Stanford GSB: Stanford Business May 2000

Old School Ties
There are hundreds of ways to tell the story of the first 75 years of Stanford Business School, and I must say I surprised myself when I focused on its curriculum, of all things, played against the people and events that influenced it (see cover story). But, on second thought, it isn't all that strange. We all—students, faculty, and staff—look at the School through a prism and see only our own small, personal pieces of its history. What connects those separate histories is the institution and the deans who led it. One of those deans, Arjay Miller, is profiled.

You can test your memory of your years at Stanford—and some of the lore you've heard along the way—by turning to the crossword puzzle. It is available online in Portable Document Format (PDF). The puzzle spans the full 75 years of the Business School, so if any one of you is able to complete it without consulting the solution, you should be recognized for your remarkable institutional recall. Send us an email or give us a call; we'd like to know about you.

My own 12-year history at the Business School ends this month. I am leaving to help edit my local community newspaper, the Half Moon Bay Review. One of my neighbors asked me if I was doing it as a hobby. No, I told him, I'm doing it as a vocation. I fear that lost in all the excitement that surrounds this otherwise wonderful new era of globalization and e-commerce are our communities. This is how I can best use my skills for my community.

Contributors

HOLLY LINDEM'S ideas for photo illustrations usually include props she builds herself. Based in Dallas, Texas, Lindem includes Travel & Leisure, Smart Money, and Fortune among her clients.

KELLY TEEVAN, MBA '82 , is a freelance writer and nonprofit fundraiser. Father of Ella, 7, and Rebecca, 3, and husband of Anne, Teevan wrote "Trials of a Trailing Spouse," which appeared in the December 1995 issue of this magazine. He lives in Goffstown, NH.

Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1971, EDEL RODRIGUEZ was featured in Print's 1998 New Visual Artists Annual. Using a variety of materials, Rodriguez creates work ranging from conceptual to portraiture and landscape. His clients include the New Yorker, Musician Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler. Rodriguez' wife hails from the heart of presidential primary country, New Hampshire.

Contributing writer JENNIFER REESE has authored articles for Stanford Business on the Public Management Program, business school rankings, and most recently, e-business. A former staff reporter for Fortune, she also has written for the New York Times and Salon. She attended Stanford as an undergraduate and lives in San Francisco.

The photographs of TIMOTHY ARCHIBALD have appeared in Outside magazine, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, GQ, and the New Yorker and have been included in Communication Arts Photography Annual. Archibald lives in Davis, Calif., with his wife, Cheri, and their dog, Weegee.

Editor:	Cathy Castillo
Senior Editor:	Janet Zich
Associate Editor, Class Notes:	Gale Sperry
Associate Editor, Production:	Nan Christensen
Art Director:	Steve Powell
Contributing Writers:	Barbara Buell (Research), Todd Barrett, MBA 95, Jennifer Reese
Copyediting:	Heidi Beck, Lila Havens, Michelle Hogan, Kate Kimelman
Printing:	Graphic Center, Sacramento