Harvard Business School Alumni

A Legacy of Investment

Photo by Justin A. Knight

A new exhibit at Hawes Hall pays tribute to alumni and friends whose generous financial support has made a lasting difference in the character and quality of HBS. The exhibit aims to illuminate the past and inspire a new generation as the School conducts its first capital campaign.

Five historic panels recount the impact of major gifts at critical junctures. The exhibit also recognizes leadership donors to the campaign.

• Early gifts of confidence from the Boston and New York business communities helped launch HBS in 1908.
• Banker George F. Baker and his son donated the entire cost of building the campus in the 1920s.
• In the 1930s, the “Two Hundred Fifty Associates” funded research and case-writing activities threatened by the Great Depression.
• Post-World War II support from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., enabled construction of Aldrich Hall and HBS’s interactive classrooms.
• Generous gifts have allowed the School to invest in student financial aid and professorships.

View the exhibit's five historical panels online (PDF download 1.0 Mb).

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