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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
(AMS), an international business and IT consulting firm. "The impact the professors were having on my sectionmates and me made a deep impression." Wasserman recalled that one of the most enjoyable aspects of his work life had been helping... View Details
- 09 Sep 2011
- News
Remembering 9/11 at HBS
As the world recalls the events of 9/11 this week, we are reminded of two articles from the Bulletin that offered contemporaneous accounts of that historic moment. Read how the School reacted to the tragedy and memorialized members of the... View Details
- 09 Sep 2011
- News
Ten Years Ago: HBS and 9/11
As the world recalls the events of 9/11 this week, we are reminded of two articles from the Bulletin that offered contemporaneous accounts of that historic moment. Read how the School reacted to the tragedy and memorialized members of the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
times, and I had given the finest presentation he had ever heard,” recalls Murphy. “That cold call—and HBS—set me on a path to building my self-confidence and developing the skills to succeed in business.” After graduating as a Baker... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
directly beneficial to the School because it trickles down in a lot of ways," says Lyle, the Section J cochair for the Class of 2012 Gift Campaign. She also recalls experiencing classes in which the professors encouraged students to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New York Club Honors Armstrong, Graham
pivotal moments and challenges in their careers. Armstrong spoke of some technology turning points that have created conditions of both crisis and opportunity for business today. In a more personal vein, Graham recalled her initial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Sounds Like a Plan
starters, simply stepping back, avoiding too much detail, and eschewing buzzwords might be a better way to go. He recalled that shortly after he and Gordon Bethune (AMP 111, 1992) took over Continental Airlines, “the first thing we did... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Taking the Long View
huge national debt. He prefers shares of companies such as Canada’s EnCana, Wal-Mart de Mexico, and Petróleo Brasileiro. “At least three-quarters of whatever I own is foreign stocks,” Gordon revealed. Former Goldman Sachs cochairman John Whitehead (MBA 11/’47), View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
would be auctioned at Sotheby's in 1997. "I started to think about what the dinosaur could mean for the Field, in terms of education, research, and visitorship," recalls McCarter, who took two of his top scientists to the Sotheby's... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
Jeff Immelt’s night table—Railway Age, Aviation Week, Broadcasting & Cable—represents just a few of the industries encompassed by General Electric, the company founded by Thomas Edison where Immelt is entering his ninth year as chairman and CEO. “I’m a voracious... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Big Brothers
this was a chance for me to give a little back.” Carter recently recalled that the two spent time together playing basketball, reading, and talking. “The fact that I was a black male child and he was a young white man wasn’t even an... View Details
- 28 Apr 2021
- News
Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90
their exploration. As he recalled in an Atlantic article from 2019—the 50th anniversary of the mission—he circled the moon for a day after dropping off Armstrong and Aldrin, admiring the views. “But for Collins, the finest sight was the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pinball Wizard
the city's most recognizable landmarks" filled with video and arcade games, where, for example, "electronic baseball games await players in a circular room designed like Yankee Stadium." Broadway City recalls the game parlors Simon's... View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
there's been 45 major fire hydrant recalls the United States. Only half of those have actually been addressed and fixed. “The reason why the other half haven't been fixed is because cities don't know where their fire hydrants are. Our... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
When Last Seen
classroom; certainly his relaxed demeanor "as he sat in front of a fireplace framed by festive Christmas decorations" as the New York Times reported (December 5, 2000), must have reminded members of the Class of 1975 of their sky-decking classmate. For those who aren't... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
In the Running?
After throwing his hat briefly into the ring in California’s gubernatorial recall race, John Garamendi (MBA ’70), California’s insurance commissioner, returned to his original mission. According to the New York Times (July 5, 2003), he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
2020 Vision
When it comes to setting personal goals, Lara O’Connor Hodgson (MBA ’98) aims high: Her ambition is to become, like another notable HBS alum, President of the United States, most likely in 2020. (For those with a similar aspiration and timetable, View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Taking up the issue of climate change
1988, we were thinking about bringing a child into the world and really became focused on the environment," recalls Horn. He subsequently joined the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council, "arguably the most effective... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Uncorked
“they needed a token broad” — with Scott Paper Company, where, among other things, she made an advertising breakthrough: getting an ad for sanitary napkins on television for the first time. Recalled McClelland, “We couldn’t run it before... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
fictional, the descriptive events bear such close resemblance to reality that the reader is left with an informed perspective on the people, the culture, and the day-to-day business realities within China.” When asked what motivated him to write a novel about China,... View Details