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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
J. Hughes Norton III
attention. But this is the Year of the Tiger, and the crowd is intent on staking out its hero. Golf, sports, and, some say, even American society will never be the same. It's also been quite a year for Hughes Norton, Tiger Woods's agent.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
rate—the amount of waste that it recycles and composts—has for years lingered below 18 percent, a fraction of what some other major American cities have achieved. And DSNY has been slow to adopt tools such as rat-proof containers and... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
University claims eight United States presidents among its alumni. “What you are doing is writing the Constitution—specifically Article 1, Section 8,” Moss tells the class. It’s no idle practice; Harvard University claims eight United... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number of Chattanooga residents who’ve been left out of the picture. As in so many American cities,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
principal fundraiser for his new friend, a Democratic-primaries long shot named Bill Clinton. At the time, President Bush enjoyed a 90 percent approval rating. But the rest, as they say, is history. With Clinton's election, Brody, at one... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
President and CEO, SHI International Download Lee profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1958 Born, Bangkok, Thailand 1980 Earns BA, Biology and Economics, Amherst College 1985 Earns MBA 1985 Joins Procter & Gamble... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
city’s darkest days, during the drug and murder epidemics of the late 1980s and early 1990s. When Mayor Marion Barry was busted in an FBI sting for smoking crack in 1990, Dixon’s mother, Sharon Pratt, won the election to replace him, becoming the first black woman to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
US economy. A hands-on leader who has met with business owners in 36 states in the two years since President Barack Obama appointed her to head the US Small Business Administration (SBA), Mills has had many poignant encounters with people... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
practice.) It’s not just Berman’s own history and hope for the future success of children that motivates him—he notes that there is real science behind his belief. In 2000, for example, researchers found that 120 hours of chess instruction for African View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
City, and 10 or 12 of us would drive down to meet 60 to 70 wonderful, accomplished gay and lesbian alums. I was co-president of the GSA my second year, and after graduating I organized 15 of the NYC annual potlucks and served as both View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
bond is practical, based on sustenance, but also spiritual: In Native American cosmology, Mother Corn—Selu in Cherokee—is the first woman. After well over a decade in business, Keen found a new calling. It’s an epic history that has its... View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Executive Education degrees and accreditations, and a range of sectors, demographics, and experiences. Board members are drawn from a pool of active alumni volunteers. The current board president is Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997). On... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
vuvuzelas competes with the arena’s mix of American hip-hop and regional hits. It is a distinctly regional take on an iconic American export. The league is a core pillar of NBA Africa, a two-year-old venture... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
anyone—internet users, business leaders, creators, entrepreneurs—who wants to understand where we’ve been and where we’re going. It provides a vision for a better internet and a playbook to navigate and build the future. My American... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
American technology and know-how, governments' movement to be more fiscally conservative - make for a lot of stability and opportunity.” Views on investing in emerging markets: “There's great opportunity. Look at China; with more than a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
Highway As cities reshape themselves and populations increase, demand for goods will rise. And if the pandemic taught us anything about supply and demand, it’s that the trucking system—once largely unnoticed—can become a real bottleneck. Cheng Lu (MBA 2010), View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
approximately 40 percent of Americans don’t drink at all. With so many flexi-drinkers crowding the bar these days, the stigma is starting to fade. “Not drinking has become a more visible choice since the pandemic,” says Royle, who... View Details