Stories
Stories
Distinct Yet of a Piece
Their office locations range from the summit of a skyscraper in Boston to the front seat of a pickup truck in Oklahoma. Their workdays may be dedicated to helping build companies or to helping save lives. They can be found discussing high-level strategy in a Fortune 500 boardroom or teaching calculus in a high-school classroom.
Distinct individuals, distinctive careers. Yet with their varied backgrounds, interpersonal skills, HBS education, and sterling records of business and community achievement, one feels that the eight members of the Class of 1977 profiled in the following pages might, in a pinch, be able to fill the shoes of any of their classmates. Confidence and competence — the imprimatur of HBS — are the hallmarks of this year's 25th Reunion Class, as exemplified in this sample group of classmates of distinction.