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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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
Ross Galloway
Mom rushed into my room and found me in tears. Along with my Dad, Perry, she had been keeping this secret from my sister and me for months. Mom explained that my Dad was bipolar – not depressed – as we and the doctors had thought. Because... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
get. I'm watching how conflict is being handled as a guide, and I'm not encouraged.” In a new essay on LinkedIn, noted hedge fund manager Ray Dalio (MBA 1973) writes that Americans are divided in ways not seen since the Great Depression... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What examples from history can we reflect on as we begin to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and prescribe solutions for policy and private enterprise? I want to... 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
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
A Century of Birthday Candles
resident. “The View From 100” recounts how Duff was 6 years old at the beginning of the Great Depression and just finishing high school when the United States entered World War II. Most of the boys in her class were drafted; not many came... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
currency, triggering a chain reaction that some believe contributed to the Great Recession of 2008. Here’s their thinking: Although the depressed value of the yuan increased the cost of raw materials imported by China, it produced a huge... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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