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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
contrary to human nature to expect total objectivity from a CEO regarding his or her performance. One cannot expect a CEO in the role of chairman to prepare the board to evaluate lapses and failures on his... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
From a course comes a movement. When the first Women on Boards (WOB) Executive Education program wrapped up in 2016, the cohort of 67 women from 17 countries, who had studied with HBS faculty how boards... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Spangler Elected President of Harvard Overseers
Business School. Cronin Also newly elected to the board is Michael F. Cronin (MBA 1977), cofounder and managing partner of Boston-based Weston Presidio, a leading private-equity firm. Cronin, one of six new overseers, is a graduate of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Artful Contributions
The director of the High Art Museum in Atlanta regards two HBS graduates as the “twin pillars” of the museum’s recently completed $124 million expansion project. Terry Stent (MBA ’68), chairman of the museum’s View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Raw, Done Well
California, Klein has bankrolled a 65- seat, gourmet raw-food restaurant called Roxanne's, named after his wife, who is also the establishment's chef. Klein sold his final high-tech venture in 1994 and became, for a time, chairman of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
After a long summer break, it was great to get together with the Alumni Board on campus in mid-October and to welcome twelve new members. Before I highlight the important committee work ahead, let me first bring you up-to-date on the... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home
to serve as JSJ’s vice chairman of the board in addition to overseeing a family foundation fund and volunteering in community organizations. “I knew I wanted to come back to this area at some point,” she... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a community of health care providers
As CEO and chairman of the board of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Kent Thiry (MBA 1983) has built the second-largest kidney dialysis company in the world. He oversees 2,074 outpatient dialysis centers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Rites of Autumn
chairman C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA 1966); and HBSAA Board president Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) after their opening remarks to alumni. The Class of 1970's Richard W. Miller (with yellow tie) and J.J. Elkin... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Taking up the issue of climate change
As chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Alan Horn (MBA 1971) is in the business of creating magical worlds that captivate audiences. He also is passionate about the real-world issue of climate change and its impact on future generations.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
A Transformative Experience
Dr. Claudio L. Haddad (OPM 12, 1987) is chairman of the board of Insper Institute of Education & Research in Brazil and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he explains... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Message to Our Readers
e-mail, or the form favored by the magazine’s readers in 1925—good old-fashioned letters. As the then editorial board chairman Harold R. Hall (MBA ’22) wrote in his introduction to the inaugural issue,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
Chairman and CEO, Joh. A. Benckiser SE Download Harf profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Cologne, Germany 1973 Earns PhD, Monetary Economics, University of Cologne 1981 Joins Joh. A. Benckiser... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
staggered boards at all companies (boards traditionally elect one-third of their members each year); requires that all directors receive a majority of votes cast to be elected; mandates the creation of a View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
founded Fundação Estudar with the goal of helping educate the future public- and private-sector leaders of Brazil. He is founder and chairman of the Instituto Social Maria Telles, an educational foundation in Brazil, and a member of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
group champion for this unusual competition. Although he shies away from social events, Hellman and his wife of 47 years, Chris, are involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. He is chairman of the board... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
He began as president and chief operating officer in 1989 and led the company as CEO from 1991 until 2001, serving as chairman of the board from 1996–2002. He returned to HBS as a member of the faculty in... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Henry M. Paulson Jr., MBA 1970
President on the White House Domestic Council. During his tenure as secretary, Paulson led the country through one of its most challenging periods of financial turbulence. A lifelong environmentalist who grew up in Illinois wanting to be a forest ranger, Paulson served... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
prestigious securities firms (now CIBC Wood Gundy), and of Consumers Gas, at the time the country’s largest natural gas distributor. In addition, he served on the boards of Royal Bank of Canada, Canada Life Assurance, Noranda Mines, and... View Details