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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
Every HBS class has its “war stories.” In recent decades, they’ve been about takeover battles on Wall Street or crashing and burning in Silicon Valley. For the MBA Class of 1949, however, the “war stories” unfolded in places like Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Germany, and France.... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
and philanthropy and executive director of the Mattel Children's Foundation, based in El Segundo, California.) “Business can be the greatest force for good on this planet.” At ExecWB, Goodwin and his team recruit for-profit partners to reach into developing countries... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and HBS professor and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole at the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at HBS. Professor Myles Mace, back from military service in the Pacific... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
casualties," he said, would be the likely result. Counterterrorism and international affairs have been central elements of Bremer's career. Entering the diplomatic service immediately after graduating from HBS, he embarked on several... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
to students about public service, is the assistant secretary for the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) at the U.S. Department of Labor. His agency, which he is notably reinventing and recharging, helps former View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
The Results Are (Mostly) In
Mitt Romney (MBA 1974) (photo by Gage Skidmore) Mitt Romney (MBA 1974) (photo by Gage Skidmore) Congratulations to all the HBS alumni who ran for seats in November’s midterm elections, including those listed below who are celebrating victories. (A few other races were... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
from the steps of Baker Library as some students railed against the invasion of Cambodia, others spoke with pride of their recent military service in Vietnam, and still others broke through the din with... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
communities and individuals—such as women, military veterans, and people of color—to help them find jobs and career information. With a membership fee of only $25 a month, it's a business-opportunities networking site that also helps... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Eye in the Storm
business-model and financial challenges confronting traditional media everywhere. Schocken is a free-market, pro-business advocate who is “a singular force in Israeli journalism on issues such as free speech, equal rights for Israeli Arabs, the independence of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Man with a Mission
before he returned for a time to the military as an intelligence officer hunting war criminals in Bosnia and Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Howard said he’s been given a lot and wants to make a difference. “My great-great-grandfather was... View Details
- 08 Dec 2017
- News
Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits
After a tumultuous year in US politics, more than a dozen recent alumni have thrown their hats into the ring to launch careers in public service. “More and more people are feeling they need to step up and that they can, because they have the right skills to solve the... View Details
Keywords: politics
- 16 May 2017
- News
Veterans Build Fitness and Friendships in New Stamford Boxing Club
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
changing system. Barrett's commitment to social service has inspired her to see philanthropy as a lifelong habit - one that she would like to pass on to her students. Describing her own life as an extremely diversified portfolio, Barrett... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
RallyPoint a Winner
In military parlance, a rally point is where soldiers scattered on a mission are to meet up. So when Iraq veterans Yinon Weiss (MBA 2011) and Aaron Kletzing (HBS 2013) launched a start-up to help veterans network and land civilian jobs,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
import-export firm in his native St. Croix. Sent to America for college in 1772 by local leaders who saw his potential, he soon joined the revolutionary army and was tapped for service on General George Washington's staff. Among... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
1932 in New York City, where his father ran a small clothing-manufacturing business in the Garment District. After attending progressive city schools, Navasky graduated from Swarthmore College in 1954 with Phi Beta Kappa honors in the social sciences. Next came Army... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
not-so-pretty picture of a frustrating and baffling decline in performance by the varsity boat at the United States Military Academy. Polzer, whose teaching and research focus on organizational behavior, leadership, and teams, sees many... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- News
To Lead and Serve
Joseph Patrick (“Joe”) Mulloy (MBA 1987) is a retired Vice Admiral with the US Navy. In this interview, he reflects on the connections between his HBS education and his leadership and management experiences during a long military career.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
establishment does—you’re going to be looking at those startups.” —Professor Matthew Weinzierl But the salience of space to global national security has only grown as military services and civilian economies... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
Faculty Opinion Illustration by Corbis/Image Zoo/Cargo Whatever the question—disaster relief, education, health care, foreign policy—national and community service is an answer. Organizing a full-time civilian View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance