Media Mentions
Alumni in the News (Archive)
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From Lips of Children, Tips to Ears of Investors
Heidi Roizen, MBA 1983
New York Times, December 17, 2006
In Some Cases, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
Gustave Manso, PhD 2006
Boston Globe, December 10, 2006
Taking
the L.E.A.D.
in Giving
Matthew Hemsley, MBA 2006
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, November 9, 2006
Accepting Challenges Key to Successful Life
Steve Westly; MBA 1983
Oakland Tribune, November 28, 2006
Moral Questions About Buying Gems
Beth Gerstein, MBA 2003, and Eric Grossberg, MBA 2004
Newsday, November 28, 2006
The Man Who Saved the NEA
Dana Gioia, MBA 1977
Business Week, November 13, 2006
Women Donors Step Into Spotlight
Donna Hall, MBA 1979
San Mateo County Times, November 5, 2006
Looking Sharp
Gibu Thomas, MBA 2000
San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2006
Just Put Your Mind to It
Brian Wansink, PhD 1990
USA Today, October 11, 2006
GM's Smooth Operator
Jamie Hresko, MBA 1998
Chicago Tribune, October 8,2006)
Media Anti-Mogul Who Shuns TV and Newspapers
David Levin, MBA 1987
Guardian, October 6, 2006
What HP Should Have Done
Kirk Hanson, MBA 1971
BusinessWeek, September 18, 2006
Eric Tyson, Co-Author of "Home Buying for Dummies
Eric Tyson, MBA 1989
Boston Globe, September 17, 2006
Business Bio: Gary Kremen
Gary Kremen, MBA 1989
San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 2006
Blazing a Trail to the Top of the Table
Helen Weir, MBA 1990
London Daily Times, September 9, 2006
Mass. Sept. 11 Families in Grief Pay Tribute to Those Lost
Carie Lemack, MBA 2004
Boston Globe, September 9, 2006
College Students Get Help From Coaches
Chris Tilghman, MBA 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2006
Nike Founder Phil Knight to Give $105 Million to Stanford Business School
NIKE Inc. founder and chairman Philip H. Knight, MBA ’62, will give
$105 million to Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. It is
believed to be the largest gift ever given to a business school. (August
2006)
Amtrak Picks CEO with Ties to Chicago Area
Alexander Kummant, MBA 1990
Chicago Tribune, August 30, 2006
The Hot Ticket Isn't Ticketmaster
Jeff Fluhr, Class 2001
BusinessWeek, September 4, 2006
Capital One CEO Gives Credit
to His Quest
Richard Fairbank, MBA 1981
Newsday, August 28, 2006
Ethicist's Thinking Has Served Him Well
Kirk Hanson, MBA 1971
San Jose Mercury News, August 27, 2006
"Vanished":
He's Behind the Conspiracy
Josh Berman, MBA 1996
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2006 (registration required to
access full article)
He Didn't Mean to Make a Fortune, but Oh Well
Jonathan Knee, MBA 1987
New York Times, August 20, 2006
Getty Board Turns to Bryson as its Leader
Louise Bryson, MBA 1979
Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2006
General Mills' No. 2 Takes a Global View
Kendall Powell, MBA 1979
San Jose Mercury News, August 14, 2006
At the Summit
Gail Breslow, MBA 1983
Boston Globe, August 13, 2006)
Attracting Gay MBAs
Jason Lorber, MBA 1995
BusinessWeek, August 9, 2006
A Little Money Goes a Long Way
Jennifer Flannery, MBA student, Class of 2007
BusinessWeek, July 31, 2006
Irvine Foundation Bestows Its First Leadership Awards
Eric Weaver, MBA 1992
San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2006
Case of Banned Investor Is Seen
as a Test of Russia's Progress
William Browder, MBA 1989
Washington Post, July 13, 2006
Bing Gordon's Game Revealed
Bing Gordon, MBA 1978
BusinessWeek, June 28, 2006
Warner, MBA '77, Honored at Stanford Commencement
Tim Warner, MBA '77, Stanford's vice provost for budget and auxiliaries
management, is recipient of the 2006 Cuthbertson Award for Exceptional Contributions
to Stanford recognizing his financial services to the university and his patient diplomacy. (June 2006)
The CEO Fast Track
Joshua Greenberg and John Fowler, both MBA 2000
Business Week Online, Summer 2006
Phone Boss Proves She Can Talk the Talk
Teresa Elder, MS Business 1997
London Daily Times, June 5, 2006
Building
