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Nine hundred bright-eyed Harvard Business School (HBS) graduates of the Class of 2007 blanketed the lawn in front of Baker Library yesterday as American Express Company Chairman and CEO Kenneth I. Chenault took the stage, exhorting them to maintain a moral compass as they work to become leaders in the business world. A Harvard Law School graduate, Chenault—well known for the leadership he exhibited in 2001 when the American Express tower was damaged by debris from the collapsing World Trade Center—was selected by the four members of the Student Class Day Committee...
...gone from being a “pathfinder,” as Ebony called him, to a staple of the financial world, responsible for the rejuvenation of one of the world’s top financial firms. He will take the stage this afternoon at Harvard Business School (HBS) to address graduates of the Class of 2007, parents, and alumni as part of the Class Day ceremony. Chenault is president of AMEX and has chaired the board of directors since 2001. He is credited with reorienting AMEX’s financial focus, increasing its market share and winning back clients...
Sujay R. Jaswa, an HBS student and Princeton undergraduate, has been both impressed and humbled by his veteran peers. “Most of us come from the Ivory Tower background, standard corporate America, big banks in Asia, but the reality is that very few of us have had experience with anything that requires real human sacrifice,” said Jaswa...
Seth W. Moulton ’01 is currently in the active Marine Reserves and has been accepted to the combined degree program for HBS and KSG. “I’m shocked at how disconnected Harvard students are from the war, and I’m shocked because these people are not that different from the young Americans fighting and dying overseas. When it’s mostly 20-year-olds fighting our wars, it could very easily be you, and then it doesn’t matter how you feel about...
Roger D. Huffstetler Jr. came to Harvard for a PhD in chemistry a few years ago, but left soon after to join the Marines. He was deployed both to Afghanistan and Iraq, and is now ready to come back here, this time for a joint degree from HBS and KSG. “Harvard undergraduates are unique individuals and have a lot to add to society, but they also have a lot to add to the armed forces...I don’t want them to discount that as an option,” said Huffstetler...