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Successful Aging
"There is no correlation between success in business and success in aging."
How age presents itself in your life is really up to you. Successful aging isn't predetermined by your genes or just something that happens to you. Gerontologist and aging expert Esther Koch, MBA '79, discusses the success factors for aging and how to apply them to your life.
Alumni Weekend Awards
- Jaedicke Silver Apple Award (video) to faculty for service to alumni to Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance (Details)
- John Gardner Volunteer Leadership Awards (video)
Pete Kremer, MBA '64
Bob Selig, MBA '69
Larry Frye, MBA '79
Chris Mahowald, MBA '89
Alumni Weekend 2009
The Economic Road Back
The way out of the current economic crisis lies in America's gift for ingenuity and innovation – and more transparency in the financial sector. That was the consensus of six thought leaders, including Dean Garth Saloner and Penny Pritzker, MBA '85, gathered at Stanford's fourth annual Roundtable on Oct. 24. Titled The Road Back: From Economic Meltdown to Renewal, the event was moderated by Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist Charlie Rose. (details and video)
The Failure Mechanics of Dealer Banks
Prof. Darrel Duffie offers lessons from the financial crisis, and how banks that are major dealers in securities and derivatives can quickly unravel as their counterparts and customers rush for the exits. Duffie was honored with the 2009 Silver Apple Award for service to alumni. (Video)
State of the School 2009
Creating principaled leaders and developing new ideas are just part of the channelge ahead for the Business School. Dean Garth Saloner gave alumni a glimpse of what lies ahead during his Alumni Weekend address.
Alumni Weekend Slideshow
Nearly 1,000 alumni and friends gathered in late October for fall Alumni Weekend events. The program included lectures and discussions as well as time to catch up with old friends at parties and events. Reunions and events for various classes are held three times each year on campus.