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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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October 01, 2009
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2009 Silver Apple Honors Darrell Duffie

The finance professor was honored with the annual award during fall 2009 Stanford GSB alumni weekend activities.
September 19, 2009
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J. Charitha Ratwatte Jr., MBA ’09: Reviving Heirloom Rice and Farmers’ Prospects in Sri Lanka

A recipient of an inaugural Social Innovation Fellowship creates Rural Returns to ease poverty through sales of high-end products in global markets.
Change Wall at Stanford GSB
September 01, 2009
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Stanford GSB Taps Tesla for Executive Program Customer Innovation Project

Tesla Motors collaborates with global executives to reinvent the car-buying experience in the Customer-Focused Innovation program at Stanford GSB.
August 01, 2009
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Five Stanford MBA Students Honored as 2010 Siebel Scholars

Students will receive a tuition grant of $35,000 from the program, established to recognize the most talented graduate students in business and science.
July 10, 2009
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Federico Lozano, MBA ’09: Finding Legitimate Jobs Abroad for Semiskilled Workers

Puentes Global, begun with an inaugural Social Innovation Fellowship, aims to save laborers from poverty or worse with positions in developed nations.
Hlin Grung, Federico Lozano (founder of Puentes Global, MBA ’09), Yoel Bank Feldman (MBA ’08), and Debbie Turquie at the Hispanic Business Students Association Latino Leadership Banquet
May 26, 2009
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Garth Saloner Named Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business

Economist led the transformation of the Stanford GSB curriculum and will focus on the school's mission to advance scholarship and prepare future leaders.
May 01, 2009
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Professors Strebulaev, Jagolinzer, and Shiv Honored for Teaching

School's MBA, PhD and master's students recognize three faculty members for their innovative teaching methods, enthusiasm and personal attention.
April 20, 2009
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First Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows Named for Stanford MBA Program

Five students from diverse regions of India selected from among 1,500 fellowship applicants.
April 15, 2009
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Alumni Support Collaboration Lab in New Campus

The collaboration laboratory space will be named the NGP Collaboration Lab in recognition of the managing partners of NGP Energy Capital Management LLC.
NGP Energy Capital Management LLC
April 15, 2009
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Class of 2009 Reaches 100% Participation

The MBA Class of 2009 joined the community of annual gift donors by achieving an unprecedented 100% participation in their class gift campaign.
April 15, 2009
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Delivering on Our Vision: A Message from the Dean

Robert L. Joss, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, reflects on his time as dean at Stanford GSB.
April 15, 2009
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Encouraging Greater Global Business Knowledge

David Fite, MBA ’90, MA ’90, and his wife, Danita Lowes, JD ’89, recently endowed The David Fite and Danita Lowes Global Education Fund with a gift to the Center for Global Business and the Economy.
April 15, 2009
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Fellowship Opens the Door to Opportunities

Ira D. Hall, BS ’66, MBA ’76, recently established the Ira D. Hall Fellowship to provide financial support to MBA candidates at Stanford GSB, with a preference for African-American students.
Ira D. Hall, BS ’66, MBA ’76
April 15, 2009
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Professorship Reflects Lifelong Stanford Ties

The Thrive Foundation for Youth Professorship endowed chair was added to Stanford GSB, thanks to the generosity of Robert Eliot King, MBA ’60, and Dorothy J. King.
Robert Eliot King, MBA ’60, and Dorothy J. King
April 04, 2009
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From a Crisis Emerges a Laboratory of Innovation

Stanford GSB MBA students on a service learning trip advise small businesses in New Orleans, in partnership with the nonprofit Idea Villages.
April 01, 2009
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Six Faculty Named to Endowed Chairs

Professors Anat Admati, Jonathan Berk, Charles Jones, Dale Miller, Jesper Sørensen, and Sarah Soule, have been honored with new academic titles.
March 30, 2009
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Stanford Social Innovation Fellowships Awarded to Two MBA Students’ Ventures

The Stanford GSB’s Center for Social Innovation has awarded its first Social Innovation Fellowships to graduating MBA students for their nonprofit ventures.
February 20, 2009
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Michael Shanahan, MBA ’65, Honored with 2009 Arbuckle Award

The Capital Research and Management Co. Chairman Emeritus is the 39th leader to receive the award, presented by Stanford GSB Alumni Association.
January 01, 2009
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Business School Announces Comprehensive Budget Reductions

Plan driven by decreased endowment revenue, a projected drop in executive education revenue, and an expected decline in alumni-giving.
December 01, 2008
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Final Exam Includes Real-World Lessons

The day-long Executive Challenge 2008 requires first-year MBA students to draw upon all they had learned during the previous three months.
November 01, 2008
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Aspen Institute Names Baron Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award

Stanford GSB professor David Baron is the winner of the 2008 Faculty Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education.
October 15, 2008
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Alumni Leave Lasting Legacy Through Planned Gifts

Jean and Bob Gee, MBA ’61, chairman of the Stanford Investment Group, created a charitable remainder trust to benefit Stanford GSB.
Jean and Bob Gee, MBA ’61
October 15, 2008
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Gift Emphasizes the Business of Education through Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Louise Bryson, AM ’69 and MBA ’79, and her husband, John, AB ’65, have committed $1 million—$500,000 each to Stanford GSB and Stanford University School of Education.
October 15, 2008
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GlaxoSmithKline Fellowships Pay Tribute to JP Garnier

Jean-Pierre Garnier, MBA ’74, former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, recently established two fellowships at Stanford GSB totaling $500,000.
JP Garnier, MBA ’74 and former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline