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...half billion people, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed) is frequently said to be second only to the President of the United States in power. It is no understatement to say that President Bush’s appointment of Alan Greenspan’s successor was one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency. Given the array of possibilities, we are surprisingly satisfied with Bush’s latest appointment of Ben S. Bernanke ’75. Bernanke’s résume is impressive. After graduating summa cum laude from the College...
...waves of assassins and saboteurs, seized warships and cargo vessels at sea, blown up at least one civilian airliner, hacked U.S. truce guards to death with axes and committed other barbarities without the slightest sign of self-doubt. After Kim Il Sung died in 1994, his son and apparent successor Kim Jong Il displayed the same steely confidence in his own political correctness. So last September, when a North Korean submarine ran aground on the South's coast and 26 armed infiltrators dashed ashore, Pyongyang erupted with the standard bluster. Not only was the North the "victim," its spokesmen said...
...markets investor in the world, right now,” Heller said. “If there’s somebody who’s the public face of the emerging markets asset class, it’s Mohamed.”El-Erian was seen as a likely successor for PIMCO Chief Investment Officer William H. Gross, who is in his 60s.“He’s certainly in a position where he’s clearly in the line to be the chief investment officer,” Gross told Bloomberg News in November 2004.While...
...right for the school and for the University,” Lal adds.Summers could not be reached for comment on the dean search, and none of the professors contacted by The Crimson would say when Summers might announce the appointment.A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOWClark’s successor will have big shoes to fill.Appointed dean of HBS in 1995, Clark spearheaded initiatives advancing entrepreneurship, internationalism, business ethics, and the use of technology as an integrated teaching tool.During his nearly decade-long tenure, the HBS endowment rose from $550 million to $1.8 billion, the faculty grew by 20 percent...
...Moore’s campaign manager to stop Glazer from becoming president last year, but Glazer would probably endorse an experienced insider ticket anyway. Glazer declined to comment on whom he would endorse, but stressed devotion to the UC as an important criterion for any would-be successor.“Politics is part of the deal, but anyone interested in this job needs to make sure that they prioritize their Council work before their campaigning,” Glazer writes in an e-mail. “This job becomes your life, so you need to be doing this...