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Faculty News

With the 2000-2001 academic year in full swing, the expanding HBS faculty — now more than two hundred members strong — has seen a number of promotions, accessions to chaired professorships, movement of previously chaired professors to vacated chairs, and, in two cases, new chairs filled for the first time.David A. Thomas, an authority on mentoring, executive development, and workplace diversity, becomes a chaired professor as the inaugural incumbent of the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professorship of Business Administration. The chair was established in honor of H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33), a pioneering African-American business leader. (More on the Fitzhugh chair will appear in an upcoming issue of the Bulletin.)

Alan D. MacCormack, an expert in product development and the management of technology, is the first Lumry Family Assistant Professor of Business Administration, a chair established by Rufus W. Lumry III (MBA '74) to further research in the field of information technology.

Others receiving chairs for the first time are Max Bazerman (Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration); John A. Deighton (Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration); Thomas R. Eisenmann (Assistant Professor and MBA Class of 1961 Fellow); Allen Grossman (Bloomberg Professor of Management Practice in Philanthropy); Peter Tufano (Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management); and David M. Upton (Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration).

Chair Changes Several chaired professors, listed at right with their new titles, have moved to vacated professorships.	Teresa M. Amabile Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Paul M. Healy James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration Rosabeth M. Kanter Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration	André F. Perold George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking Roy D. Shapiro Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration Richard S. Tedlow MBA Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration
Promotions A number of faculty members have been promoted and are listed at right in their new positions.	Kenneth S. Corts Associate Professor of Business Administration Paul A. Gompers Professor of Business Administration John T. Gourville Associate Professor of Business Administration Robert E. Kennedy Associate Professor of Business Administration Walter Kuemmerle Associate Professor of Business Administration	Joseph B. Lassiter Professor of Management Practice Paul W. Marshall Professor of Management Practice Ashish Nanda Associate Professor of Business Administration Forest L. Reinhardt Professor of Business Administration Debora L. Spar Professor of Business Administration Stefan H. Thomke Associate Professor of Business Administration

New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

"Conquering the New Economy" was the theme of the third annual HBS African-American Alumni Association Conference (HBSAAA), held in Atlanta on Columbus Day weekend.

"Atlanta was a logical choice for our site this year because of the role African Americans have played in all aspects of the city's growth," said conference cochair William H. Swift (MBA '74). The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sponsored the opening reception at the Ritz-Carlton.

The conference kicked off with an examination of trends and opportunities in emerging industries. Panelists included Albert H. Frazier (MBA '80), a partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA '77) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the rewards of joining a growing Internet company. "I was attracted by the chance to contribute my expertise to a young company," he said of his decision to become CEO of CarStation.com, a Web site linking car owners, repair shops, insurers, and suppliers. Mature industries with established relationships can present barriers to minority entrepreneurs, Goldsberry observed, while the Internet "is about as close to a clean sheet of paper as you can get."

Participants ready to launch new ventures added skills to their entrepreneurial tool kits in an interactive seminar presented by HBS professor Myra M. Hart, while others heard about international investment opportunities in a panel discussion moderated by Starbucks' Nicholas B. Basden (MBA '97). Former Georgia Congressman and Atlanta Mayor Andrew J. Young, Jr., also led a forum on influencing political and economic agendas. Telecommunications industry leader Robert E. Knowling and media entrepreneur Keith T. Clinkscales (MBA '90) each gave galvanizing keynote addresses.

"Our conferences are designed to deliver value to senior executives," commented Atlanta cochair Craig R. Triplett (MBA '81), a consultant with Korn/Ferry International, a major conference sponsor along with others including Andersen Consulting. "We were fortunate to capture the talent and energy of several young alumni, including program cochairs Jacqueline M. Jones (MBA '97) and Bonita D. Powell (MBA '95)." In addition, York M. Eggleston (MBA '96) organized a preconference Equity Summit designed to bring ten selected entrepreneurs of African descent together with leading investors to encourage an exchange of knowledge and experience. "The finalists were chosen from among three hundred entries sent in from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States," said HBSAAA president Kenneth A. Powell (MBA '74). "Playing an active role in increasing access to capital is a priority for our organization." Combined attendance for the Equity Summit and conference reached nearly four hundred.

— Mary Ellen Gardner

MBAs by the Numbers

The MBA Program recently released statistics on its newest recruits — the Class of 2002 — as well as job placement information on graduates of the Class of 2000. An analysis of the incoming Class of 2002 reveals the growing diversity of the MBA Program, with a one percent increase in the number of women, along with international students representing seventy countries. Statistics on the Class of 2000 show that 34 percent of graduates accepted jobs related to technology and telecommunications, either in start-ups or in established firms, a 14 percent increase over last year's graduating class.