Four Prominent Leaders Speak at SOM

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a former treasury secretary, an alternative energy CEO, and a Wall Street Journal executive editor spoke to SOM audiences recently to discuss issues including foreign policy, energy production, the changing nature of American CEOs, and healthcare.

Alan Murray, Executive Editor of the Wall Street Journal Online, Delivers R. Peter Straus ’44 Distinguished Lecture
Upon his return to the Wall Street Journal after a stint at CNBC, Alan Murray began writing a column that chronicled the business world through the eyes of a CEO. His first columns came just as a number of prominent CEOs were being fired for a variety of infractions.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Former Treasury Secretary Speak at SOM
Two very different leaders spoke to SOM audiences the last week of November — one, a career military officer at the pinnacle of his career; the other, a famed executive who served in the Bush administration and now devotes himself to overhauling healthcare.

Richard Kauffman ’83, CEO of Good Energies, Delivers Leaders Forum Lecture
Many people look at the current state of energy production and climate change in the U.S. and see an unbeatable crisis. Richard Kauffman ’83 sees an opportunity.