Over 20 alumni and guests attended the first ever Tuck event in New Jersey on April 25, generously hosted by Shaun Mehtani T’11 at his SM23 Bar.
T’11’s Shaun Mehtani, Subhra Ghatak, Daniel Yacey and Caitlin Yacey
Attendees ranged from Bill and Diana Joyce T’59 to a nice group of T’90, T’09 and T’11 grads. Pat Ryan T’03 came the longest distance, from Princeton.
Viswa Reddy T’09, Lauren Wolf T’09, Scott Waterstredt T’09, John Goldsmith T’09, and Margot Lalonde T’09
Scott Waterstredt T’09, Caitlin Yacey T’11, Daniel Yacey T’11, Michelle Lesperance T’95, Shaun Mehtani T’11, John Goldsmith T’09
Peter Saulnier T’87, Jan Rosenfeld T’84, Susan Harris T’88
Wonderful Indian hor d’oeuvres were served to the group, and they hope to hold another event in the area before another 110 years!
Diana Joyce, Shaun Mehtani T’11, Bill Joyce T’59, and Patrick Ryan T’03
Jennifer Brown, Mark Hosbein T’90, Mike and Bernice Marberry
The Ron Adner “train” made a second stop in Boston on March 8th.
Mural in the Google office
Group Shot
Over 90 alumni and guests came to the Google office in Cambridge to enjoy the talk and friendship. Ron’s wife and kids drove down from Hanover to see ‘Dad’ do his thing as well!
Ron signing books for his kids
T’10s Ali Hyatt, Amanda Lynch, John Hegge, & Simon McKay
T’91s Eliza Royal, Jim and Lizzie Napier
T’02s John Greco, Graham Brooks, & Rajeev Parlikar
T’00s Laura Hutchinson and Isabel Scharmer
T’08s Kristen Cullen and host Heather Liddell
Alumni ranged from Nick Orem T’71 to a few hearty new T’14 students. Many of Ron’s former students enjoyed getting a copy of his new book The Wide Lens signed by the author and posed for a group photo.
Nick Orem T’71, with his wife Phyllis, and Matt Trail T’06 - all residents of Newbury
T’11s who took Ron’s class!
Next stop: Washington, DC on April 11!
The Ron Adner book tour rolled into New York on March 1st, the evening that his new book The Wide Lens was released. Over 120 alumni, guests, and friends of Ron attended.
Group Shot
Ron’s family
We were hosted by Kyle Keogh T’99 in his wonderful Google spaces in the Chelsea Market building.
Guillermo Jasson T’90, Divya Thadani T’04, Ron Adner, and host Kyle Keogh T’99
Kyle Keogh T’99, Brent Mattis T’08, Mark Valkenburg T’08, Charles Schilling T’08
Michael Galvez T’07, Alejandro Lizcano T’07, Antonio dell Valle T’11, Supreet Ahluwalia T’07
Ron gave a 45 minute talk with 3 excellent examples from his book, discussing Michelin tires, electric cars, and the Apple iPhone.
You will have to read the book for the details! His publisher kindly shipped books to the event for all participants, an added bonus!
Ron’s T’09, T’10, and T’11 students
Katie Daleo T’11, Ian Teh T’11, Fay Gosiengfiao T’11, and Cassie Lancellotti-Young T’11
Laura Vogel T’03, Dee Scates T’07, Penny Welsh T’07
Dean Danos was the featured speaker at the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida at the Naples Yacht Club. 30+ alumni, including many Tuck grads, gathered for lunch and received an update on activities in Hanover from the Dean.
Tuck alumni ranged from David Dance T’41, to Gary Shanley T’80, with lots of 50’s and 60’s grads in-between!
Dean Danos with David Dance T’41
Constance and Ernie Roessler T’63, and Bonnie and Bill Stoloski T’63 get reaquainted after many years
Virginia and Gary Shanley T’80 with Dean Danos
Houston, Feb 13
We began our Texas trip with a return visit to the lovely home of Merrill and Joe Hafner T’67, who have graciously hosted many previous events.
