Seven Receive 2009 HBS Alumni Achievement Awards

The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Some 70,000 HBS graduates strive to make these words 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.

The 2009 award winners are:

William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
Founding Partner, U.S. Venture Partners

Kathryn E. Giusti, MBA 1985
Founder and CEO, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium

Robert F. Greenhill, MBA 1962
Founder and Chairman, Greenhill & Co., LLC

Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961
Board Member, Fundação Estudar
Chairman, Lemann Foundation

Henry M. Paulson Jr., MBA 1970
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The Johns Hopkins University
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Former Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984
Director, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Chairman, Lojas Americanas

Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Director, Anheuser-Busch InBev