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So two Italians came over in, I guess, November to recruit faculty to start a new—"Advanced Management" is a little bit overstretching, but a graduate program for people on the job. Olivetti and Fiat were the prime sponsors of this new program. And I agreed to go over.

And my wife was eager, willing. We had a year-and-a-half-old son, and we went over just after Christmas.

We got to Torino, and they showed us a building where it was going to be, and nothing—no furniture, nothing. And about a week later, in the Italian manner, it was all put together.

I had three sections, and I was fortunate I had an exceptionally brilliant man posted from Olivetti, who I learned later was number one in all the law school exams in all of Italy. A delightful fellow named Brioschi as my translator. Because while they had said, the recruiters, that everybody spoke English, when we got there, maybe a third spoke reasonable English. A third had a slight smattering, and a third nothing. So we had to have things translated. And it was an interesting experience.

I was the only one using cases, and I was pleased when they decided to emphasize cases. And Pearson Hunt went over. So I led Pearson for a change, and he spent two years. And the Institute had good years. After ten years they faded. But it was one of the first business schools in Europe.