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February 2004 School Volunteers Thanked, ThankfulAlumni Weekend is a time to tell old stories but it's also a time to honor those whose volunteer efforts have contributed enormously to the school. A new award known as John W. Gardner Volunteer Leadership Award was presented Oct. 18 to Arthur Roth, MBA '49, and John Svoboda, MBA '83. The award recognizes alumni volunteers with more than 20 years of service whose efforts have made a significant impact on the School. Roth has been a volunteer with the Alumni Consulting Team (ACT) since 1991, an alumni/student mentor for more than six years, and a reunion committee volunteer. He is incoming president of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association board of directors. "This should really be happening in reverse," said Roth. "I should be giving the GSB the award. As a volunteer I am continually thrust among the best minds, who are often the youngest minds and the brightest. This kind of contact goes along with a daily aerobic workout for keeping you healthy. It enriches your life. Your inner life gets fed." Svoboda is a past president of the School's Chicago alumni chapter, the inaugural chair of the Business School's Management Board, and an alumni/student mentor. He has served as a committee member for his 10th and 20th reunions and as chairman of the Business School Trust. "Volunteering for the GSB gives me the opportunity to come back here more than I would ever do otherwise," Svoboda said. "I always come away very energized. It is the quality of the people, the quality of the faculty and administration, the quality of life on campus. There is no other place on earth like it." |
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