Depression - Publications - Faculty & Research

Daniel Willard

began to pay off for the B&O in the 1920s, and he continued that trend of high quality, introducing, among other things, the first mechanical air-conditioned equipment. During Willard’s later years with the company when the Depression... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

William C. Norris

An electrical engineer by trade, Norris pioneered Control Data Corporation (CDC) into a leading mainframe computer maker, giving IBM heavy competition during the 1970s and 1980s. Norris was also a great philanthropist, building CDC factories in View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Orlando F. Weber

Weber and an associate pooled their resources to merge several small chemical companies into one conglomerate that came be known as Allied Chemical. Weber maintained stability at the chemical company throughout the early years of the View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

Walter A. Haas

Haas led Levi’s transformation from a family business to a worldwide corporation. Haas introduced a number of innovative employment policies and refused to lay off workers even during the time of the Great Depression – gaining a... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

Lammot du Pont

Under duPont’s leadership, researchers at duPont invented nylon, which revolutionized the textile industry. Researchers also discovered neoprene (the first general purpose synthetic rubber), Orlon and Dacron under duPont’s direction. duPont kept the duPont Corporation... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

Tom M. Girdler

After launching the company in 1930, Girdler guided Republic Steel through the difficult years of the Depression to emerge as one of the “Big Three” in the steel industry, along with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel. Girdler’s management of... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Howard Heinz

Taking the helm of Heinz from his father, Howard continued to build the company through internal growth and development. He deftly managed the company through the Depression by introducing low cost, processed food products including Heinz... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

25 Feb 2021
News

Building Hope

more affordable and accessible. The opportunity for impact is massive, notes Zapolin. Depression affects more than 264 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, which considers View Details

Keywords: Daniel Morrell

Portrait Project

John Regan

man at the end of his rope. He was behind in his work, despondent and adrift, but I told him I couldn't chat. I had a dinner to attend and my own issues to deal with. "We'll speak soon," I assured him, but we never did. My friend took his life shortly... View Details

Portrait Project

Ningfeng Hu

I still remember how depressed I was when studying China Modern History in the middle school. If history is a drama, the past +100 years in China before the reform must be a tragedy, filled with invasions, wars, mass poverty, chaos, and... View Details

Portrait Project

CiCi Barrett

remission, cancer remained in my life. My dad’s leukemia diagnosis when I entered high school turned depression and fear into fury and drive. Cancer fueled me. I entered college with the sole purpose of curing it. But I slowly realized... View Details

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

chronic work stress, while only 36 percent reported their employers provided adequate support to manage it. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, some 6.7 percent of American adults experience "major depressive disorder;... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

several years. RIP Medical Debt purchased this debt in March and October 2018 for less than one cent on the dollar. On average, people in this group had $2,167 in medical debt. Eliminating debt didn’t relieve financial stress, depression... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

19 Nov 2018
News

Acts of Kindness

setting up a thing called Community Faith Alliance, combining North Shore Congregational Church, which was a significant church in Fox Point, with Community Baptist Church at the corner of Sherman and North in the middle of Milwaukee, in what you'd call a very View Details

Portrait Project

Katie Rydz

When I was 16, I tried to take my own life. When you are depressed, failing at suicide feels like just that – a failure. In the years following my attempt, I continued to struggle with depression and anxiety. I felt that the world would... View Details

Portrait Project

Daniella Yacobovsky

Then all of a sudden it hit me: what if that's me one day? I cannot stop my genetics, and the thought of losing my memory leads to depression and anger. Anger turns to acceptance and I find myself feeling grateful. I'm grateful for this... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

A Climate Change Optimist

gas. “I love the victories. When everyone else is in a deep depression about climate change, we can say, ‘Hey, guys! Stop despairing and take action! There is a pathway forward.’ ” View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Seth Lowe

01 Feb 2002
News

Holding Steady in the Wild Blue Yonder

The day after Northern Alliance troops rolled into Kabul as the Taliban withdrew without a fight, Secretary of the Air Force James Roche (DBA '72) cautioned CNN's Larry King, "This is going to go on for some time. And we can't be elated one day and View Details

Keywords: Navy; National Security and International Affairs; Government

Portrait Project

Xiao Wang

better care of ourselves. We go straight from high-achievement to hypertension, obesity, and depression without ever stopping and thinking about why. We should be healthier, we need to be healthier, and with the right support, we will be... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

When Sotheby's recently auctioned off fourteen love letters that reclusive author J.D. Salinger had written 27 years ago to Joyce Maynard, his then college-age companion, many observers derided Maynard's decision to sell the letters, deeming the entire matter a View Details

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