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• 1970s

Also in 1979:

• "Environmental Analysis for Management" course, retooled by Bruce Scott and John Rosenblum, is renamed "Business, Government, and the International Economy" by vote of faculty
• Fortune names Georges Doriot to its National Business Hall of Fame
• Henrietta Larson becomes first woman to receive Distinguished Service Award
• Byers Professorship, honoring banker and farmer Henry Byers (MBA '38), is established; Martin Marshall is named first incumbent
• Carter Professorship, honoring Edward W. Carter (MBA '37) is established; Ted Levitt is named first incumbent
• Charles Christenson publishes Public Management: Text and Cases
• HBS Club of India is established
• Henrietta Larson becomes first woman to receive the Distinguished Service Award
• Howard Raiffa becomes embroiled in dispute caused by Wall Street Journal's report on his Competitive Decision Making elective
• Ken Andrews is named HBR editor
• Malcolm Salter and Wolf Weinhold publish Diversification Through Acquisition
• Michael Porter publishes "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" in HBR; subsequently wins McKinsey Award
• Quinn Mills publishes The Construction Industry
• Rene McPherson (MBA '52), former chairman of Dana Corporation, becomes fifth dean of Stanford Business School
• Richard Vancil publishes Decentralization
• Robert Lovett, curator of manuscripts and archives for 18 years, retires
• Robert Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin publish Energy Future
• Roth Professorship of Retailing, honoring Stanley Roth, is established; Walt Salmon is named first incumbent (in 1980)
• The "Associates Fellows" program, aimed at helping graduating MBAs spend a year working with faculty on research, is established

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