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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
Photo courtesy of Melissa Zaikos Back in 2011, when Melissa Zaikos (MBA 2000) began digging deeply into the standardized test scores of the Chicago Public Schools, she saw some concerning trends. Elementary schools, she thought, seemed to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
Iconic brands like Smith Brothers get instantaneous consumer and media respect. The coverage we get—like on the Today Show or when 1,000 people showed up at a Walgreens in Chicago for one of our events—is priceless." Silk notes that while... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
Images courtesy of Breakwater Chicago How was the idea for Breakwater Chicago born? "I came up with the idea for Breakwater Chicago after my business school internship at The... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
concerned about both the financial burden of tuition and forgoing income for two years. “Finding out that the School had such a strong fellowship program was a game-changer for me,” says Sergio. “That was critical in my decision to pursue an MBA at HBS.” The former... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
civil rights group protesting segregation in the Chicago schools. A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, by Robert B. McKersie (MBA 1956/DBA 1959) "If... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
individual, a group of people, or some sort of board? Where would those people come from? New York? Nigeria? London? To my mind, it should be left up to the elected entity. If KPMG wanted to fly in a vice president from the Chicago... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
build a community of engaged partners who share a common passion and are eager to provide the resources needed to change the world—not just money, but also time, talents, personal networks, creative thinking, and public support. A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
South Africa Conference Preview
committee. "This is extraordinary progress, and postapartheid South Africa is very much at the center of this renaissance - the potential engine of change." Buoyed by the rave reviews of this year's Alumni Conference in Chicago (see page... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
economic shocks, corporate scandals, international competition, or technological disruptions. Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange by Erika S. Olson (MBA ’03) (Wiley) Olson, a former managing director at the View Details
- 10 May 2019
- News
Bringing Art to the People It Depicts
weeks ago. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view through July 19. The Dean Collection showcases Parks’ work from his days taking portraits in early 1940s Chicago to his powerful images of the Civil Rights... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- News
Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)
“That first semester was daunting, but we helped each other through it.” After graduation, Battit went on to healthcare consulting in Chicago and then returned to Boston to work in investment management. Then September 11th happened. “I... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- News
Juan Salgado Honored for Immigrant Education Efforts
substantial barriers to better employment. Few have high school educations, and many don’t have the English-language skills needed to succeed in vocational programs or other job training. "In our work, you do the mission to achieve the mission," Salgado told the View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
Managing Director, GTCR Chicago “My father was a fireman and came from a large family; I was a financial aid kid in college. There is a sense of gratitude and obligation when you’ve benefited from an institution like HBS. I’m very focused... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
backgrounds. Following the Dean's visit to New York, he will travel to Los Angeles on March 21 for evening events with alumni in southern California. Additional international events are being planned for later this spring. The Dean began this series of alumni... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
Bank of Chicago, who was launching his own venture-capital firm with a couple of other colleagues from the bank. After graduating from HBS, Rauner headed back to his hometown of Chicago and became one of the first associates in what was... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
in the School's intellectual agenda. I urge you to make plans now for the next Global Alumni Conference in Chicago on June 17Ð19, 1998, which will focus on entrepreneurship, a topic of great interest to us all. As we reach the end of... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
your favorite musicals, and why? “Pippin I remember fondly because I played Pippin’s grandmother in the eighth grade. Phantom of the Opera has the most powerful music. Mamma Mia for its joie de vivre and dance routines. The Lion King for the costumes. View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
permanent collections. Institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chicago Institute of Art, the Tate Modern, and the Museum of Modern Art have showcased these artists in the last half dozen years. Most recently, 70 pieces... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis
perspective, Y Combinator is about one word: focus. We strip a company down to its core. What service or product are you providing? How are you getting those customers? And are there enough of those customers? When I was in Chicago and... View Details
Keywords: April White