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BABSON COLLEGE
F. W. O L I N G R A D U AT E S C H O O L O F B U S I N E S S
COMMENCEMENT
MAY 18, 2013
Babson Park, MA 02457-0310
“… let us chart our lives
so that what we do will:
(1) perform a needed service
and make the world a better
place in which to live;
(2) make ourselves, and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically;
(3) free ourselves, and others,
as much as possible, from worry,
care, and mental stress.”
Babson is committed to sustainable practices. For this
Commencement program, the College has selected
acid-free and elemental chlorine-free recycled paper
—Roger Babson,
“What Is Success?” (1923)
that is produced with biogas energy with a minimum
of 50 percent post-consumer waste. This recycled paper
also has achieved certification from the Forest Stewardship
Council and the EcoLogo Program.
welcome
to the sixty-first graduate school Commencement exercises
at Babson College. The College community is pleased and
proud to share this memorable day with you.
Your enthusiastic support of each graduate is appreciated.
As a courtesy to the graduates, please reserve your applause until
all candidates have received their diplomas.
Arrangements have been made for a professional photographer
to take pictures of the degree candidates. This will eliminate the
need for guests to leave their seats to take photos during the ceremony.
Proofs will be available through Grad Images at 1-800-424-3686
or www.gradimages.com.
At the conclusion of the Commencement exercises, please join
us for a light reception in the Webster Center.
Program
PROCESSIONAL
CHIEF MARSHAL
Shahid Ansari
Provost
INVOCATION
Bilal Mirza
Muslim Chaplain to the Babson Community
WELCOME
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Kip Tindell
Chairman and CEO, The Container Store
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
Master of Science in Accounting
Master of Science in Management
with a Concentration in
Global Entrepreneurship
Certificate in Advanced Management
Master of Business Administration
Leonard A. Schlesinger
President
Dennis Hanno
Vice Provost and Murata Dean,
F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
GREETINGS AND PRESENTATION
OF PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
Leonard A. Schlesinger
Anagha Mohan Mahajan M’13
Student Speaker
PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR ADDRESS
Richard Bliss
Associate Professor, Finance
SALUTATION
The Honorable Craig R. Benson ’77, H’03
Board of Trustees
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE
Leonard A. Schlesinger
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Saras D. Sarasvathy
Doctor of Humane Letters
presented by Heidi Neck,
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship,
Jeffry A. Timmons Professor
of Entrepreneurship
Kate Buckman
Director, Graduate Student Affairs
Jamie Kendrioski
Director, International Student and
Scholar Services
Linda E. Kean M’00
College Registrar
Steve Marchand M’01
Associate Registrar
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Dennis Hanno
FACULTY GREETINGS
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Dean, Faculty
RECESSIONAL
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Kip Tindell
Doctor of Laws
presented by Danna Greenberg,
Associate Professor of Management,
Mandell Family Term Chair
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Honorary Degree
THE BABSON COLLEGE HONORARY DEGREE
An honorary degree is the highest accolade a college or university can bestow and usually is awarded
during the Commencement ceremony. Babson College has given honorary degrees since presenting
a doctor of laws degree in 1959 to Ewan Clague, commissioner for the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. While the award specifics are unique to each person, a common trait of all recipients is
their commitment to service in its broadest sense. Most honored by the College have distinguished
themselves as entrepreneurs and executives; however, Babson College also has honored a variety of
prominent individuals from various backgrounds, including Generals James Gavin and George H.
Akin; Senators Leverett Saltonstall, Edward M. Kennedy, and John F. Kerry; Governor William F.
Weld; journalist Robert L. Bartley; scholars Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and Leonard Woodcock; music
directors Sarah Caldwell and Arthur Fiedler; basketball legend KC Jones; digital media pioneers Reid
Hoffman and Biz Stone; former faculty members Clint Peterson and Peter Black; former Babson
presidents and trustees; and, most notably, our own distinguished alumni.
Roger W. Babson, founder of Babson College, said, “I have always tried to visualize a world of change
rather than a world at rest.” Babson College celebrates these men and women for the changes their
service has brought.
