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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
decide to stay in Cambridge rather than transfer to the U.S. Naval Academy. Entering the Marine Corps after graduation, Mixon trained as an artillery officer and landed in Vietnam in 1965 just as American involvement in the war began to... View Details
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Pranav Kothari
cases are an historical recount; the speakers are the living voices behind the events." Lessons from and for India Pranav believes he cannot praise the Immersion Experiences highly enough. "My trip to Vietnam is among the things... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
DiRomualdo spent four years in the Navy as an aviation reconnaissance officer during the Vietnam War before earning his MBA. He then worked for several firms, most notably Hickory Farms, the faltering specialty foods company that he... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
cofounded the greeting card company in 2015—have backgrounds in engineering and manufacturing, and the company has a team in Vietnam that is well-versed in sourcing materials and shipping to the US. “At our core we’re a design and... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
refused to go along, since this branch was concerned about aircraft operating from carriers. McNamara urged field commanders in Vietnam to apply measurement to enemy losses, but did not realize until it was too late that the measurements... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
“I was incredibly nomadic, open to going wherever,” she recalls. A Luce Fellowship followed, offering Brooks the opportunity to settle in one spot for a while. She spent two years in Vietnam working with the International Finance... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
India, Peru, Rwanda, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and Vietnam to observe local economies, study management practices in the field, and interact directly with business and community leaders. In addition, domestic programs took... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
Well, did you care about Watergate or Vietnam or Enron, just a few of the countless national episodes vivisected by a vigilant press? Should you care that a credit crisis is roiling markets the world over as business reporters move en... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
organizations include Enron, USAID, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bain & Co., United Technologies Corp, and International Resources Group. Rick graduated with a BS cum laude in engineering from USMA West Point and is a decorated Vietnam... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
goal of touching a million kids’ lives by 2015” by providing them with e-readers. Risher developed the idea for the venture during a world tour with his family that combined sightseeing with hands-on community improvement activities such as building a house in View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
disability by the federal government, federal contractors with contracts of more than $10,000, and programs receiving federal financial assistance 1974 The Vietnam Era Readjustment Act requires affirmative action for disabled and View Details
- 08 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS
the Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization (HVAO)? HVAO was founded in 2006 by a Harvard alum who served in the Vietnam War. Our 501(c)3 incorporated organization is one of the Shared Interest Groups of the Harvard Alumni Association. The... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- News
Saluting Our HBS Veterans
Affairs. The program is also supported by alumni such as John French (MBA 1974), a former Marine pilot during the Vietnam conflict. French and his wife, Elaine, have established the French Family Yellow Ribbon Program Fund to assist HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
that his generation “relaxed” after the Vietnam conflict and that it was time to get back to work to make the world a better place for succeeding generations. In the 1960s, Arthur said, he saw how a movement could begin: “One or two stand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
WAC that said, “Think more, say less, and try not to smudge oil on your wrinkled WAC!” Pssst, Got Any Ideas about This War? WAC student Bruce Bockmann (MBA ’67) During our first year, my class — about one-third of whom had served in the military — had a long WAC case... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
perspective, we reached out to alumni who had confronted similar challenges—including the OPEC crisis, the Vietnam War, the Financial Crisis of 2008—and we asked them how they made it through those difficult times. And in this special... View Details
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
over factories in Vietnam and environs, and also a failed bid for a much smaller German company, but nothing to prepare it for the Thomson assets' integration. Fifth, there is learning in the ambience. That is, India Inc. has built up,... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
ACOG who are Vietnam vets liken it to the experience of being on patrol in the jungle one day and stepping off a plane in Seattle or San Francisco the next evening. After years of being totally consumed by my job, I'm now trying to focus... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
and Suharto came and went. Vietnam vets were joined by their Gulf War counterparts in the struggle to put their lives back together after the trauma of armed combat. Noriega was captured. Castro wasn't. The effects of South Africa's... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)