Harvard Business School each year honors alumni who are exemplars of the school's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.
"Throughout their careers, these distinguished graduates have contributed significantly to their companies, while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do," says HBS Dean Kim Clark.
This year's winners:
D. Ronald Daniel
A member of McKinsey for almost half a century, Ron Daniel led the management consultancy from 1976 to 1988. While maintaining the firm's traditional values, he guided its growth as a global organization. Long interested in helping the nonprofit sector, he served as Harvard's treasurer from 1989 until last June, advising three presidents and watching over the University's resources. "It was one of the great privileges of my life," he says.
Barbara Hackman Franklin
As U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1992, Barbara Franklin reestablished ministerial trade contacts between the United States and China after they had been suspended for several years. One of the first woman graduates of HBS, Franklin is used to breaking down barriers. She has worked with five Presidents of the United States, founded an international trade consulting and investment firm, and earned kudos as a corporate governance expert.
A. G. Lafley
A.G. Lafley has been credited with turning around Procter & Gamble since taking over the consumer-goods giant four years ago. P&G recently reported the strongest earnings in its long history, and its stock price has doubled since 2000. Key ingredients in the company's resurgence include innovation, micromarketing, and an emphasis on nurturing talent. Notes Lafley, "Our assets at P&G are our people and our brands."
Minoru Makihara
When Minoru Makihara was named president and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation in 1992, Japan's largest trading company faced a number of challenges. The country had fallen into recession, and the company was saddled with bad debts, slim profits, and a management style that looked inward in the midst of a global economy. His role was to set the organization on a change of course.
Donald P. Nielsen
As head of Hazleton, which he turned into the largest independent contract laboratory in the world, Don Nielsen was troubled by the poor skills he often saw in his company's entry-level hires. When he retired in 1992, he decided to do something about it by running for the Seattle school board. "If you want to change public education," he says, "you have to get inside the system."
This year's awards were presented at a recent ceremony at HBS.
For a complete list of previous winners, click here.
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