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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Mandela in Triumph at Harvard
In an extraordinary ceremony last September, South African President Nelson Mandela became a Harvard man. He is the first non-Westerner among a select group of historical figures (ranging from George Washington to Winston Churchill) who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
This past November, the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association held its 14th annual conference at the Charles Hotel in Boston, with more than 300 alumni coming to connect and hear from industry leaders. We asked HBSHAA president Tom Robinson... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Former Professor and Associate Dean Vernon Alden Passes Away
Vernon Alden (MBA 1950), has passed away at age 97. A former associate dean and faculty member at HBS, Alden would go on to become the president of Ohio University at age 38. He would later help support View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Jul 2024
- News
The Beauty Guide
Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She answered, “I want to be you. I want to run Neutrogena.”... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The World According to MTV
Roedy Photo courtesy MTV Networks International Youth must be served, and few people do it on the scale of 54-year-old Bill Roedy (MBA '79), president of London-based MTV Networks International. According to a Business Week International... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
He’s Back
Formerly NBA senior vice president for business and league operations, Dennis Robinson (MBA ’90) is the new president and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, overseer of the Meadowlands... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Creativity and Innovation
Professor Dianne Taylor-Gearing (GMP11, 2011) is president of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. In this video, she talks about how the school encourages students to blend the creative arts with technology as a path to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
A Man of Influence
childhood as the grandson of Sicilian immigrants to World War II, when he piloted a B-25 attack bomber, to his time as an aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson, to his 39 years amongst the movers and shakers of Hollywood as leader of the... View Details
- Web
ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
33 In 1946, Doriot became president of American Research and Development Corporation (ARD), the first publicly funded venture capital firm and one of the first modern venture capital companies established after the war. Located in Boston,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
John A. Paulson (MBA 1980), founder and president of the investment management firm Paulson & Co., has made the largest gift in the University’s history—a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Leave it up to HBS alumni clubs in Texas to plan events that leave big impressions on their members. Houston Club President Andrew L. Waite (MBA '93), now in the second year of his term, rattles off the high-caliber speakers his club... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
Seizing opportunities as they come
Being open to possibilities has given Marne Levine (MBA 2005) the chance to work for the president of Harvard, in the Obama administration, and as Facebook’s VP of global public policy. (Published January 2015) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Steering a steady course for Argentina's future
Cristiano Rattazzi (MBA 1973), CEO of Fiat Argentina and president of the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, talks about helping to steer a steady course for the country's future. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
Take Time to Serve Others
managing director of the HBS MBA Program, was president and CEO of two lower-middle-market industrial companies, and oversaw the New England Patriots Foundation for four years as vice president of corporate... View Details
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) Orbital ATK—which was founded in 1982 by three HBS classmates—was... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
him to be his best, Price was captain of his high-school swim team, president of his fraternity at the University of Missouri-Rolla, and a drill instructor in the Army. "I was always very goal-oriented and wanted to lead," he recalls.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Daniel has been associated with the firm for nearly fifty years and was its leader from 1976 to 1988. He served as the treasurer of Harvard University, advising three presidents, from 1989 until last June. Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA ’64) view full profile The View Details
Robert A. Schoellhorn
Schoellhorn presided over ten years of record growth for Abbott Laboratories during a period when the industry was consolidating: often posting double digit increases in earnings and revenues. He diversified Abbott’s service offerings and... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Robert A. Chesebrough
Chesebrough organized the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company in 1875, of which he was president until 1908. Chesebrough’s firm began with the production of kerosene, but after 1881 focused solely on the manufacturing of Vaseline.... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products