Howard - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

James Madison at the Constitutional Convention, a scene imagined here by early 20th century artist Howard Chandler Christy. (GraphicaArtis/Corbis) The blackboard fills up with proposed remedies to the country’s ills in 1787, and with more... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

middle-skill career fields,” he says. Respiratory therapist Michelle Powell (above) trains Howard School students Rudy Vasquez and Junior Juan in how to take a blood pressure reading; below, Shakaya Finley and Jamesha Owens practice those... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

09 Jun 2015
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Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

10th Reunion, and Howard Stevenson responded.” Stevenson, the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, introduced Au to principals of a major hedge fund who not only advised him but also invested in Veritas and helped... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Turning Point: Listen to the Music

and it should be noted that filmmakers such as Ron Howard and Jonathan Demme credit him with their start in filmmaking. In addition to the movie business, I spent more than 25 years in radio in Los Angeles and San Francisco, working as a... View Details

Keywords: music; film; purpose; career

25 Jan 2023
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The Road to the C-Suite, with Citi CFO Mark Mason

school, he says, and sold bubblegum and baseball cards to his classmates over lunch. Later, Mason enrolled in Howard University’s premed program but switched to the business program by the second semester. There, earning his degree in... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

expanded to include a virtual launch lab program for Harvard alumni-founded ventures across the globe, and a wet-lab building for life sciences ventures. It is overseen by Thomas Eisenmann, the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

understand my accent, and I had to readjust to Nigerian culture — relearning Yoruba, making new friends, understanding how things were done.” In 1990, Gbadegesin, then seventeen, came back to the United States to study engineering at View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Finance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

30 Mar 2015
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Giving back to the city that he calls home

One of the proudest moments for Howard R. Leibowitz (AMP 106, 1990) when he served as director of intergovernmental relations for the City of Boston was to create a computer access center for residents of public housing in Brighton.... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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Man with a Mission

Chris Howard (MBA ’03), once securely on the fast track at GE, today is associate vice president at the University of Oklahoma, thanks to the persuasive powers of OU president David Boren. According to the Oklahoman (September 5, 2006),... View Details

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

21 Nov 2017
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Rushing Yards

Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette Determining end-of-season matchups for the college football playoffs is an intensely scrutinized and (to the outsider) somewhat mysterious process. As a new member of the College Football Playoff selection committee,... View Details

01 Oct 2018
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Moving On

Christopher B. Howard (MBA 2003) is president of Robert Morris University and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he explains his philosophy of achieving success. “I come from a great American story. I'm a... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

23 May 2018
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Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003

University When the head of the presidential search committee for Robert Morris University (RMU) came across Chris Howard’s résumé, he thought the search firm was testing him. Howard was a sitting college president, veteran, and Rhodes... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 Mar 2014
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The Power of Education

Attendance at Harvard reunions requires a little extra time from Robert Howard and his wife, Dr. Brenda Pagán-Durán. “This year, our 20th Reunion at Harvard College happened a week before my 15th at HBS,” says Howard, head of Equity... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Teaching and studying the role of entrepreneurs in business and society

HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in launching the study and teaching of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Building successful businesses in a time of rapid change

HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in building successful organizations, including the Baupost Group, the Weather Channel, AutoTrader, and Landmark Communications. (Published April 2014) View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Open Market

Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

18 Sep 2017
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Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact

Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) [Editor's note: This article was updated November 25, 2019] As former dean of External Relations, longtime faculty member... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Scientific Research and Development Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

on people. After all, according to Bill Elfers, one of the firm's founding partners, "The principal reason for accomplishment is dedicated and competent management." Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Howard E. Cox, Jr., MBA... View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Fellowship Donors and Recipients Honored

Other speakers included honorary guest C.D. (“Dick”) Spangler, Jr. (MBA 1956), and Senior Associate Dean and Director of External Relations Howard H. Stevenson (MBA 1965), whose keynote address drew on his own experience as a recipient of... View Details