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Honorary Degree Recipient
SARAS D. SARASVATHY
Isadore Horween Research Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
at University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business
Saras D. Sarasvathy is the Isadore Horween Research Associate Professor
of Entrepreneurship at University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School
of Business and holds the Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship
at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. A leading scholar on
the cognitive basis for high-performance entrepreneurship, Sarasvathy
serves as adviser to entrepreneurship education and doctoral programs
in Europe and Asia.
In 2007, Sarasvathy was named one of the top 18 entrepreneurship
professors by Fortune Small Business magazine. Her scholarly work has been published in leading
journals in economics, ethics, and management and has won several awards including the 2001
Newman Award from the Academy of Management and the 2009 Gerald E. Hills Best Paper Award
from the American Marketing Association.
Her book, Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial Expertise, was nominated for the 2009 Terry Book
Award by the Academy of Management. Effectuation is widely acclaimed as a rigorous framework for
understanding the creation and growth of new organizations and markets. The research program based
on effectuation involves scholars, from around the world, whose published and working papers can be
found at www.effectuation.org.
The site also provides a wide variety of teaching materials, including an introduction to a textbook
on effectual entrepreneurship that won the gold medal in the 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards.
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Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker
KIP TINDELL
Chairman and CEO, The Container Store
Kip Tindell is the chairman and CEO of the Dallas-based The
Container Store, the original storage and organization store. At its
helm for 35 years, Tindell has grown the company to 60 stores across
the country. Stores average 25,000 square feet and are merchandised
with more than 10,000 products designed to save space and time.
Privately held, the retailer has posted a compounded annual growth rate
of 24 percent since its inception. With 2012 fiscal year sales projected
to reach $750 million, the originators of the storage and organization
category of retailing remain the leaders in an industry that thrives.
Retail analysts cite the company’s devotion to its employees and focus on its original concept and
inventory mix as the formula for its success. But, for Tindell, the goal never has been growth for
growth’s sake. Rather, it is to adhere to the company’s values-based Foundation Principles™, which
center around an employee-first culture, superior customer service, and strict merchandising.
With his focus on employees first, Tindell has nurtured a fierce loyalty to the company, which has
an incredible number of employees who might never have dreamed of a career in retail. In fact,
that employee-first culture has landed The Container Store on Fortune magazine’s list of 100 Best
Companies to Work For 14 years in a row.
Tindell is actively involved in the community as a member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas,
a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming children’s futures by serving at-risk families
in the Greater Dallas area, and is a member of the Dallas Arboretum CEO Advisory Council. He
was presented with Ernst & Young’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1991, and is
a recipient of the National Retail Federation’s 1998 Innovator of the Year Award.
In 2006, along with his wife, Sharon Tindell, chief merchandising officer, and Garrett Boone,
chairman emeritus, Tindell was inducted into the Retailing Hall of Fame, and he is a 2009 Junior
Achievement of Dallas Business Hall of Fame inductee. Most recently, Tindell received the National
Retail Federation’s 2010 Gold Medal Award, the most coveted award in retail, given to individuals
who have served the industry with distinction and achieved a national reputation for excellence.
Tindell also serves on the board of Whole Foods Market and the executive board of the National
Retail Federation as its vice chairman. He is a leader and passionately involved in Conscious
Capitalism Inc., a community of like-minded business, thought, and academic leaders working
to elevate humanity through a conscious approach to business.
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Graduates
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING
Justin Albert
** Michelle Irene Black
Shin Hye Cha
Jessica Ming Chan
Yimiao Chen ^
Edson Fernandes Silva
*** Michael Patrick Smith
** Erica Lynn Soly
Carlos Treviño Cruz
Matthew Turkot
Tawnie Marie Whiting
Christopher Joseph Fields
Lauren Elizabeth Gonsky
* Teresita Tien-Yi Jim
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT
WITH A CONCENTRATION IN GLOBAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Gregory Brochu Lafrance
Zhengshi Li
Chuantong Ma
Jessica Anne Manty
Justine Susan Marais
Bridget Mary McCurdy
* Nikita M. Nadkarni
* Andrew Matthew Oram
Michael Matthew O’Shea
Ryan Putman
** Jun Qi
Kelly Patrick Ricciardi
Meaghan Elizabeth Rohde
Clarissa Salas
Michael Paul Salvucci
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Laura Catherine Beckford
Nicolaus Albrecht Berlin
Marcella Anna Brebaum
Franco Capurro Soler
Diego Fernando Cavanzo
Shaun Eric Behram Divecha
Janet Edward
Suopeng Gao
Jonathan Fane Hermijanto
Mariel Nabil Khayat
Hendy Emmanuel Lamothe
Ronic Moise Louis-Jacques
Nicolas Mc Allister Obregon
Zafeirios Menelaos Naxiadis
Graduates
Rachel Marie Nelson
** Heather Kathleen Ahearn
Ronik A. Patel
Mir Tamanna Ahmad
Patrick Charles Redmond
Ignacio Ahumada
Kristina Jessica Rodriguez
*** Chayakom Akarakittilarp
Ian Ronald Thiel
Felwa Sultan AlBazie
Matthew R. Tolbirt
Stephen Amisson ^
Yuan Xing
Kanchanit Angsuputiphant
Jonathan Grant Zuercher
** Karen Anigbo
Niket Anjaria
Anuja Apte
CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED MANAGEMENT
Alexis G. Bello
José Maria Falcão
Alejandro Arriaza Esquivel
Osama Mustafa Ashri
* Vivek Kumar Asija
Delali Attiogbe
Salil Kumar Awasthi
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Amal Abbasi
Ibrahim Abdullahi
Carlos Javier Acosta-Vega
Temidayo Adebayo
* Jill Marie Adelson
** Kerry Jean Adorno
* Darren Navin Agarwal
Kaitki Agarwal
Stephen Richard Bagdasarian
Brandon M. Baldwin
* Nicholas Alan Balster
Maura Anne Banks ^
* Abdulaziz Sami Baroum
* Jonathan Richard Barron
Parthajit Baruah
Hans Mirko Bastien ^
Andrew John Bazinet
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Graduates
Jared Michael Bazzy
** Brandon Keith Bell
** Timothy Allan Burr
Matthew P. Bergiel
John Edward Burrows III
Thomas William Bergstrom
Frederick Byram
* Byron José Berk
Oscar Daniel Cabot
Henrique T. Bernardo
Patrick Timothy Callahan
Jose Ignacio Bezanilla Zañartu
Heather Dawn Campbell
** Ravindra Singh Bhandari
Christian Cantergiani
Yelena Bloomenthal
Alberto Jose Capiello Mejia
David H. Blutenthal
Christopher Josef Jiří Carda
Rebecca Fait Borenstein
Jeffrey Daniel Caruso
Nathan John Bosshard-Blackey
Juan Andres Carvallo Sr.
*** Janae Elizabeth Bourgeois
Mireille Boutin
** Jennifer L. Cashton
** Eugenia Elena Castro Fonseca
Robert Brendan Boyle
Sung Min Cha
Stephanie Brandenburg
Manoj Mathew Chacko
** Adam Finley Braun
Kelly Kathleen Brennan
Maria Fernanda Brockman
Kelley Lynne Bromley
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* Tricia Buenbrazo-Samuels
Olga Chaidourova
* Catherine Y. Chan
Fu Shen Chang
* Ruchik Jayesh Chauhan
Rebecca Anne Brown
Reena Chawla
Whitney Champlin Brown
Mara Nicole Chernin
Matthew Bainbridge Bryson
Peter Michael Cheslock
Laura Elizabeth Bucci ^
Chase Hahn Chevalier
Graduates
Tzu-Hsi Chiu
Michael Andrew Coyne
Jagriti Prem Choudhary
Nicholas Crocker
Chang Uk Chung
José Roberto Cuevas
Matthew Branch Clark
Christine Cullem
*** Phyllis Anne Clark
Chester Parker Shelton Clem
* Andrew Michael Cohen
Andrew Patrick Cole
*** Sarah Louisa Cullem
Jeremy Patrick Curley
Howard Gardiner Cushing III
Uriel Dabby
*** Alexandra Rose Coleman
Vishal Haresh Dalamal
*** Holly B. Collins
Hiep Dang
** Gideon Coltof
Timothy Arthur Davenport Jr.
