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President Neil L. Rudenstine summed up outgoing Dean of the Business School John H. McArthur's tenure admirably when he said, "[Y]ou don't run the Harvard Business School for 15 years without being absolutely extraordinary...
...McArthur hasn't just stayed in his job because no one else wanted it--he's had an incredible effect on the Harvard Business School...
...McArthur assumed his post at a time when HBS was removed from the center of managerial life, a tower of theory without the firmest grounding in practice. HBS also lacked solid financial backing and had a deteriorating infrastructure. McArthur rescued the school from its impending crises and, over a period of 15 years, made it stronger than ever--the idyllic jewel of Harvard's many campuses...
...Publications including Business Week and U.S. News and World Report charged that HBS was still out-of-touch with the professional world and left its graduates at a competitive disadvantage. In response, McArthur inaugurated his Leadership and Learning approach to revitalize the Harvard MBA program...
...avid trouble-shooter and personally involved administrator, McArthur suffered only from occasional rumors of personal tensions with Rudenstine. Indeed, his sometimes-brusque manner could have put off some people. But McArthur made it through 15 years without any major fall-outs, a hard act to follow...