBS alumni Nussey and Kirschner The HBS Club of Atlanta’s Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group (eSIG) honored clean-energy entrepreneur... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1998
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Mandela in Triumph at Harvard

In an extraordinary ceremony last September, South African President Nelson Mandela became a Harvard man. He is the first non-Westerner among a select group of historical figures (ranging from George Washington to Winston Churchill) who have been View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Class Day & Commencement

(BGIE), Associate Professor Das Narayandas (Marketing), and Associate Professor Frances Frei (TOM), who also won the award last year. Next up was Student Speaker Brendan McGeever (MBA ’03), whose humorous address touched on the subtext of... View Details

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

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

diversity in schools and corporations, gender and power, understanding and closing achievement gaps, and implicit bias. Dr. Purdie-Vaughns has authored numerous publications and has been awarded several... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

sponsors, including Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. A traditional highlight of the conference is the presentation of awards to alumni in recognition of... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Jun 2001
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Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

will continue in that role along with her new leadership position at External Relations. “This is an exciting time to be involved in External Relations at HBS,” Rapier notes. “The School is poised to move forward on a number of fronts to strengthen View Details

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

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1.6 Degree Requirements | MBA

achievement implies the following three conditions for the award of the MBA degree: The candidate must possess the basic intellectual capacity to have benefited from the academic work of the MBA Program, and... View Details

24 May 2017
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Angie Hicks, MBA 2000

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1972 Born, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1995 Earns BA, Economics, DePauw University 1995 Launches Angie’s List 1996 Angie’s List... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

Chairman & CEO, GE Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Dartmouth College, 1978 B.A., Applied Mathematics LESSONS FROM HBS “Understanding the... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Big Doings in Big Apple: New York Club Hosts Multiple Events

Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and Charles R. ("Chuck") Lee (MBA '64), chairman and CEO of GTE Corporation. Edelman, who established the CDF in 1973, received the club's Leadership Award and was... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Chairman, Raymond James Financial, Inc. Download James profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page 1942 Born, Sandusky, Ohio 1964 Earns BA, Economics, Harvard College... View Details