Five Receive 2004 HBS Alumni Achievement Awards

The mission of the Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. More than 65,000 HBS graduates strive to make these works a reality in a wide array of organizations that affect the lives of millions of people around the globe.

Since 1968, with the help of suggestions from alumni, students, faculty, and friends, the School has selected a number of outstanding men and women to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. Throughout their careers, these distinguished graduates have contributed significantly to their companies and communities, while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. As such, they represent the best in our alumni body. Exemplary role models, they inspire all those who aspire to have an impact on both business and society.

Along with this fall's reunion classes, current students, and other members of the HBS community, I welcome back to Soldiers Field the 2004 Alumni Achievement Award recipients and extend to them our congratulations and thanks for fulfilling the hopes and ideals of the School. We are delighted to celebrate them and their accomplishments on this special occasion.

— Kim B. Clark, Dean

The 2004 award recipients are:

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
Director & Former Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Former Treasurer, Harvard University

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
President & Chief Executive Officer, Barbara Franklin Enterprises
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Chairman, President & Chief Executive, The Procter & Gamble Company

Minoru Makihara, 75th Advanced Management Program, 1977
Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation

Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hazleton Laboratories Corporation
Former President, Seattle School Board