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- The Ford Foundation gives $1.2 million in support of the "International Teachers Program," aimed at training case-method teachers from around the globe at HBS; Boston investor Charles Cotting donates the needed funds for a building to house ITP.
- Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch publish Organization and Environment; subsequently wins Academy of Management Book Award
- 46 DBAs are awarded: almost 50% higher than previous record total; group includes first 3 women to receive DBA degree
- Andrew Towl, director of case development and distribution, visits schools in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to build relationships
- Cahners-Rabb Professorship, honoring publisher Norman Cahners and food merchandiser Sidney Rabb, is established; Abraham Zaleznik is named first incumbent
- Catherine Ellsworth, casewriter and researcher since 1923, retires
- Clark Wilson leaves HBS to become director of INCAE in January; in July, Dean Baker attends groundbreaking ceremony in Managua
- Edmund Learned and Fritz Roethlisberger retire
- Faculty approves the "Andrews Report," which calls for no growth in MBA program, but growth in doctoral, executive education, and faculty time devoted to research
- Fundraising (led by Albert Gordon) is underway for new AMP buildings; some 40 companies contribute more than $3 million
- HBR's paid circulation exceeds 95,000; total reprints exceed 1 million for the first time
- HBS Club of Bangkok is established
- HBS co-hosts (with sponsoring companies) a summer program for 51 undergraduates to encourage careers in business
- HBS hosts 3-day executive seminar on challenges of racial integration in the business setting
- J. Leslie Rollins, administrator since 1942, retires
- Kresge Professorship is established in honor of Sebastian Kresge; Wilbur England is named first incumbent
- Lovett-Learned Professorship, honoring Assistant Secretary of War Robert Lovett and HBS Professor Edmund Learned, is established; Walter Frese is named first incumbent (in 1968)
- MBA applications increase by 14% to almost 3,000
- Paul Lawrence succeeds retiring Fritz Roethlisberger as Donham Professor in Organizational Behavior
- Phil David first offers "Urban Land Development," an influential elective in development of entrepreneurial theory at HBS
- Ralph Hower receives honorary doctorate from University of Navarra in Spain for his help in establishing the Graduate School of Business there
- Schiff Professorship, honoring financier Jacob Schiff, is established; Bertrand Fox is named first incumbent
- Unrestricted reserves begin three-year decline in relation to fixed expenses; by 1970, reserves will cover only three months expenses
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