Host Joe Hafner T’67 & Dean Danos with Don Kendall T’76
A nice crowd of 30 alumni and guests were in attendance and listened as Dean Danos gave an update on current Tuck activities. Classes represented ranged from Tex Weingarten T’52 up to Mukund Kulashekaran T’11!
Mukund Kulashekaran T’11, Paul Ligon T’03, & Tim Bohdan T’96
Neal Salerno T’07, Matthew Delellis T’10, Parrish Isaacs T’10 & his wife, Sydney Isaacs
Nitesh Dixit T’09 & Adesuwa Ighile T’09
Austin, Feb 14
For Valentine’s Day, we returned to the scene of Dean Danos’ PhD days at the University of Texas for afternoon meetings at Dell Computer, hosted by David Nelson T’98. We met 4 alumni there, and toured their Command Center, which has a map of the world and shows any site of trouble with Dell products. Luckily, there were not many red lights flashing that day!
Paul Miller T’98, Fabio Villar da Silva Ramos T’04, Dean Danos, David Nelson T’98 & Jeremy Dobies T’08 at Dell
That evening, we were hosted by Kacy and Scott O’Hare T’86 at their charming home. 20+ alumni and guests attended, including Professor Ken French and his wife Vicky, who were in town on business. Both the Dean and Professor French updated the group.
Dean Danos, Kacy O’Hare, Ken French, Vicky French, & Scott O’Hare T’86
Ken French & Scott O’Hare T’86
Tom Humphries T’81, Sara Spivey T’89 & husband Michael Schenk
Vicky French & Kacy O’Hare
Dallas, Feb 15
A drive north to Dallas brought us to Dean Foods, where we met Jay Altizer T’00 and CEO and Dartmouth trustee Gregg Engles D’78.
Dean Danos & Jay Altizer T’00 at Dean Foods
Later that evening, a great group of 30 alumni and guests gathered at the home of Pilar T’93 and Jay Henry T’92 for a wonderful reception. Both the Dean and Gregg spoke about activities in Hanover. Long distance award went to Laura Fitzgibbon T’85, from Kansas City, who was in town visiting her classmate Carol Pettee T’85. Congratulations were also in order for Alison Wille T’01, who brought her tuck fiance, Jim Harris T’04 to the party.
Gregg Engles D’78, hosts Jay Henry T’92 and Pilar Henry T’93, and Dean Danos
Carol Pette T’85, Alison Wille T’01 & Laura Fitzgibbon T’85
David Rea T’86 & George Stelling T’94
It was a busy week down south!
To The Tuck Community:
I returned a few days ago from a week in Tokyo, where we held an alumni event on a cold evening that felt more like Hanover than Tokyo (indeed, there was as much snow and ice on the streets of Tokyo as you had back here in the Upper Valley).
Following our protocol for building the Tuck brand and reputation, we balanced our efforts across six areas:
• Admissions – candidate interviews and outreach to prospective students
• Alumni – outreach to key alumni and alumni receptions
• MBA hiring – meetings with corporate recruiters
• Executive education – meetings with prospective corporate clients
• University partnerships – meetings with other Deans
• Press/public relations – interviews with top business media outlets
In addition to the alumni reception, Clark Callahan and I visited our good friends the Uehara’s at Taisho pharmaceuticals, along with meetings with senior executives at Mitsui & Co., Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Mizuho, Itochu, Komatsu, and Sony, Sumitomo, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. We also met with colleagues from Keio (our partner in the new Council on Business and Society, along with Essec, Mannheim, and Fudan), and Hitotsubashi University. And we spent time with reporters from Nikkei and NHK (Japan national television), so there is both print and national broadcast press on Tuck in Japan this week.
Our growing relationship with Mitsui is a good example of the kind of multi-faceted relationship we are able to build with major Japanese corporations. We have a special student hosted by Mitsui in each first year class, the company has sponsored a case study which was used in the core this year (with a guest lecture by Chairman Utsuda), and they intend to host a Learning Expedition in Japan in the year ahead. In addition, we have a large handful of executive education participants each year from across Mitsui’s businesses. Mitsui is also endowing a Dartmouth Chair in the Study of Japan.
Pulling together an itinerary for a week in-country is a complex undertaking, and our long-time representative in Japan Motohito (Ken) Kamei did his usual crisp and productive work to assure we used every minute well.
We all know that 2011 was an incredibly challenging year for our alumni, friends and colleagues in Japan, so it was especially nice to see so many of them last week. Japan represents a longstanding and special set of relationships for Tuck and Dartmouth, and we can look forward to continuing and growing those well into the future as Asia continues to rise in the global economy.
All the best,
-Paul
Following the inaugural meeting of Tuck’s new European Advisory Board, 11 of the Board joined local Swiss alumni for a lovely reception and dinner at the Widder Hotel in downtown Zurich.
The new European Advisory Board
Dean Danos welcomed the group of 35, which included 2 Executive Education alums, and the parents of a T’13 student. He thanked again Mathias Margreiter T’01, who had hosted the Board meeting at his Swarovski headquarters.
Board host Mathias Margreiter T’01, Andy Bernard, Dean Danos, Rick Bertasi T’88
Alumni attended from London, Oslo, Paris, Barcelona, and many parts of Switzerland. The group ranged from Didier Pineau-Valencienne T’57 to Francis Barel T’05.
Rick Bertasi T’88, Darci Darnell Bolenbaugh T’00, Tore Rynning-Nielsen T’85, Kathryn Baker T’93
Remarks were made by Dean Danos, Professor Andrew Bernard, Director of the Center for International Business, and new European Board chair Rick Bertasi T’88.
Kathryn Baker T’93 and Kathleen Grussing T’91 renew their old acquaintance.
T’96’s Beat Naef, Ulrike Rothe-Dick T’96 and husband Martin
Rick Bertasi T’88, Erin Cochrane T’97 and Mark Byrne T’86
It was a wonderful start to our Board efforts in Europe, and a good time was had by all. Many stayed late after normal closing time catching up!
T’99s Peony Herrera and Thomas Gerster
Early last month, fifteen alumni met up at Leapfrog Inc., hosted by Andrew Stith T’94, to virtually discuss “The Other Side of Innovation” with Professor Chris Trimble T’96.
Rocky Cho T’05 and Josh Glick T’05
Scott Johnston T’93, Josh Glick T’05, and Andrew Stith T’94
The Atlanta Club, organized by Scott Russell T’92, has held three other such virtual discussions with Tuck faculty members Bob Hansen, Syd Finkelstein, and Kevin Keller. The technology is getting easier to use and has improved dramatically both in visual and audio quality in recent times.
The screen we watched of Chris Trimble presenting.
We hope that other clubs will begin to incorporate this effective and useful technology as well.
Pat Morgan T’73 and Ken Karegeannes T’92 discussing afterwards.
Hello everyone!
I am returning to Hanover from a trip to Brazil and Argentina. I am pleased to report that we continue to make strong progress in building the Tuck brand in Latin America.
Kristine Laca (Tuck’s Latin American representative who lives in the region), Sharon Tulley (from Tuck’s PR office), and I spent four busy days in Buenos Aires and São Paulo. We met with alumni, prospective students, MBA advisors, business school deans, and the press. Here are some highlights from the trip:
In Argentina we met with several reporters from El Cronista, Clarín, and iProfesional. In the evening, Tuck hosted an Admissions Information Session with over 20 prospective students and later a wonderful dinner with our alumni.
In Brazil, Tuck and IE Business School (Spain) co-hosted an informative roundtable discussion with deans of well-known Brazilian business schools. The exchange was designed to share trends and to promote greater cooperation and exchange of ideas among schools. Joining us were business schools from all parts of Brazil: FGV-EAESP, INSPER, FGV-EBAPE, IBMEC-RJ, COPPEAD-UFRG, and Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC).
Additionally, I met with several Brazilian press including reporters from Exame, Voce SA, Valor Econômico, Folha de São Paulo, Istoé Dinheiro and Revista Capital Aberto. In the evening we hosted another Tuck Admissions Information Session with over 30 attendees and an alumni cocktail party. Finally, IE Business School and Tuck co-hosted a second alumni event with an informative panel discussion about “Sustainability and its importance in the world of business.”.
Paul Danos
