Born in 1868, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a noted scholar, editor, and activist who fought discrimination and racism throughout his life. After graduating valedictorian from his Massachusetts high school in 1884, Du Bois attended Fisk University in Tennessee, where he was first exposed to the harsh realities of Jim Crow segregation…
In 1958, after working in business and government, Nelson Rockefeller was elected governor of New York, where he served four terms. Afterwards, in 1974, he was appointed Vice President of the U.S. by President Gerald Ford…
One of the most influential economists in the world, N. Gregory Mankiw has spent his entire career balancing his time between academia and politics. Currently, he is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where his work on New Keynesian economics has placed him at the forefront of his field…
The first woman of color and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company, Indra Nooyi’s career is legendary. Born in India, Nooyi earned her business degree in the U.S. and would later go on to head one of America’s most iconic corporations, PepsiCo, as its Chairman and CEO…
Abraham Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) is one of the twentieth century’s most cited psychologists. In his major works, “Motivation and Personality ” (1954) and “Toward a Psychology of Being” (1962), Maslow introduced the “Hierarchy of Needs,” his most famous theory, which formulated a list of basic human needs that need to be fulfilled for maximum psychological health…
One of the country’s most recognizable faces on cable news, Wolf Blitzer was born to Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors in 1948. Today, he serves as one of the principal anchors for CNN, a company he’s worked for since 1990. Blitzer began his career in 1972 with Reuters…
Ever since Michael Massimino was a young boy he dreamed of getting off this planet. It started in 1969 when Neil Armstrong made his historic moon landing. On that day, 7-year-old Massimino vowed that he’d overcome his bad eyesight, fear of heights, and modest surroundings to become an astronaut…
Media executive Jeffrey Bewkes has been one of the most influential figures in U.S. television for more than two decades. Most recently, Bewkes was at the helm of Time Warner, a juggernaut which comprises the likes of HBO, CNN, Warner Bros. studios, TBS, TNT, and the Cartoon Network…
Today, younger audiences may know actor Ed Harris best as The Man in Black on HBO’s “Westworld,” but the highly prolific performer has appeared in over 100 TV shows and films so far. Born in 1950 to a middle-class New Jersey family, Harris would have to wait until 1983 for his breakout role as astronaut John Glenn in “The Right Stuff”…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Chief Financial Officers of 2021. These accomplished individuals have played a major role in guiding their companies to solid foundations and continuous growth by leveraging their strategic financial capabilities…
