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!
R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
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Thanks to the efforts of Horn Library’s Technical Services staff we now have a nearly complete collection of the Babson alumni magazine available to use in the Library. Begun as “The Alumni News” in 1924 the magazine has grown and changed over the years.  But through mission, format, and title changes the magazine remains a [...]

Last year at about this time I acquired a copy of Somethin’s Cookin’ at Babson from President William Dill. This collection of Babson College staff favorite recipes was printed in 1984 as a fund-raiser for the Babson College Women’s Club with the proceeds going for scholarships.  With a week before Thanksgiving 2008 I repost it [...]

In early November of 2008 we have just ended a long campaign for President of the United States.  Here at Babson we have an association with campaigns for the White House.  In 1940, our founder, Roger W. Babson, ran for President of the United States as a candidate of the New Prohibition Party.  The party [...]

On October 17th Babson College will inaugurate Dr. Leonard A. Schlesinger as its 12th President. President Schlesinger’s inauguration will be the seventh given by Babson.
The earlier Presidents of the Institute were not formally inaugurated but all Presidents from the early 1960s have been.  You can find out more about them from the Archives Website by [...]

President George W. Coleman’s essay on the founding and early years of Babson Institute is available as a pdf from the college history area of the Research & Publications section of the archives website.
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Greetings,
It took longer to get back to this than I expected.  I will occasionally use a post to highlight a resource from the archives website.
May 19th was Babson’s 85th spring commencement.  Babson’s 10th President, Leo I. Higdon, Jr. was one of the recipients of an honorary degree.  Babson College has been awarding honorary degrees [...]