Alumni news from the Tuck School
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Tuck on Wheels
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Andy Steele T'79, Tim Moxey T'01, and Ken French get ready to hit the road. |
Tuckies spent three lovely days of biking in the Upper Valley in July. Held at the Lake Morey Inn, the Tuck on Wheels event kicked off with a dinner hosted by Professor Ken French and his wife, Vicky, at their summer home on Lake Fairlee in Vermont. Participants included: Leah Bayer T'06, Dave Celone, Ken French, Pat Martin T'74, Dan Meyer T'06, Chad Miller (of the Tuck and Vermont Law School exchange student program), Tim Moxey T'01, Dan Nelson (Dartmouth's interim dean of the college), Andy Steele T'79, and Nilesh Undavia T'93. The two groups of bikers—advanced and casual—rode varying distances through the beautiful countryside. All had a wonderful time.
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TAG Sets Records
Thanks to the generosity of our alumni, Tuck Annual Giving set a record for support of the school, as two in three alumni contributed to the 2006-07 TAG campaign. The alumni participation rate reached 66.2 percent, which is an all-time high. (According to BusinessWeek, no other business school's rate of alumni giving even breaks 50 percent, and the majority of schools fall under 20 percent!) In addition, 100 percent of the graduating class contributed towards their class gift. Tuck's giving rate continues to set the standard among business schools. Our deepest thanks to alumni volunteers and donors who participate in TAG!
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Dartmouth Hosts Presidential Candidates
On September 26, Hanover will be center stage as the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination heats up. Dartmouth College will host the Democratic presidential candidates debate which will be moderated by Tim Russert, NBC's Washington bureau chief and host of Meet the Press. It will be broadcast and streamed online by MSNBC and New England Cable News. Dartmouth President James Wright said that political debates at their best provide opportunities for candidates to sharpen positions and engage issues. “We hope this event will facilitate that process and meet a clear public need,” he says. |
Tuck in the News
Tuck professors continue to garner attention in the media. In August, Professor M. Eric Johnson spoke about Mattel's recall of millions of toys. He appeared in a variety of media outlets, including Marketplace Morning Report on NPR and the News Hour With Jim Lehrer on PBS. "The lesson here and the lesson I'll be teaching my students is that, you know, when you outsource to China—just as you outsource to any new environment—you have to really understand the supplier base," Johnson said on Marketplace. In July, Forbes spoke with Professor Kevin Lane Keller about the dairy company Stonyfield Farm and its fight to keep on top of the organic, all-natural food market amidst growing rivalries in the industry. "It's the classic niche problem," Keller says. "If other people leave you alone, you're fine. Once competition comes in, you're no longer able to compete by virtue of the fact that you're the only people there." In an article titled "Value Stocks Prove That the Bargain Basement Isn't Empty," The New York Times cited Professor Kenneth French's opinion that over a long period of time, investing in smaller and value stocks will deliver a better return. And
Professor Colin Blaydon spoke to Bloomberg Markets for the article "Flying Solo" about the current trend for private equity firms to go it alone, instead of partnering with another firm, when buying out a public company. Blaydon explains that private equity firms "prefer sole ownership because it gives them more control in boosting the performance of companies."
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MBA Boat Race
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Tuckies, teammates, and their families at the Dragon Boat Race this summer. |
In August, a group of Tuckies took part in the Swiss Association of MBAs Dragon Boat Race, an annual event held in Zurich. (For those who haven't seen one, a Dragon Boat is an impressive canoe-like boat accommodating up to 10 oarsmen.) Tuck teamed up with Oxford to fill a boat and came in third in terms of speed, "but certainly first in terms of style and motivation," says Thomas Gerster T'99. The Tuck-Oxford team included Tuckies Gerster, Sonya D'Souza T'04, Markus Koch T'00, Stefan Müehlemann T'04, Philip Moss T'06, and Liz Sedor Nordlie T'95. Other B-schools competing included Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, HSG, London Business School, Michigan, and Northwestern.
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