Message-ID: <25476152.1075852658467.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 11:32:02 -0700 (PDT) From: dottie@kerr-solutions.com Subject: HBS June 14 - Final Event Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Dottie Kerr @ENRON X-To: (Recipient list suppressed)@ENRON X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \JSKILLIN (Non-Privileged)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Skilling-J X-FileName: JSKILLIN (Non-Privileged).pst Our June 14 dinner is our official final club event of the season. We hope you choose to attend and bring your spouse or guest to this event and enjoy an awesome meal and an excellent presentation. TOPIC: An Update on Harvard Business School SPEAKER: Professor Howard Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School DATE: Thursday, June 14, 2001 PLACE: Brennan's Restaurant, 3300 Smith (713-522-9223) Dinner will be served by 6:30 pm TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. COST: Sustaining Members: $35 Regular Members and Guests: $45 Cash Bar; NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED RSVP: By NOON on June 12, 2001 (Please help us by observing deadline) Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for research and teaching in the field of entrepreneurship. Dr. Stevenson is its first incumbent. The program for entrepreneurial studies uses a multi-disciplinary approach to the creation and maintenance of entrepreneurial focus of business organizations. He is a Senior Associate Dean and Director of External Relations and Chair of the Latin American Advisory Group. He also served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of Financial and Information Systems for Harvard Business School from 1991 to 1994. He has been chairperson of the Owner/President Manager Program in Executive Education and of the Publications Review Board for the Harvard Business School Press of Harvard Business School Publishing Company. He was a founder and first president of the Baupost Group, Inc. which manages partnerships investing in liquid securities for wealthy families. When he resigned from active management, Baupost assets had grown to over $400 million. He is now chairman of the Baupost Fund, a registered investment company. From 1978 to 1982, Professor Stevenson was Vice President of Finance and Administration and a Director of Preco Corporation, a large privately-held manufacturing company. In addition, in 1970-71, he served as Vice President of Simmons Associates, a small investment banking firm specializing in venture financing. Prior to 1978, he held various academic appointments at Harvard University, specializing in Real Property Asset Management and General Management. He received his B.S. in mathematics, with distinction, from Stanford and his M.B.A., with high distinction, and D.B.A. degrees from Harvard University. He was a Thomas Watson National Merit Scholar and a recipient of the ALCOA and Ford Foundation Fellowships for graduate study. He has authored, edited or co-authored six books and forty-one articles including New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur, with Michael J. Roberts and H. Irving Grousbeck; Policy Formulation and Administration, with C.R. Christensen, N. Berg and M. Salter; The Entrepreneurial Venture with William Sahlman, 'The Importance of Entrepreneurship' and 'Capital Market Myopia,' with William Sahlman; 'A Perspective on Entrepreneurship,' and 'Preserving Entrepreneurship As You Grow.' 'The Heart of Entrepreneurship', 'How Small Companies Should Deal with Advisers' and 'Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay' have appeared in The Harvard Business Review. Other scholarly papers of his have appeared in Sloan Management Review, Real Estate Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Business Strategy, Strategic Management Journal and elsewhere. He has also authored, co-authored or supervised over one-hundred fifty cases at Harvard Business School. He is the author of Do Lunch or Be Lunch: The Power of Predictability in Creating Your Future, published by HBS Press. His latest book, co-authored with David Amis, is Winning Angels: The Seven Fundamentals of Early Stage Investing. He is currently a director of Bessemer Securities Corporation, Camp Dresser & McKee, Landmark Communications, Sheffield Steel, and The Baupost Group, Inc. as well as a trustee for several private trusts and foundations. He is a director of Sudbury Valley Trustees where he served as president from 1996 to 2000. He is currently a trustee of the Boston Ballet and a member of the Harvard Club of New York City. Reservations for this HBS event can be made by phone, fax, email or by using our website "hbshouston.org". Please mark your calendars for the following future HBS events: * May 31 - Social, location Black Lab, 6:00 to 8:00 pm * June 7 - Breakfast Club meets at ROCC at 7:00 am * June 21 - Breakfast Club meets at ROCC at 7:00 am I hope you choose to join us for this special final event. Kind regards, George Laflin, President ====================== RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Reservations accepted until NOON on June 12, 2001. Fax following information to 281/424-4770, e-mail dottie@kerr-solutions.com, or call 281/424-3084. Member Name: Company: Phone: Guest Name: Sustaining Members: $35 Regular Members and Guests: $45 Payment: Credit Card (Visa, MC, Amex) Card Number: Exp Date: