2022 Alumni Achievement Awards Announced

01 Mar 2022

2022 Alumni Achievement Awards Announced

Recipients reflect an inspiring range of careers, leadership, and impact

Re: Tosh Barron (MBA 1972); Sal Khan (MBA 2003); Naina Kidwai (MBA 1982); Bob Ryan (MBA 1970); Bob Wilson (MBA 1961)

Topics: Leadership-General Education-Alumni Career-Awards

Harvard Business School has announced the recipients of the 2022 Alumni Achievement Award:

Patricia C. “Tosh” Barron (MBA 1972)
Former President, Engineering Systems;
Former President, Office Products Division, Xerox Corporation

Salman A. Khan (MBA 2003)
Founder and CEO, Khan Academy

Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982)
Former Executive Director, Board of HSBC Asia Pacific;
Former Chairman, HSBC India;
Founder and Chairman, India Sanitation Coalition

Robert L. Ryan (MBA 1970)
Retired Senior VP and CFO, Medtronic Inc.

Robert B. Wilson (MBA 1961, DBA 1963)
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, Stanford University;
2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

The Alumni Achievement Award is given annually to a handful of alumni who represent the best traditions and highest aspirations of the School. For more than 50 years, HBS has honored individuals whose strategic vision drives their work, whose creativity and innovation inspire those around them, whose character and values are exemplary, and whose leadership—in their careers and communities—is an example for others to follow. They truly are leaders who make a difference in the world.

The Alumni Achievement Award will be presented to these remarkable alumni on Thursday, May 26, 2022, as part of the School’s Commencement ceremony, to highlight examples of outstanding leadership among our alumni for our graduating students.

The recipients also will gather virtually for a fireside chat on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, from 12–1 p.m. EDT, to share their insights and experience with the broader HBS community. (Information on how alumni and the HBS community can view Commencement and the fireside chat will be announced in the spring. Watch for details on the Awards webpage.)

In addition to the live programs, during the spring each recipient will be featured in a special episode of the alumni podcast Skydeck, and they will be profiled in the June issue of the HBS Alumni Bulletin.