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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)
way, the league is planning to debut in 2000. "The gold medal performance of the U.S. women's soccer team at the 1996 Olympics showcased our talented players to the nation and the world," says the NSA's development consultant, Jennifer... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
Sadly, hockey-mad Canada has few cities that can sustain an NHL team economically, so it's losing teams to U.S. cities." Commenting on the first-time-ever participation of NHL stars on national teams at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
Do you believe in miracles? Some say that's what it will take for the Olympic movement to recover from the scandal surrounding the awarding of the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City. Or maybe all that's needed, as the Salt Lake... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
A Man without a Pause
Between the ages of 30 and 40, James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) lived a life most would find enviable. An Olympic fencer and graduate of both law and business schools (he cofounded a laundry service at HBS), Wolfensohn landed in London during... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
(ForeEdge) The authors tell how an ad hoc, underfunded group of citizens worked together to challenge Boston boosters, the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee and derail... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
and closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympic Games, a smash hit enjoyed by a global television audience of hundreds of millions. "Reindeer, sled dogs, and fiddlers were my life for an entire year," laughs the lanky, amiable Høegh. "Then... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
Australian Air Force, was a fencer on the 1956 Australian Olympic team, and practiced law prior to attending HBS. After graduation and work at a Sydney merchant bank, in 1967 he accepted a position in London with J. Henry Schroder Wagg... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
School's and alumni visibility in the community while providing a substantial educational experience to its members. The amount of preparation that goes into these conferences is staggering - even by HBS measures - and appropriately might be compared with this issue's... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
first entered the Olympics competition in 1996. A frequent speaker on finance, investment, and General Patton, Stillman is president of R.J. Stillman Company, his writing and publishing operation. HBS was a memorable experience for me, in... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
Olympic Park Legacy Company. Her education and experience complemented Blumkin's, as did her roots across the river in Mamaroneck, in New York's Westchester County. Blumkin immediately signed Lehrer as manager of communications and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
Ultimate Frisbee with one, and I could tell by the way he played he’d be a terrific person to do a company with. The other was a woman who almost made the Canadian Olympic marathon team. People who are intense about sports often bring... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
sport, and the comradeship generated among teammates. I actually have my own boys-in-the-boat story. Twenty years after the University of Washington team won its gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, I was the coxswain of the Yale crew that won an View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
She’s been a regular at the Super Bowl and the Olympics and has thrown out the first ball at Shea Stadium three times (when the Mets were winning!). She’s also attended the Oscars and the Golden Globe Awards. While she avoids... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
and compassion; decide wisely; let go of what you know; achieve meaningful goals and, empower others. This book offers compelling stories of a varied cast of characters, including the head of a skiing expedition to the North Pole, an View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
previous World Cup and Olympic hosts. But the country's lack of transportation alternatives—particularly a useful rail system—has also put an extraordinarily heavy burden on the airlines to move fans to disparate match sites. "I don't... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
global brand advertising campaign called This Is Yoga. The spots include zero yoga as a physical practice. Olympic gold medalist volleyballer Kerri Walsh Jennings, Australian pop artist CJ Hendry, Beijing drummer Shi “Atom” Lu, London... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
edge the Wizards. Tatum says that Brazil's pre–World Cup infrastructure investments have made the spread of the game a bit easier, but he's looking two years ahead for an even bigger push. "Basketball is a very established sport there," he says. "But with the 2016... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
significantly since the end of the Cold War. Panelist Nancy Aossey, president and CEO of International Medical Corps, was a sophomore in college when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Her primary memory from that time was of the U.S. boycott of the 1980... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
Stanford Business School. Johnson’s father, also called Pitch, was a track coach who participated in the 1924 Olympic Games as a high hurdler and passed a love of running down to his namesake. The family moved to Palo Alto when Pitch was... View Details