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- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
relationship with them and giving them a lot of information. They want to know what the team is, what the investment team is. We actually met with the Harvard Endowment in the early days and we got a lot of support, and so they think they... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Case Study Pioneer
building the Intercollegiate Case Clearing House, an organization at HBS that was dedicated to US and international dissemination of cases written by faculty from Harvard and other universities. A legacy of his work is the Andrew R. Towl View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
interest in me were the reasons I considered an academic career and developed a passion for research," said Porter, who holds an endowed professorship named after his mentor. Born on August 17, 1919, Christensen grew up in Iowa City and... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier
the Charles River. The development of the new complex was made possible in part by a $400 million SEAS endowment established in 2015 by John A. Paulson (MBA 1980), founder and president of the investment management firm Paulson & Co.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines
generosity of the School’s alumni and friends. “We have been fortunate that our donors appreciate our efforts to develop the next generation of leaders,” says Datar. Endowment gifts and annual contributions to the HBS Fund for Leadership... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
paths." Keohane's career in the nonprofit sector began just after she graduated from Yale in 1994. She worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, earned a master's degree in development from the London School of Economics... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
Fouraker was named the School's Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration in 1968. When he became the School's sixth Dean in 1970, Fouraker assumed the George Fisher Baker Professorship, an endowed chair that was then... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
twentieth in a line of venerable positions endowed at Harvard since 1936. University Professors are encouraged to cross over disciplinary boundaries in their research and often divide their time between their "home" departments or schools... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Programme in 2014 with a $100 million endowment to empower 10,000 young African entrepreneurs over 10 years. In 2018, the foundation received more than 150,000 applications for 1,000 available spots. The program is... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
morality in business. In 1988, he set up the Lawrence D. Ackman Endowment in Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at HBS. This series is just his latest effort at lighting a candle instead of just cursing the darkness. “I’m doing my... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Career Highlights
the School’s 75th anniversary, attracting 85 participants from 60 universities around the world 1984 Named the Robert Walmsley University Professor 1987 Receives the Academy of Management’s Outstanding Educator Award 1988 C. Roland Christensen Professorship of Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Fund Chairs Reflect on the Past Five Years
have responded so swiftly and effectively without the HBS Fund. JONES: Some alumni wonder why the School needs their HBS Fund gifts each year. We spend a lot of our volunteer time educating alumni about the endowment. While HBS has been fortunate to receive generous... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Svitlana Repina (HBS, MBA 2023), panel moderator. MARCH 8 Alumni Perspective: Mark Iwashko (MBA 1991) In a recent message to his MBA 1991 sectionmates, longtime Kyiv resident Mark... View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
investment, most such arguments are founded on hubris rather than on solid advantages or capabilities. Indeed, Norway, the country with the most experience in investing national wealth, has developed an endowment model that eschews direct... View Details
- 31 Jan 2018
- News
A Visible Example of What’s Possible
spas, in 1999. At San Francisco State’s College of Business, Oubre and her husband recently endowed the Linda and Nathaniel Oubre Leadership Scholarship for first-generation students of color. She also achieved another dream earlier this... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)
as 1792, when the country lost its independence, there was a dearth of business acumen in Poland. That history makes the growth of Polish businesses since the fall of Communism nothing short of amazing.” Makowski’s recent gift adds a charitable remainder trust to his... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
each of these areas: Innovation—Redefining management education for the 21st century through current-use and endowment gifts to support continued innovation in the MBA Program, such as the field method, and HBX, the School's new online... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
engineering institute. And in 2004, he gave $25 million to support the HBS Doctoral Programs. Wyss has also endowed several professorships at Harvard.) Last December, Wyss figured prominently in what news accounts hailed as the largest,... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details