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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Can’t Forget the Motor City
many admirers is distressed-assets financier Wilbur Ross (MBA ’61), who got to know Bloom from across the bargaining table when Ross was trying to buy up steel companies that Bloom represented. Observed Ross, “He’s very, very pragmatic,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
held up as exemplifying the competence and character we associate with true leadership,” said Dean Nitin Nohria. “It is with deep sadness, as a community, that we mourn his passing. At the same time, we can reflect with admiration on a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Lighting It Up
Last December, David Wilkins (MBA 1990) admired the brilliant skyline of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, with its color-changing buildings and holiday lighting. “I love when nighttime comes,” the former investment banker told the Rocky... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
progression through the ranks. In 2005, he was named chief of Naval Operations, and two years later, Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked him to serve as the country’s highest-ranking military commander. Having spent most of his career in the military, the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
of confidence that demonstrates the risks of neglecting customer and employee relationships in the face of large-scale change. Once the world's most admired corporation, IBM stumbled badly in the early 1990s. The company, now making a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
toilet. I think the intensity and pursuit of perfection that brought me to HBS is also what ultimately convinced me to focus solely on my children for now. I don’t like to do anything halfway. Why settle for a 3 when you can get a 1? For some, working is an View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
without understanding technology. I admire the School's commitment to these areas," said Rod Hawes in a campus interview during his 30th Reunion in October. Hawes Hall, to be located at the northeast edge of Aldrich Hall, will house a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
find myself in the position of chasing the tabloids, but in fact they did break some news." Amid the sometimes lamentable comportment of journalistic and political Washington, one individual who remains a constant inspiration for Tumulty is Washington Post columnist... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
"unexpectedly" into the CEO's office and named his successor. "I thought I was going to be put in charge of corporate planning," he says with a smile. With admirable prescience and wisdom, however, Mitsubishi Corporation clearly got the... View Details
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year
recognized that it took tireless leadership and volunteer commitment by alumni throughout our club’s history,” Stidman says. “He expressed his heartfelt admiration and appreciation for the club. Just the fact that he took the time to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
most difficult markets,” Chernilovskiy says. “That’s why it’s stayed this way for a long time.” One executive in the industry recently told them he admired their courage. They took this in stride. “You need to know both the commercial... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Breyer Elected to Harvard Board
China, and India. "Jim Breyer is one of his generation's most creative and admired venture capitalists," says Harvard President Drew Faust. "He combines wide experience in new technology and media with an expansive international outlook... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
colleague whom I have respected and admired for many years. I look forward to working with him on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the Business School and for the University. View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
Johnson to a position as the nation's dominant health-care brand-a $9 billion empire comprised of the main operating company and some 150 wholly owned subsidiaries. In addition, J&Jwas regularly rated as one of the most admired and... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
was a tremendous milestone, and he recognized it took tireless leadership and commitment by alumni throughout our club's history. He also expressed his heartfelt admiration and appreciation for our club. Just the fact that he took the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
important role model in Rosabeth Moss Kanter, her professor for an organizational behavior elective. "The subject matter was fascinating, and I really admired her as a high-ranking tenured faculty member who was also a woman," she says.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
quantitative approach. There are many admirable things about the way in which finance became more statistically sophisticated over the past twenty or thirty years. But many of the assumptions on which the more elaborate mathematical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Action Plan: Rapids Growth
1971—had grown into one of the most admired brands in its industry. The founders were intent on seeing the company they’d built live on, a hope that aligned with Holley’s goals: to buy something to maintain for the long term, and to find... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 27 Oct 2022
- News
John Middleton’s Big Swing
think it’s your passion as a fan that kind of fuels your ambition. It certainly fuels my ambition for this team.” A Philadelphia native and longtime sports fan, he told the Press of Atlantic City that he watched the Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals in the 1980... View Details