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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
height of the civil rights movement, Thomas-Graham's parents held up Thurgood Marshall and other lawyers as role models who created peaceful change at a time when racial tensions were running high. "Our family heroes were African... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
before I leave my office, so when I come in the next morning, I ask one question: What does success look like today? And I define that so that I have a sense of accomplishment by the end of that day. I am most at peace in church, when I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Robert McNamara Dies at 93
New York Times wrote (July 6, 2009), “McNamara became president of the World Bank and devoted evangelical energies to the belief that improving life in rural communities in developing countries was a more promising path to peace than the... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
economy, Giants of the Sea makes the case for its role in reducing poverty and increasing peace around the world. Packed with interesting and fun facts, this broad sweep of a largely invisible endeavor is an informative and enjoyable read... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
them realize that dream,” she says. A volunteer network sustains the San Francisco–based organization, which has helped facilitate peaceful relations in India, Pakistan, Colombia, and Rwanda. In India, for example, the Dreamfly built a... View Details
- 18 Mar 2015
- News
9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders
Nine HBS alumni have been selected as 2015 Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. The organization engages these “bold, brave, action-oriented, and entrepreneurial” individuals to help shape a more positive, peaceful and... View Details
Keywords: World Economic Forum
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
people’s lives.” — GE Forsan Hussein The Business of Peace Hussein In the summer of 1998, while working as a fellow with an Israeli human-rights organization, Brandeis student Forsan Hussein interviewed a young Palestinian whose West Bank... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
MacArthur's tremendous success in rebuilding Japan after World War II. As the supreme commander for the Allied Powers, he was charged with transforming a defeated, militarist empire into a beacon of peace and democracy. A career military... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
her long ordeal might be over. It had begun nearly a year earlier, in 1989, when Chai, a 23-year-old Beijing University student, was elected "chief commander" by the Tiananmen Square dissidents because of her leadership skills and electrifying speeches. After the View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide, one of the world’s leading private equity investment groups. In 2007, he cofounded Social Finance, a London-based nonprofit that is advancing ways to apply market principles to solving social problems in the UK. He also serves as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Decision Points
say we didn’t have one.” His book is not intended to change people’s minds, Bush observed; rather, “I’m trying to give modern-day readers and future readers a context for my administration.” After promoting the book, he will be happy to step out of the spotlight: “I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
of the league's broadcasting committee and the securing of lucrative TV contracts, and for helping forge peace between players and owners during heated labor negotiations in 2011. Goal to Go While expanding its fan base and finding new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
In the Running?
will eventually run for governor again, despite two previously unsuccessful bids. But Garamendi, a Golden State native who grew up on a ranch (and owns one today), played football at Cal, and served in the Peace Corps, says he’s focused... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
skiing with a YPOer who lives in Colorado? Great! A few well-placed e-mail inquiries and you should be all set. Want to leverage YPO members’ considerable brain power and clout to help bring peace to countries in conflict? That will... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
peace of mind. Go-Jek drivers themselves sported a more professional look, decked out in jackets and helmets the color of a green apple with the company logo splashed across both in white. Some drivers say their salaries doubled, thanks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Poverty and Security
“predictable and decent government structures,” while not wholly democratic, can lead to “an effective result.” Asked what the West doesn’t understand about Islam, Wolfensohn said, “When you’re in a conflict, typecasting happens. But there is a richness in Islam, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
process and provides expert advice, tools, and insights. The Times Are Surely Changin' by Douglas F. Schofield III (MBA '69, DBA '72) (Dorrance) In his first novel, venture capitalist and private pilot Schofield explores themes of adventure and View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
black person I have ever held a conversation with.” TED LEWIS grew up in Philadelphia. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied architecture and sociology, Lewis joined the Peace Corps, working for two... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
afforded Middlebrooks precious peace of mind at work, knowing her children were in a safe, loving, and familiar environment. In addition, she credits husband William, who owns a customer service and training firm, with sharing equally in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
change,” says Childress. Why the shift in attitude? “Some people point to 9/11 as creating a heightened awareness of the world as an interconnected system and spurring a search for meaning,” observes Childress. “It may also be generational. Social entrepreneurship may... View Details