Harvard Business School to celebrate 100th

Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp., Meg Whitman of E-Bay Inc., and Jeff Immelt of General Electric Co. are among the captains of industries set to help Harvard Business School celebrate its 100th birthday.

Throughout the year, faculty, students, staff, and alumni will commemorate 100 years of Harvard Business School with "a wide and global array of activities," including academic and industry colloquia, alumni gatherings, and a business summit titled "Leading in Business and Beyond," the school said in a press release.

Gates, Whitman, and Immelt are among those who have agreed to speak at the business summit, which is scheduled for October, the school said.

“Throughout 2008, we will showcase Harvard Business School's history of innovative research and teaching and the extraordinary impact of our alumni around the world," Harvard Business School dean Jay Light said in a statement. "Our centennial also will be an opportunity to ask the important questions that will frame our work over the next century. What is the future of business and business education in a global economy? How can we help shape it?"
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)