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1968
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Fox, Bertrand
Fouraker, Lawrence Edward
Also in 1968:
Former HBS faculty member, Ford executive, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (MBA '39) wins first Alumni Achievement award; investment banker Albert Gordon (MBA '25) and consulting-firm pioneer Marvin Bower (MBA '30) win first Distinguished Service awards.
32 terminals are installed in Baker to give students 24-hour access to computers
A second HBS Club -- in The West and Wales -- is established in the U.K.
C. Roland Christensen initiates a series of annual seminars for doctoral students on case-method teaching
Coleman Professorship, honoring investment banker Sylvan Coleman (MBA '28) is established; Eli Shapiro is named first incumbent
Cotting House is dedicated in December
Dean Baker asks Chris Christensen to develop a program to help other HBS professors improve their teaching
Entering MBA class includes 27 students from "underprivileged backgrounds," up from 3 in the entering class 2 years earlier; Baker confirms that faculty's 1958 vote calls for a diverse entering class
Faculty authorizes an experimental AMP session to run 6 weeks in summer of 1968 and a second 6 weeks in summer of 1969
Focus of HBS fundraising shifts from AMP building to financing expansion of faculty
Harding Professorship, honoring financier William Harding, is established
Henry Arthur publishes Tropical Agribusiness Structures and Adjustments
In response to student and faculty demands that HBS do more about Vietnam and the "Negro question," Baker writes that the job of HBS is to "preserve and enhance the climate" that allows the pursuit of truth
Paul Lawrence (with Tagiuri, Barnett, and Dunphy) publishes Behavioral Science Concepts in Case Analysis
Philips Professorship, honoring manufacturer Jesse Philips, is established; Richard Dooley is named first incumbent
Ray Goldberg publishes Agribusiness Coordination
School runs special summer session to accommodate students called up by the draft or for reserve service; 85 students enroll
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Timeline: 1968
Bertrand Fox steps down as Director of Division of Research; is succeeded by Lawrence Fouraker
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