Prisoners Of War - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Brett Gibson

Although his grandfather was a "full-bird" Marine Corps Colonel who had served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, Brett Gibson had not considered the military as a career option and did not participate in ROTC while in... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

Bob DiRomualdo admits that he wasn't much of a reader until he paid a visit to Greenland. The son of a Philadelphia fireman, DiRomualdo took a job with RCA after graduating from high school to earn money for... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

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Bena Shah

years. We will start tickle wars with our children and laugh until our bellies ache. We will surprise them with donuts on Sunday mornings and spend hours getting to know them over lazy Sunday dinners of... View Details

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Assaf Harlap

Too overweight to ever be chosen for football practice, uninspired by school, dealing with a family divorce, and spending several unforgettable days in a bomb shelter — sweating and shivering in my gas mask during the Gulf War — my... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Corey, Lombard Remembered

marketing, distribution, and organizational strategy. He also headed the Division of Research for six years, overseeing an expansion of the School’s commitment to research and the launch View Details

21 Jul 2022
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How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail

as a meteorologist for the Amy Air Forces during World War II before attending HBS. There he joined the class of 1949—which also included “James E. Burke, who later headed Johnson & Johnson; C. Peter... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

08 Mar 2017
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Helping vets become resident landlords

thing called the VA Loan Guarantee. That’s a no-money-down home-buying power, which was a result of the GI Bill after World War II. And what they particularly don’t know is that you can use this up to a... View Details

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Research Resources | Baker Library

1905–2000 (Series III) Records of Polaroid scientists documenting the manufacture of innovative products during World War II and the creation and development View Details

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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

28 May 2019
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Action Plan: Border Crossing

my husband’s German grandparents lived as refugees during and after World War II. We were able to walk the streets they walked. It wasn’t a part of the city you would normally visit as a tourist, but it had... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2025
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Narrative Arc

relation). Raised in poverty, Earl received free piano lessons and eventually studied with composer Arnold Schoenberg at UCLA, but his career was interrupted by World War II. Earl served as a combat intelligence officer, flying over the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; documentary; filmmaking; arts

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Photographs from the HBS Archives document the activities of training schools and courses at HBS during World War II, including the Army Air Forces Statistical School, Army Air Forces View Details

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Stamps Reading Room | About

restoration of the space, workers uncovered and restored skylights that were painted over during World War II per order of the government, as during that time the School served... View Details

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Harvard Business School Archives | Baker Library

body of his professional correspondence. Wartime Schools Collection During World War II, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for officers trained in statistics and supply chain logistics. The HBS... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Flight Path

were moments of magic that reminded me of Star Wars and the video games I played growing up,” he says. But it’s a long way from amateur get-togethers to a TV-ready,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

get lawyers and, of course, international awareness of what was going on with the trial. And then after they were sentenced and sent to Siberian labor camps, the issue was clothing, food. Hiring local... View Details

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Linda Leung

In her junior and senior undergraduate years, Linda Leung fulfilled the dream job of nerds, or at least Star Wars enthusiasts, worldwide: she developed simulation models for ion propulsion engines, the... View Details

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Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly... View Details

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Erling Lorentzen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Erling Lorentzen, HBS 1948, was a leader of the underground resistance against German occupation forces in his native Norway during World War II. That experience brought him to HBS as a student. After... View Details

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