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Columbia Business School and London Business School have formed an alliance to jointly offer executive education programs.

Henry R. Kravis ’69, founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and chairman of the School’s 25th Annual Dinner, announced the selection of Jacques Nasser, president and CEO of Ford Motor Company as the 2001 Distinguished Leader in Business.

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The $6 million center was established through a successful $3 million challenge grant from Eugene Lang, MS ’40, founder of Refac Technology Development Corporation and founder and chairman of the I Have a Dream Foundation. The Lang Center for Entrepreneurship was created to serve as a living laboratory for students’ entrepreneurial endeavors. Faculty members, alumni and students gathered on November 30 to celebrate the opening of the center. “When Gene Lang has an idea, we listen,’ stated Dean Meyer Feldberg. “It is very exciting to celebrate the opening of the center bearing his name, which is dedicated to exposing all students to entrepreneurship, regardless of their career choices.”

Representatives from major new economy companies joined Columbia Business School students to participate in the second annual Silicon Alley Uptown Conference.

This year’s Graham and Dodd Seminar, Value Investing 2000, was the tenth in a series held to recognize the tradition of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd at Columbia Business School. The program featured Christopher H. Browne, managing director of Tweedy, Browne Company, who discussed value investing, behavioral psychology and financial decision-making. Bruce C. N. Greenwald, the Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, moderated the discussion.

The 19th annual Black Business Students Association (BBSA) conference, Leaving a Lasting Legacy: Taking Responsibility for Our Future, featured renowned figures from a number of industries who explored the economic opportunities and challenges facing African-Americans.

Howard Schultz is the recipient of Columbia Business School’s prestigious 2000 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics.