Lectures and addresses, 1908-

Barnard, Chester I., 1886-1961

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Business executive and management theorist. Barnard attended Harvard for three years but left in 1909 and went to work for A.T. & T. He rose rapidly in the company, becoming president of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company in 1927. He left the Bell system in 1948 and served for four years as president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Barnard is most famous for his classic study of the theory of organization The Functions of the Executive, published in 1938. From the description o...

Donham, Wallace Brett, 1877-1954

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Gifford, Walter S. (Walter Sherman), 1885-1966

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Geneen, Harold

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Sarnoff, David

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Ethel Lippman was born on Oct. 12, 1892 and was a friend of David Sarnoff's youth. Her parents supposedly objected to their marriage because they viewed Sarnoff as just a wireless clerk with no prospects. Instead, she married Martin Lippman, a New York lawyer. Lippman's and Sarnoff's sons attended Andover together. Ethel Lippman corresponded with Sarnoff until his final illness. She died on Sept. 17, 1987. From the description of Correspondence between David Sarnoff and Ethel Lippman...

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...

Sprague, O. M. W. (Oliver Mitchell Wentworth), 1873-1953

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Gay, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1867-1946

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Edwin Francis Gay, 1867-1946, economist and historian. Having graduated from the University of Michigan, he did graduate work in Germany and received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1902. In 1893 he married Louise FitzRandolph. The couple had two children: Edward Randolph and Margaret Gay Davies. Gay was affiliated with Harvard in 1901-1919 as assistant and Professor of economics. In 1908 he became the first dean of Harvard Business School. During World War I he served as director of ...

Cabot, Philip, 1872-1941

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Philip Cabot began lecturing in public utility management in 1924 and became Professor of Utility Management in 1927. In 1935 he changed focus and became Professor of Business Administration. Reflecting his concern with the social contract between workers and employers, he organized the Business Executive Discussion Group in 1935. In 1941, this forum became the New England Conference on National Defense, with membership restricted to leaders of small New England businesses. Cabot organized and r...

Harvard university. Graduate school of business administration

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The faculty of the Harvard Business School was formally organized in 1913. For the school's first two years (1908-1910) the teaching staff was organized informally. From 1910 to 1913 the teaching and administrative staff was organized as an Administrative Board. From the description of Faculty minutes, 1908- [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269607747 ...

Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987

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For information on the Fords, see an encyclopedia. For information on Cumming see his papers at the Clarke. A copy of the book by Bennett is also available at the Clarke. From the description of Correspondence, 1967. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 43884289 ...

Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915

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Mechanical engineer, inventor, and developer of scientific management. From the description of Frederick Winslow Taylor collection, 1856-1916. (Stevens Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 123905137 ...

Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948

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Epithet: American banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00036a Epithet: banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000381 Masefield was a British poet and dramatist. From the description of John Masefield collection: additional papers, 1956-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81756769 ...

Sillcox, L. K. (Lewis Ketcham), 1886-

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Gantt, Henry Laurence, 1861-1919

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