Success
Jonathan Reckford, MBA 1989
Newsweek, May 29, 2006
The New Electric Lamp
Matt Scott, MBA 2003
Time Magazine, May 29, 2006
Building a Mexican Giant
Lorenzo Zambrano, MBA 1968
Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2006
U.S. Drivers Can Follow Petroleum-Free Road, Says Khosla
Entrepreneur Vinod Khosla, MBA 1980, endorsed ethanol technologies which
produce "biofuels" out of switchgrass, wood chips, corn, and recycled fast
food oil during his keynote address to a campus conference on energy
solutions. (May 2006)
New Endowment for Gender Studies
In recognition of her $3 million gift, Stanford has renamed The Institute
for Research on Women and Gender as the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for
Gender Research, honoring Clayman, MBA 1979. (May 2006)
John Powers Chosen to Lead Stanford Management Company
John F. Powers, MBA 1983, a managing director and the director of research
at Offit Hall Capital Management, has been named president and chief
executive officer of the Stanford Management Company that manages the
University’s financial and real estate assets. (May 2006)
Online Job Filling Enters a New Phase of Precision
Jason Goldberg, MBA 2001
Financial Times, May 11, 2006
Have Fun, Learn a Skill
Alain Chuard, MBA student, Class of 2007
New York Times, May 1, 2006
The Bull of Russian Investment Finds Himself in Forced Hibernation
William Browder, MBA 1989
New York Times, April 25, 2006
Turning Battle Scars into Beauty Spas
Nicole Alvino, MBA '04
BusinessWeek, April 17, 2006
Gift Funds UCD Chair In Economics
C. Bryan Cameron, MBA 1983
Sacramento Bee, April 15, 2006
Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank Receives Leadership Award
Richard D. Fairbank, MBA 1981, chairman and CEO of Capital One Financial
Corp., received the Stanford Graduate School of Business 2006 Excellence in
Leadership Award at an April 5 dinner in New York. The award honors a
graduate who has made significant contributions to the corporate world and
the economy. (April 2006)
Bridging the Gap
Menlo Park Almanac, March 29, 2006
The Alumni Consulting Team (ACT), a group of Business School alumni who
volunteer their management expertise to Bay Area nonprofit and public-sector
organizations, is advising the Peninsula Bridge summer program that helps
low-income high school students graduate and go to college.
The Gift of Words
Tom Bird and Ken Saxon, both MBA 1988
Boston Globe, March 29, 2006
Rob Forbes' Ruthless
Vision
Robert Forbes, MBA 1985
Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2006 (subscription required to access)
Venture Capitalist Breaks
Silicon Valley Mold
David Katsujin Chao, MBA 1993
Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2006 (subscription required to access)
At a Glance: Duke Energy Corp. Chairman
Paul Anderson, MBA 1969
San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 2006
Just Relax, 'Dummies' Author Tells Investors
Eric Tyson, MBA 1989
Sacramento Bee, May 5, 2006
The Radical
William Browder, MBA 1989
Forbes, February 13, 2006 (free registration required to access)
Wrangling Over Applications: Elite Business Schools Seek To Curb
Consultants' Influence
Derrick Bolton, MBA 1998; Julie Ha, MBA 2002
Boston Globe, February 6, 2006
CNN Interview with Jeff Skoll, MBA 1995
When Jeff Skoll started to become a filmmaker two years ago, he already had
an impressive list of achievements. The Stanford Business School graduate
co-founded eBay and retired at an early age with several billion dollars in
his pocket. So what’s a 30-something billionaire to do next. (January 2006)
"New China Hands" Wield Business Tools: Back In Business In Asia
Richard McCombs, MBA 1979
San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2006
Biz Grads Put Degrees to Eco-Friendly Work
Carl Palmer, MBA 2003; Alicia Seiger, MBA 2002; Jeremy Sokulsky, MBA 2004
San Francisco Business Times, January 13, 2006
Hollywood's New Politics
Jeff Skoll, MBA 1995
The Observer, January 8, 2006
Contrarian Shattuck Took Constellation to the Top
Mayo Shattuck III, MBA 1980
Washington Post, January 9, 2006
