HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSOR JAY W. LORSCH
INDUCTED INTO AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Authority on corporate governance joins other scholars and thinkers dedicated to addressing “critical social and intellectual issues”
BOSTON - Jay W. Lorsch, the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at Harvard Business School and an expert in corporate governance, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (www.amacad.org).
Founded in 1780 and headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., the AAAS is an international learned society composed of the world's leading scientists, scholars, artists, business people, and public leaders, including numerous Nobel laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners.
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| Jay W. Lorsch Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations Photo: Brooks Kraft |
The 196 Fellows and 17 Foreign Honorary Members who make up the Academy’s 225th class were elected last spring by current members of the Academy. They come from 26 states and 10 countries and include Ann Moore (MBA 1978), chairman and CEO of Time, Inc.; Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan; Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin; and journalist Tom Brokaw.
“The Academy takes great pride in honoring the accomplishments of these outstanding and influential individuals,” said AAAS president Patricia Meyer Spacks. “Throughout its history, Fellows of the Academy have been dedicated to advancing intellectual thought and constructive action in America and the world. We are confident that our newest group of Fellows will help us fulfill that mission in significant ways.”
A member of the HBS faculty since 1964, Lorsch is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Boards for a Complex World, Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results, and Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America’s Corporate Boards. He has taught in all of the School’s educational programs and served as chair of the Doctoral Programs, the Executive Education Program, the Advanced Management Program, and the Organizational Behavior Unit. In addition, he has been a Senior Associate Dean and Director of Research.
Lorsch earned a doctorate in business administration from Harvard Business School in 1964. He also holds a master’s degree in business from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from Antioch College.