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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
When Air Force brat Cathy Nichols turned ten, her father left the military and moved the family to a house without electricity in rural Maine. Nichols grew up in semipoverty, working every summer to earn money for clothes and knowing that... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 09 Oct 2019
- News
Building a Tradition of Giving
encouraging charitable work in the communities we served,” he says. Around the same time that Sternlicht was building Starwood, his young son was diagnosed with diabetes, and Sternlicht started making gifts to support research. Later, he and his former wife launched a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Hawes Hall Groundbreaking
School graduates on every continent, there is such potential for this institution to make a real difference in the world. Our family is proud to be able to play a small role in helping to make that difference." Three stories high with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Whether it is dolphin-rights advocates and tuna producers, or insurance companies and victims of the 9/11 tragedy, Richard W. Edelman is interested in bringing different worlds together. He is comfortable with conflict, and his 25 years in the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
families to finish college and earn master's degrees, but even to attend high school," he says with pride. "They're completely supportive of me." Indeed, when it came time for a mentor, Mitchell had only to look at the faces around his... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
he nor his family could have afforded for him to go to the University of Connecticut and HBS without the GI Bill,” explains Bishop. “With his gift, he wanted to help keep HBS accessible for future Charlie Waites to attend and also wanted... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
influenced and shaped who they are. They have overcome adversity, been inspired by others, and gained sustenance not only from their families but also from activities and pursuits that they personally enjoy. With that in mind, we present... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
society more broadly,” observes HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. While celebrated for their public accomplishments, the honorees’ private lives reflect their devotion to family and community. We present glimpses of both in photos by Pulitzer... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
A Sustainable Success Story
Robb Turner (MBA 1990) and his wife, Lydia, were looking for a place to build a family vacation retreat in 2009 when they found 800 acres of pristine hardwood forest in rural Dover Plains, New York. “The land was stunning—completely... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
- News
Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
and wellness company,” the kind that can thrive in a world where regulators may look at Butterfingers not so differently from Benson & Hedges. If this vision is realized, a visit to the family doctor in a decade’s time might end with a... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
the pension firm State Street Research. Although the family moved because Wise got a job at Tulane, Wilkins quickly saw opportunities in the city's burgeoning business scene. "I'm an entrepreneur at my core,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
working poor families a modest tuition of 50 cents to $1 per day. “Education is a human right, in my opinion,” says Crane. “The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today.”... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
the early days in what—thanks to him and his colleagues—became Silicon Valley. As Johnson describes it, he and his friend Bill Draper (MBA 1954) formed their venture capital firm in 1962 and drove around the Santa Clara (now Silicon)... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
been in his family for more than a century. He huddled with locals about the idea, then helped to convene a group of motivated backers, who ultimately raised $500,000 with one fundraising letter. He later agreed to be the project’s... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
every class since the first graduation in 1975 gathered with their families at Orlando's Dolphin Hotel in late October to observe the program's milestone with the first-ever OPM All-Class Reunion. OPM graduates from 17 countries attended... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
in other areas. But we didn’t have a course that would help students understand consumers and the financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone
she was born, says she believes the hardships faced by her immigrant family in Lowell, Massachusetts, "selected for qualities of stamina and determination." Indeed, Rapone turned out to be fit and feisty enough not only to survive but to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
limited. O’Neal’s mother worked as a “domestic,” cleaning houses, and when he wasn’t harvesting crops with his three younger siblings, he sold and delivered newspapers. As it turned out, his father wasn’t cut out for farming either, and when O’Neal was 12, his View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started
After 29 years with the family business, 55-year-old Abigail Johnson (MBA 1988) has been making a series of bold moves since assuming the role of chairman of Fidelity Investments in December 2016, according to a report in the Boston... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
businesses that could be created and, instead, maybe the business that I should create is an investment firm to promote founders entering the space and innovation in the sector.” She discovered that investor Alan Patricof, founder of Apax... View Details