Robert K. Jaedicke Faculty Award

This award (formerly called the Silver Apple) is presented annually to a member of the GSB faculty for service to the school’s alumni. It is named for Dean emeritus Bob Jaedicke, who joined the GSB as a faculty member in 1961 and served as Acting Dean in 1979 and 1980, and as Dean from 1983 to 1990.

2023 Honoree

The Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavior
Francis (Frank) Flynn joined the Stanford GSB in September 2006. A winner of multiple teaching awards, Professor Flynn’s courses focus on leadership issues, particularly how young managers can learn to navigate complex political environments and build interpersonal influence.

Professor Flynn’s research centers on the topics of employee cooperation, work group dynamics, and leadership in organizations. His articles have appeared in numerous journals of the discipline’s top research outlets.

Past Award Recipients

The Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavior
2023
The George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics
2022
Lecturer in Organizational Behavior
2019
Lecturer in Organizational Behavior
2018
The Mary and Rankine Van Anda Entrepreneurial Professor and Professor of Economics
2017
The Robert L. Joss Adjunct Professor of Management
2016
Carole Robin
Lecturer in Organizational Behavior
2013
The Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management, Emeritus
2012
The General Atlantic Professor
2011
The Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing
2010
The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance
2009
The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Management
2008
The Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Emeritus
2007
Botha-Chan Professor of Economics
2006
The Eugene D. O’Kelly II Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Emeritus
2005
The Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management
2004
The William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus
2003
The Thoma Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Emeritus
2002
The Frank E. Buck Professor of Management
2001
The John H. Scully Professor of Economics, Strategic Management, and International Business, Emeritus
2000
The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita
1999
Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus
1997
The Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus
1996
The Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
1995
The Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Emeritus
1992
The Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Professor of Management, Emeritus
1991
The A.P. Giannini Professor of Banking and Finance, Emeritus
1990

Not Pictured

1998 William F. Miller (1925–2017)
Professor Emeritus, Political Economy
1994 James E. Howell (1928–2019)
Professor Emeritus, Economics
1993 Harold J. Leavitt (1922–2007)
Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, Emeritus
1989 Robert Davis (1921–1995)
Sebastian S Kresge Professor of Marketing and Director of the Marketing Management Program
1988 Ezra Soloman (1920–2002)
Dean Witter Professor

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