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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
Illustration by Alex Nabaum, theispot.com Every Sunday night when I was a kid, I'd sneak out of bed to watch the late movie on TV, film classics like Patton or A Man for All Seasons. I may very well have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Rags to Riches
Husnu Ozyegin (MBA ’69) is the richest man in Turkey, and he’s enjoying his wealth by giving lots of it away. Since 2000, he’s doled out some $50 million, building 36 primary schools and girls’ dormitories... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
McNamara Illustration by Zak Pullen For a man who once commanded huge organizations and made decisions affecting the lives of millions, Robert S. McNamara (MBA 1939) is mostly on his own these days. Dressed... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
“Howard is the fiercest man I have ever known — fiercely interested in the world and its people, fiercely loyal to family and friends. Of course, he is also fiercely honest.” — HBS professor Myra Hart... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
It's June 1996. Black churches are burning in the South, and up North, in Long Island, New York, a young African-American man named Shane Daniels has lain for several weeks in the hospital teetering between life and death, the widely... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Wisdom and a special cause
($48,000 last year) go to the Rhode Island Special Olympics, of which Adrain is a longtime officer and former president. Adrain contacts successful individuals and asks them to share the important beliefs that shape their lives. Thus,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
“I’m a social animal, and I love working on a team—being a television writer is the perfect confluence of creativity and collaboration,” says the Toronto native. Currently “up to my neck busy,” Dick, the father View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
positives, including likability and trust. In one of the studies, Brooks and her fellow researchers had a man approach 65 people in Philadelphia's busy 30th Street Station railway hub on a rainy day and ask... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
December 2016, reached almost $20,000 in December 2017, and retreated to as low as $3,200 in December 2018.) So we called in an expert: Dianna Raedle (MBA 1993), CEO, president, and founder of Deer Isle... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
Ina Foalea leads a brainstorming session in Morris Hall during this year’s Startup Lockdown. It is 6:30 p.m. on the Wednesday of Spring Break. But Ina Foalea (MBA 2018) is in work mode as she stretches out on the couch in the first-floor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
get involved with organizations like the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.” Ryann Manning (PhDOB 2017) Hometown: Marlborough, New Hampshire Destination: Toronto “I’m starting a job as an assistant professor at the Rotman School View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
fulfilling Corti's dream of piloting a plane around the globe. "Flying always seems miraculous to me -- it's a triumph of man over nature," says Corti, who at the time View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman
recognition in the field I was pursuing." Today, as CFO of a hot new Internet company called Excite@Home, the self-described "introspective" executive is getting plenty of attention. Goldman is busy helping... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
for the ticket, explaining to his friend: "This man has a business to run, and you are stealing from him." Similarly, during a pro-Reaganomics discussion in his BGIE class, Donelson spoke about the pain his community experienced as a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
general partner. He now cochairs the $21 billion firm’s advisory board. He has also served Harvard University, as a vice provost and senior associate provost from 2004 to 2006, and as chair of the Latin American Faculty Advisory Group. At... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
your own peril. Twice a month I sit with 20 or 25 salespeople, then I meet with 250 customers. GE would probably be just fine if I didn’t do any of that, but I think that’s what keeps me focused and aware of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
special issue when Dean Donham announced that he would retire - ending a term that began in 1919. With the help of numerous faculty (especially Malcolm McNair), we put together an issue with tributes to this many-sided View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
man at the negotiating table, offered this assessment: “The WTO agreement has been very useful leverage for the Chinese government to advance economic change and to change mindsets,” he explained, calling it “a classic case View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
several audience members wanted to know what it's like to succeed a man Fortune magazine named the top CEO of the last century. “I never viewed my job as replacing Jack Welch,” he replied. “The fact is, his... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing staffing assistance to hospitals... View Details