The mission of the Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. More than 65,000 HBS graduates strive to make these works a reality in a wide array of organizations that affect the lives of millions of people around the globe.

Since 1968, with the help of suggestions from alumni, students, faculty, and friends, the School has selected a number of outstanding men and women to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. Throughout their careers, these distinguished graduates have contributed significantly to their companies and communities, while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. As such, they represent the best in our alumni body. Exemplary role models, they inspire all those who aspire to have an impact on both business and society.

Along with this fall's reunion classes, current students, and other members of the HBS community, I welcome back to Soldiers Field the 2003 Alumni Achievement Award recipients and extend to them our congratulations and thanks for fulfilling the hopes and ideals of the School. We are delighted to celebrate them and their accomplishments on this special occasion.

— Kim B. Clark, Dean

The 2003 award winners are:

Greylock
Howard E. Cox, MBA 1969, General Partner
William Elfers, MBA 1943, Founding Partner
Daniel S. Gregory, MBA 1957, Founding Partner
Henry F. McCance, MBA 1966, General Partner
Charles P. Waite, MBA 1959, Founding Partner

James E. Burke, MBA 1949
Chairman & Chief Executive Office Emeritus, Johnson & Johnson

Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
Founder, Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Centennial One, Inc.

Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
Cofounder, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Management Systems, Inc.
Former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Serive
Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group

Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.,
57th Program for Management Development, 1989
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG