The MIT Sloan School of Management, 2005

"I am delighted to introduce the inaugural issue of the MIT Sloan alumni magazine. Our goal for this new publication is to provide our community with extensive news about the School and our alumni, as well as insights into some of the pressing issues facing alumni today—both professionally and personally.We hope you will see this magazine as a resource to identify and explore relevant topics and as a vehicle to celebrate successes in our community."

This new magazine, published by the Alumni Office, provides the entire MIT Sloan community with important news about the School and alumni, as well as insights into pressing issues facing alumni today — both professionally and personally. Feature articles in the premier issue explore the impact of technology on our lives, while the news sections, alumni profiles, and extensive class notes section help keep us updated on what the members of our vibrant community are up to.

The MIT Sloan School of Management , based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the world’s leading business schools — conducting cutting-edge research and providing management education to top students from more than 60 countries. The School is part of MIT’s rich intellectual tradition of education and research.

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Spring in New England: a time when the weather begins to warm, th flowers show their first buds, and sailboats return to the Charles. It’ also a time when a window into the life of corporate executives is thrown open to the MIT Sloan community. During March and April,the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series rounded out a year of visits to campus by more than 100 senior executives, bringing several more managemen luminaries to campus to discuss their businesses, their industries, and their lives.

The series began with MIT Sloan Fellows alumnus Gary Cowger, SF ’78, president of GM North America, who talked about the role of emerging technologie and their impact on innovations in the auto industry. Sallie Krawcheck, CF and head of strategy for Citigroup, spoke about leadership in the financial service arena. One of the most influential women on Wall Street, Krawcheck has bee recognized by Forbes as among the “Most Powerful Women in Business” for three straight years.

Closing out the series was former Chairman and CEO of General Electric Jack Welch. The dynamic Welch discussed his latest book, Winning, and took questions from the audience about his colorful career and his approach to corporate leadership. His ultimate advice to the jam-packed auditorium: “Always err on the side of bold.” (For more on Welch’s talk, go to http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2005-jackwelch.php).

For those students willing to travel a bit farther than the Wong Auditorium, there was the opportunity to meet and dine with the “Oracle of Omaha,” Warren Buffet, at his favorite local steakhouse. Organized by members of the General Management Club, the excursion featured tours of two local portfolio companies as well as the opportunity to bend the ear of one of the greatest investors in history.

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