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- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
from which his and Cathy’s three children graduated. There is, however, a second religion in the family: sports. Brennan, a marathon runner, coached his kids’ teams to the point that some neighborhood parents thought he worked for the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Turning Point: Listen to the Music
Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the United States in 1958 with my parents and my brother because my parents thought it was... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
office to have it typed up. Can you even imagine that today? Would you want your kids to do what you do? I really consider myself to be one of the luckiest people in the world, with all the times I've won the lottery: being born in America, having View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
and lawyer, has worked with underserved populations around the world. “At our house, every dinner table discussion was like a BGIE class,” Dasgupta laughs. “I grew up influenced by both my parents — I'm very interested in the private... View Details
- 30 Jun 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
trained as a parent peer coach for families, is using his years of business experience to build the tools he wished had been available when his family was confronting addiction and is sharing his own experience of the recovery path. He... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
“How do I show leadership presence when I’m this exhausted?” Working parents were typically offered platitudes about work-life integration, Dowling realized, which was a shortcoming in talent development that became all the more glaring a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Honoring a legacy
her parents in 1964. “It’s not about taking over the company business; it’s really about honoring the legacy of my parents. It’s about the spirit of my parents, their value system, and their beliefs. When I joined my parents, my father in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
a high-stakes job, and as success boosts her confidence, her husband becomes more abusive. After they return to America, she escapes with their two toddlers. Three years later, a single parent with a serious health emergency, she earns an... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
business than working as a doctor,” says Dahod, whose parents moved to the United States to help their four children to acquire an American education. Dahod, arriving in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of 20, surpassed their high... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
manages $3.8 billion As part of the Polish underground resistance during World War II, André Jakurski's father forged documents to help those in danger change their identities. "My parents lost everything during the war," explains the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: Gwill York’s (MBA 1984) parents were determined that their daughter would be practical and self-sufficient. As it turns out, they didn’t have to push too hard. At the age of nine, York started driving... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
adoptive parents was short: at the age of eight his mother died, and his father sent him to live with family friends in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Ellison was born in Layton, Utah, in 1916. Her grandfather, Ephraim Peter ("E.P.") Ellison,... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
of wisdom, helping inspire others to be the best version of themselves. Harris grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, the only child of an educator and a commercial fishing boat captain. “My parents brought me up in a ‘no excuses’ household,”... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
All told, Coty Inc. competes in 80 markets in 29 countries. Harf began working for Coty's German parent company, Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH, in 1981. Ten years later, he became CEO of what is now Coty Inc., a company that he helped to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
Three dollars in cash, six changes of clothing, five bottles of rum, and a box of cigars. These were the items that belonged to 12-year-old Carlos Saladrigas when he arrived in Miami in 1961. His parents chose the risk of sending their... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
always says. There can’t be multiple people making decisions that conflict with each other. “While most people would recommend not bringing business to the dinner table, I personally believe that the two businesses––the one with my View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
tech company, while parenting two children (now 15 and 10). In 1989 Lee and her then husband purchased Software House, a small, unsuccessful software sales company. Within a year she had changed the name to SHI International, reflecting... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
studying hard. Chess, Berman says, even gave him the smarts to get into HBS. Berman treats the game like a religious vocation and he preaches its virtues wherever he goes, often sending chess sets to friends with small children in the hope those View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers... View Details
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
wouldn’t necessarily know that they are dealing with little ones at home and childcare issues. Or that they have elderly parents they have to take care of. To maximize how they show up at work, I’ve got to take the time to understand... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon