In 1921 Roger W. Babson began buying up land to build a residential school for his new Babson Institute. Ten years later where once was farm and field there were nine campus buildings and six other buildings bracketed by the pre-existing Children’s Convalescent Hospital on the Needham side and the Channing Sanitarium on the [...]

On July 1, 2008 Leonard Schlesinger took office as the 12th President of Babson College. The President’s Website has lots of information on Dr. Schlesinger including a biography, video of talks, strategic planning documents, speeches, and more. Information on his predecessors can be found on the archives website.
Happy Anniversary Len!
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This is the last issue from the 1948-1949 academic year.
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The next-to-last Beaver of 1949.
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The Beaver for the week of May 20, 1949.
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This week’s sixty year old student newspaper is now available. Please note that their academic year had three terms.  Their year began later and so the 1949 Beaver  will continue until the June 10th issue.
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The Babson student newspaper from 60 years ago this week.
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Grace Margaret Knight Babson died on this day in 1956.  She was 82. She and Roger had been partners in life and work and were married for 56 years.
Grace was born in South Hadley, MA on December 12, 1873. Her father, Rev. Richard Knight, was a Congregational minister and missionary.  Grace met Roger Babson [...]

Nona was born in Milford, Maine on April 28, 1889. Her parents were Daniel (born in Ireland) and Ellen M. (Kelleher) Dougherty (born in Bangor, Maine.) She was an Honors graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing. It was through her nursing that she met Mr. Babson. He had just returned to Wellesley [...]

Here is the Beaver from 60 years ago this week.
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