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John Safer Search 1983 | About

monumental public works and commissions. In 1979, he made a bronze sculpture for Harvard Law School titled Judgment , which led to the commission for HBS. Search was designed in 1983, cast in bronze by the Tallix foundry in New York, and... View Details

14 Sep 2018
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Lessons Learned 10 Years After the Financial Crisis

event hosted by the Yale School of Management and the Brookings Institute and in an extended interview with public radio's Marketplace. The event, Brookings notes, was “part of an initiative, led by the three former officials, to document... View Details

30 Sep 2015
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Looking to Rwanda’s Future

investing where the country has a natural competitive advantage,” Goldstein explains. That strategy has led to significant advances in areas such as tourism, coffee and tea production, and incubators and maker spaces for start-up... View Details

Career Coach

Michele Chambliss

leverages her strengths in strategic messaging and attention to detail. She serves as Board President for a non-profit and has led hiring for leadership roles there and at another non-profit. Michele holds a BS Electrical Engineering from... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

Joseph S. Wright

Wright led Zenith Radio Corporation during its heyday as the leading manufacturer of color televisions in the United States. Under Wright’s direction, Zenith pioneered the wireless remote controller and introduced advances in color... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

John T. Underwood

Purchasing the rights to the only “visible” typewriter available at the time, Underwood led his company to extreme success. By 1915, he had created the “largest and most complete typewriter factory in the world,” and his company was... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Howard L. Aller

Aller led American Power and Light during the height of its growth. Under his leadership, the company functioned as an umbrella organization for over 20 regional utility providers in the West and posted exceptional market value growth... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

13 May 2013
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Model Teamwork

For nearly 10 years, Class of 1976 fundraising has been led by the team of Ken Bartels, Terry Kungel, and Cathy Paglia. The trio has organized a series of well-attended events, including weekends in Napa and New York, to keep classmates... View Details

Ross S. Sterling

Using proceeds from his feed store business, Sterling began investing in oil wells in 1909. Forming Humble Oil with several other astute oil businessmen, Sterling led his company through a strong expansion period, during which the... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

05 Dec 2018
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Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working With City Leadership To Leverage Technology

to many ongoing initiatives, including a partnership Henry led with Airbnb that will provide standby housing for local residents in the event of a natural disaster. To encourage deeper community engagement, Henry has View Details

01 Oct 2021
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Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

faculty members. Finding “Hidden Workers” Even before the pandemic upended the workforce, American companies complained about the “skills gap” that left essential jobs unfilled while millions of Americans remained unemployed. HBS’s Project on Managing the Future of... View Details

Walter E. Sachs

In addition to continuing Goldman, Sachs’ success in the underwriting business, Walter Sachs expanded the company’s other business areas, his most notable venture being the creation of the investment trust arm, the Goldman, Sachs Trading Company. Despite the wildly... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Frederic G. Donner

An accountant by training, Donner was recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds in business. His overwhelming command of the financial aspects of running GM led him to set new records for sales, profitability, and dividend... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

William M. Rosson

Shunning critics, Rosson introduced two new smokeless tobacco products in the early eighties – Hawken moist snuff and Levi Garrett shredded tobacco. Through targeted advertising and promotions, these products went on to capture 25% of the moist and 7% of the dry... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

24 Apr 2014
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Finding a cure for cancer became a personal mission

Thai Lee (MBA 1985), president and CEO of SHI International, talks about how a family crisis led her to funding cancer research. (Published April 2014) View Details

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Student Association | MBA

second-year) and representatives from each of the other major committee (Presidents, Technology, Community Values, International, etc.). The Senate is led by a Senate President. Social Committee The Social Committee plans many major... View Details

Portrait Project

Eleanor Joseph

whether this woman was justifying the attack or simply offering a different perspective, not necessarily her own; I have chosen to believe the latter. Though I disagree with those who would use this maxim to justify even the most reprehensible action, the encounter... View Details

Business and Society

Professor Geoff Jones’s Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (EGC) course hugely shaped the way that I understand history, politics, and the role of business in society. This class covered a wide range of topics: It taught me about the many factors that View Details

12 Jan 2021
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Keeping the Coast Clear

Rhode Island’s resources for generations. Stone has led the group—the Ocean State’s largest environmental organization—since 2009; he joined as a volunteer in 1989. Considering it’s the smallest state in the country, Rhode Island has a... View Details

Keywords: Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture

06 Apr 2022

2+2 Deferred Admissions Process: Application Q&A

Working on your 2+2 application and have questions? Join this Q&A led by Admissions representatives to get any last minute questions answered about the 2+2 deferred admissions application process. View Details

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