I have added this year’s student awards to the website.
This is a “work-in-progress” and if you have an addition or correction please let me know.
Thank you to Jeffrey Compton (BS 1977) for filling in holes in my collection.
R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

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 [...]

Roger Ward Babson died in Lake Wales, Florida on March 5, 1967.  He was 91. Mr. Babson was a pioneer in business forecasting and publishing. He wrote financial advice columns for the Saturday Evening Post as well as writing/publishing “Babson’s Reports” for the more technically-minded investor.  He wrote more than fifty books on topics ranging [...]

Many Babson alums have heard a story that Mr. Babson told students that Babson Institute, now Babson College, would never ask alumni for money. I hear the story often.  While I don’t seem to have complete proof of Mr. Babson’s thoughts on this matter, I offer this typescript PDF of his remarks to the graduating [...]

In the fall I scanned a copy of Roger W. Babson’s response to the Great Depression which he called Cheer Up! Easy Street is the rendering of the life of a man from Maine who shared his story with Mr. Babson.  How does one make his/her way in the world?
R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

It is the end of term again.  Papers, presentations, and projects with exams, exams, and exams. With Horn Library open 24 hours a day until the end of finals many students will doubtless feel they have moved in.
Allow me to suggest a few diversions:
The Babson Collection:
Located in a bookcase outside of Horn Study Room 201, [...]

In these uncertain economic times there has been much quoting and noting of the comments made by Roger W. Babson at his 25th Anniversary Conference on September 5, 1929.  The following excerpt is from the September 16, 1929 issue of Babson’s Reports and it is said to be verbatim:
Sooner or later a crash is coming [...]

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 [...]

In 1932, during the depths of the Great Depression, Roger W. Babson wrote this little book in hopes of lifting the spirits of the public.  If you are on campus this book is in the Babson Collection. I have also made a digital copy available in PDF.
R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives