Manhattan - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2016
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Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers

Bronx and Manhattan have graduated 100 percent of their eighth-grade classes to a college-prep high school. “What we are doing for 1,500 students in New York City can become a model for hundreds of thousands of students across the... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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The Play's the Thing

Baron: prize winning playwright. Visiting Mr. Green, by Jeff Baron (MBA '78), is a play about the relationship that develops between an elderly widower and the youthful executive who almost kills him while driving recklessly down a View Details

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Richard Jenrette | Baker Library

home — the restored Baker House — in Manhattan in April 2002. Interviewer: Amy Blitz, HBS Director of Media Development for Entrepreneurial Management. Dick Jenrette died in 2018. Download Full Transcript (PDF) Previous Profile: Robert... View Details

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Dan Lufkin | Baker Library

his Manhattan offices, April 2002. Interviewer: Amy Blitz, HBS Director of Media Development for Entrepreneurial Management. Download Full Transcript (PDF) Previous Profile: Erling Lorentzen Next Profile: Thomas Murphy View Details

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William Donaldson | Baker Library

and Exchange Commission under President George W. Bush. In March 2002, Bill described his extraordinary career in a video interview in his Manhattan office. Interviewer: Amy Blitz, HBS Director of Media Development for Entrepreneurial... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Pinball Wizard

Richard Simon (MBA '66) is making Manhattan his playground - in this case, an indoor replica of the Big Apple as it appeared in the 1930s, the New York Times reported (August 12, 1999, and September 23, 1999). Called Broadway City,... View Details

21 Apr 2014
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A lifetime of quiet leadership

awarded a Presidential Citizens Medal for his service. Subsequently, he devoted himself to advancing the cause of numerous nonprofits, in particular, serving as chairman until 2006 of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, following... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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East Side Story

and the United Nations and oversee $1.5 billion of new construction planned for the UN's Manhattan headquarters. “The ornate Senate chamber at the state Capitol rang with accolades for the patrician legislator,” the Daily News reported,... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Fixer Upper

Real estate broker Sharon Enloe Baum (MBA ’65) cruises the streets of Manhattan in a chauffeured black Rolls-Royce that sports the license plate SOLD 1. Actually, in terms of co-ops and houses, she’s sold a lot more than one during her... View Details

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About the Collection | About

Boston area galleries and museums, as well as an annual weekend in Manhattan to meet artists, tour exhibitions, and attend theater. The club’s co-presidents accompany Mr. Schwartz on his annual buying trip to purchase additional art for... View Details

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Brandon Gayle

new stadium and relocating their operations from Manhattan and Long Island to Florham Park, New Jersey." While his stint with the Jets was successful in many ways, it also felt incomplete. "I didn't have the impact I thought I... View Details

01 Apr 2022
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Nancy Lane Remembered

Her obituary in the New York Times notes that Lane was “one of the rare Black women in the 1970s to rise in the corporate ranks, notably at Chase Manhattan and Johnson & Johnson.” Her work in the arts featured important foundational work... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Good for Laughs

give it up for David Moore (MBA ’80), delivering that and other one-liners, live, on stage, at trendy Manhattan comedy clubs. Moore, chairman of Sonostar Ventures, a venture capital firm, is the only person to be named an Ernst & Young’s... View Details

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22 Jan 2019
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Remembering Walter Shipley

Walter Shipley (AMP 73, 1976), the former chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank, died on January 11, 2019, at the age of 83, prompting a flood of fond remembrances in the media. Over his 40-year tenure, Shipley is... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)

What New York City attraction brings in more tourists each year than the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty? Why, it's FAO Schwarz, the famous toy store, of course. It's not hard to understand the draw. The flagship emporium on Fifth Avenue in View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Oct 1998
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A Marketable Skill

mix of vendors, smoothed neighborhood relations, and hired logistical help on weekends. Greenflea will contribute nearly $500,000 this year to fund educational enrichment programs, and Gehrke says she could expand the operation to include two or three additional... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

downsizing at the Scott Paper Company under "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap and the merger of Chase Manhattan Bank with Chemical Bank. Based on interviews with CEOs, managers, investors, bankers, management consultants, and attorneys, the cases look... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Adam Zalisk

lots of little ones. Shortly after college, I was far away from the theater – working in Manhattan skyscrapers and suburban office parks; my desk strewn with board reports and org charts. But when evening fell, and I watched from afar as... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

millennium, wealth in Manhattan started to expand, just like it had in 1900. But people wanted something different: They wanted more contemporary design. They wanted to be downtown. They wanted higher rises, and they wanted more... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2006
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Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders

chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). Whitehead is also the founder of HBS’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), dedicated to generating and sharing knowledge that helps organizations and individuals create... View Details

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