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For 100 years, we’ve been dedicated to the things that haven’t happened yet, and the people who are about to dream them up. In 2025, we celebrated our Centennial through stories and events.

100 Years of Innovation

Some of the milestones, moments, and memories that define the GSB’s first century

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September 01, 2010
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Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Launched at Stanford GSB

Applications now accepted for the 20-week Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, aimed at Silicon Valley innovators, scientists and engineers.
August 10, 2010
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Srinivasan's Career in Marketing Science Commemorated

Internationally known for his work on consumer choice and sales force compensation, Seenu Srinivasan is also revered as a teacher and mentor.
August 04, 2010
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Reid Saaris, MBA/MAEd ’10: Getting Minority and Low-Income Students on the Advanced Track

The 2010 Social Innovation Fellow works to give capable kids life-changing opportunities through Equal Opportunity Schools.
Reid Saaris, MBA/MAEd ’10, founder of Equal Opportunity Schools
July 08, 2010
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Echoing Green Fellow Deepa Gangwani Elevates Waste Workers –– and the Environment –– in India

Together as One (TaO), a social enterprise that generates income opportunities for marginalized communities in India while providing communities with incentives to sort and segregate waste.
July 01, 2010
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Biodesign Course Teams MBAs, Doctors, and Engineers

Three real-world products have been born as biodesign class projects since the business school joined the cross disciplinary program in 2004
June 13, 2010
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“Chase Your Dream,” Skoll Advises Class of 2010

Jeffrey Skoll (MBA ’95), the first president of eBay, urges Stanford GSB graduates to define their dreams and chase them with rigor and authenticity.
Exploring Auction Models for Peer-to-Peer Lending
June 12, 2010
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2010 Graduation Speech by Jeffrey Skoll, MBA '95

Jeffrey Skoll, the first president of eBay, urges Stanford GSB graduates to define their dreams and chase them with rigor and authenticity.
June 01, 2010
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2010 South Africa Study Trip: Powerful Lessons

Students offer observations on their study trip over spring break to learn as much about education in South Africa as the nation itself.
June 01, 2010
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Stanford Boot Camp Delivers Design Thinking for Executives

The executive education course used hands-on projects to teach a design thinking process that helps organizational leaders drive innovation.
June 01, 2010
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Student Trip to Mexico Presents a Country of Contrasts

An MBA student shares his observations from a study trip; these trips offer an intensive learning experience and support Stanford GSB's global curriculum.
Exploring Auction Models for Peer-to-Peer Lending
May 26, 2010
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2010 Stanford Social Innovation Fellowship Awarded to MBA Student’s Education Startup

The Center for Social Innovation at Stanford GSB awarded the 2010 Social Innovation Fellowship to Reid Saaris, MBA/MA ’10, for his nonprofit education venture, Equal Opportunity Schools.
May 05, 2010
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Woodrow Myers Honored at 2010 BBSA Conference

Woodrow Myers, who has shaped attitudes toward some of the world’s most perplexing health issues, was honored with the 2010 Black Business Students Association’s outstanding alumni award.
May 01, 2010
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Maria Ogneva Honored With Sloan Teaching Award

The assistant professor of accounting last January began teaching for the first time in the Stanford Sloan Program.
May 01, 2010
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Stanford University Recognizes Alumni Consulting Team with Community Partnership Award

Stanford GSB Alumni Consulting Team received a Stanford University 2010 Community Partnership Award for service to more than 150 nonprofits in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
April 30, 2010
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Classmates Honor Social Innovator

Three friends made a gift to Stanford GSB on the occasion of their 20th reunion to recognize a classmate who has helped improve the lives of nearly two million people.
Jonathan Reckford, MBA ’89, and CEO of Habitat for Humanity International
April 15, 2010
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Couple Honored for Extraordinary Volunteerism

MBA Class of 1982 members Julie Kaufman and her husband, Walter J. Niemasik Jr. received the Stanford Associates Award of Merit last spring, given by the Stanford Alumni Association.
Julie Kaufman and her husband, Walter J. Niemasik Jr
April 15, 2010
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Encouraging Collaboration through Multidisciplinary Fellowships

The MBA/MS option now allows Stanford GSB students to pursue a joint degree in collaboration with the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER).
April 15, 2010
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Gifts Help Transform Educational Experience at Stanford GSB

R. Michael Shanahan, AB ’60, MBA ’65, made the single largest gift to Stanford GSB for an endowed fellowship fund from a living donor to establish the R. Michael Shanahan Fellowship.
April 15, 2010
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Vidalakis Family Gives Back with Capital Gift

Nick Vidalakis, MBA ’55, Sloan ’60, PhD ’61, recently rallied his family foundation to make one of its largest gifts, this time to Stanford GSB’s new home, the Knight Management Center.
An aerial view of the Knight Management Center. With its eight buildings and open spaces, the 12.5 acre site opened during the 2010-2011 academic year.
April 08, 2010
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MBA Class of 1980 Pools Funds and Knowledge to Fight Poverty

Project Redwood, a new venture philanthropy fund of Stanford GSB Class of 1980, has distributed $400,000 over the past 3 years to organizations that use entrepreneurial approaches to fight poverty.
April 08, 2010
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School Mourns Death of Second-year MBA Student Roanak Desai

Roanak Desai, a member of the Class of 2010, died in a hospital in Maine April 3 after falling ill while on a trip to Africa and the Middle East.
March 01, 2010
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Jeff Skoll to Give Inaugural Guest Speaker Address at 2010 Graduation

Creating a new annual tradition, Staford GSB has named philanthropist and entrepreneur Jeff Skoll (MBA '95) as its first graduation guest speaker.
February 01, 2010
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Classmates Heap Praise on Rainwater

Richard Rainwater toasted as "the legendary financier of our generation" at GSB Alumni Association's 2010 Arbuckle Award gathering.
January 07, 2010
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Pulin Sanghvi Named Director of Career Management Center

Sanghvi, MBA '97, will lead the efforts of the center, which offers career counseling and placement services to students and alumni.