HBS News Releases: 2004

Harvard Business School Dedicates Greenhill House
BOSTON -- November 15, 2004 -- Dean Kim B. Clark presided over ceremonies on campus celebrating Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill (MBA Class of 1962) and their family, who established a $15 million endowment last June supporting the School's extensive global research efforts.

Harvard Business School Marketing Scholar Robert Buzzell Dies at 71
BOSTON -- November 9, 2004 -- Robert D. Buzzell, the Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School, died on Saturday, Nov. 6, at a hospice near his home in Alexandria, Va., from complications related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or Lou Gehrig's Disease). He was 71.

$25 Million Gift for Doctoral Programs from Alumnus and Entrepreneur Hansjoerg Wyss
BOSTON -- October 25, 2004 -- Harvard Business School has received a $25 million donation in support of its doctoral programs from Hansjoerg Wyss, a member of the MBA Class of 1965 and an entrepreneur who built Synthes, Inc., into a leading international medical device company specializing in orthopedic instruments and implants.

Harvard Business School Confers Alumni Achievement Awards
BOSTON -- September 30, 2004 -- Dean Kim B. Clark presented Harvard Business School's highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, to five recipients today at a special presentation before students, faculty, and other members of the HBS community.

A Swiss Fix for U.S. Health Care Problems
BOSTON -- September 8, 2004 -- Writing in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Professor Regina Herzlinger says Switzerland's consumer-driven health care system achieves universal insurance and high quality of care at significantly lower costs than the employer-based U.S. system and without the constrained resources that can characterize government-controlled systems.

Harvard Business School Professor George F. F. Lombard Dead at 93
BOSTON -- June 25, 2004 -- George Francis Fabyan Lombard, a former senior associate dean and a professor of human relations at Harvard Business School for 41 years, died peacefully at his home in Weston on Thursday, June 17. He was 93.

Harvard Business School Offers New Course in Ethics
BOSTON -- June 21, 2004 -- Harvard Business School (HBS) has introduced "Leadership and Corporate Accountability" -- an interdisciplinary course that draws on economics, law, psychology, and organizational behavior to help prepare students for the challenges of leadership in a changing global society.

Harvard Business School Receives $15 Million for Global Research From Gayle and Robert Greenhill
BOSTON -- June 16, 2004 -- Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962) have donated $15 million to Harvard Business School to establish the Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill Family Endowment for Global Research.

Harvard Business School Graduates 893 During 94th Commencement
BOSTON -- June 10, 2004 -- For the 94th time since its founding in 1908, Harvard Business School awarded diplomas to Master- and Doctoral-degree candidates.

Harvard Business School Professor E. Raymond Corey Dead at 84
BOSTON -- June 4, 2004 -- Edwin Raymond Corey, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) for more than forty years, died on Friday, May 28, at his home in Wellesley from complications following abdominal surgery. He was 84.

Two Harvard Business School Graduates Receive Dean's Award for Contributions to Community
BOSTON -- June 1, 2004 -- Mariame Patricia McIntosh and Daniel Walton Reed, members of the MBA Class of 2004 at Harvard Business School (HBS), have been named Dean's Award recipients for their accomplishments over the last two years in community building -- or, more precisely, "nation building" -- among students at the Business School, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Harvard University to Introduce Fully Integrated Joint MD/MBA Degree Program
BOSTON -- May 6, 2004 -- In September 2005, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard Business School (HBS) will launch a five-year joint MD/MBA degree program aimed at producing new generations of leaders uniquely prepared to face the challenges of an increasingly complex and constantly changing health care environment.

Winners Named In Harvard Business School's Eighth Annual Business Plan Contest
BOSTON -- April 27, 2004 -- Months of hard work paid dividends for finalists in Harvard Business School's eighth annual Business Plan Contest. Winning teams received $10,000 in cash and $10,000 worth of in-kind accounting and legal services, while runners-up went away with $5,000 in cash and $5,000 in services.

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
BOSTON -- April 14, 2004 -- More than 200 people, including faculty, students, alumni, and practitioners, came together at Harvard Business School (HBS) on April 7 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Social Enterprise Initiative.

CD Sales Not Reduced by File Sharing, Say Researchers at Harvard Business School and UNC, Chapel Hill
BOSTON -- March 29, 2004 -- A new study by Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee of Harvard Business School in Boston and Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, finds that sharing digital music files has no effect on CD sales.

JetBlue and easyJet Founders Provide Primer on Entrepreneurship
BOSTON -- March 5, 2004 -- Two high-flying entrepreneurs were among a bevy of distinguished keynote speakers at the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Club's twentieth annual conference on the HBS campus today.

John C. Whitehead, Distinguished Alumnus, Business Leader, and Statesman, Speaks on Campus
BOSTON -- March 2, 2004 -- John C. Whitehead (MBA '47), former Co-Chair of Goldman Sachs and Deputy Secretary of State during the Reagan Administration, outlined the challenges of being a leader in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors during a talk cosponsored by the Harvard Business School Real Estate and Finance Clubs.

Harvard Business School Receives $10 million (Canadian) Campaign Gift from the de Gaspé Beaubien Family
BOSTON -- March 2, 2004 -- The de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation, a family foundation based in Montreal, has donated $10 million (Canadian) to Harvard Business School (HBS) in honor of Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien (MBA '54) and his wife, Nan-b.

Warner Bros. Entertainment President & COO Alan Horn Speaks at Harvard Business School
BOSTON -- February 19, 2004 -- "Greenlighting a movie is ultimately a leap of faith," said Alan F. Horn (MBA '71), president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in a talk sponsored by the HBS Entertainment and Media Club on February 19.

CBS News President Andrew Heyward Speaks at Harvard Business School
BOSTON -- January 26, 2004 -- "Television will be changed forever because power is increasingly in the hands of viewers," whether they wield a good old remote control clicker or a brand new TiVo, said CBS News president Andrew Heyward in a talk sponsored by the Entertainment and Media Club on January 26.

Entrepreneurship Program at Harvard Business School Wins Top Award
BOSTON -- January 22, 2004 -- The entrepreneurship program at Harvard Business School won the top award for MBA programs nationwide from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Harvard Business School Professor John Dearden Dead At 84
BOSTON -- January 12, 2004 -- John Dearden, a professor at Harvard Business School for more than thirty years, died on Friday, January 9, at a nursing facility near his home in Woodstock, Connecticut, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 84.