Brian Daniel Connaughton ^
Stephen G. Davis
Nancy Anne Conner
Hisbello de Andrade Lima
Brian R. Cook
Daphné Allanore-de Baritault
* Gregory Cook
** Kevin L. Cook
Johan de Borst
Bernardo Maciel de Souza
Daniel Patrick Cooney
* Brian Michael DePamphilis
Richard W. Cooney II
** Abhijit Prakash Deshpande
*** Rebecca Jean Cooper
*** Shreehari Desikan
Maria M. Corona
Jeffrey Hayden DeSilva
Jill C. Corrigan
Devisetti Deekshitha Nageswara Rao
Scott Michael Cotter
Michelle Dilanian
Lisa Judith Couture
Jose Alejandro Covarrubias Gutierrez
*** Trevor Zachary DiMarco
Eduardo Enrique Diquez Fernandez
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Graduates
Paul DiSarcina
** Michael L. Famighette
Brian Andrew Dixon
Xiao W. Fang ^
Samhita Doblie
Soorena Farboodmanesh ^
John Richard Dobrowski
*** Eric Daniel Felz
Sarah Emily Donahue
Michael Joseph Ferreira
Daniel H. Donovan
Thomas Patrick Ferrell
Praveen Dorna
** Darshan Vijaykumar Doshi
Stephen Jordan Douglass
** Eduardo Ffrench-Davis
Richard Michael Fill
Matthew Scott Fleming
** John Howland Drake Jr.
Tara Foley
** Joseph Draschil
Santiago José Fontiveros Rodríguez
* Alok Kumar Dube
Victor Dubinsky ^
Prateek Duggal
** Christopher Michael Dymek
*** William Kenneth Eaton
Richard Hall Eckel
James Eric Eidswick ^
Nicholas N. Ellenbecker
* Matthew Delaney Emmerich
Tavatchai Engbunmeesakul
Alex Christian Euler
Adolfo J. Facussé
*** Ty Fairneny
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** Joseph R. Fowler IV
Lauren Amanda Foye
*** Andrew Cullum Frost
Stephen G.A. Fryer
Jay Jie Fu
** Ryan Patrick Fuller
Robert D. Fulton Jr.
** David Noe Furman V
** Roger E. Gallagher
Melissa Gallinelli
* Sham Sunder Ganglani
Annie Demei Gao
Sukhwant Singh Garcha
Graduates
Alan Eduardo Garcia
Raghav Anil Gupta ^
Sam Garzon
Swati Gupta
Gaurav
Jay Peter Guthin
* Serban P. Georgescu
Evelyn Maria Guzman
* Daniel Andrew Gero
Sedin Hadzic
*** Ashit Ghevaria
William C. Haley
Brenden B. Gilmore
Jeffrey Hamilton Jr.
Andrew Ryan Glenn
Penelope Hamourgas
José Ignacio Godoy
Christopher Michael Hart
** Shelly Goehring
Bryan Timothy Gonzales
Jose Natividad Gonzalez
Allison Geney Hartrick
Marie Hebron
** Kevin Robert Hemmer
Pablo Gonzalez Elizondo
Sean Patrick Henderson
Anup Gosavi
Alonso Hidalgo Luengas
* Jessica G. Grande
*** Kenneth D. Graves
Jack Symington Griswold Jr.
Yair Menachem Gross
** Smitha Jayaraj Gudapakkam
** Allen Himes
Harold Brian Himmel
Chia-Chin Ho
*** Son Thanh Hoang
Julia Rose-Hanna Hofmeister
Noura Guermazi
Amangeldi H. Hojanepesov
Joseph Scott Guilmartin III ^
Geoffrey Bray Homer
Abhijit Gupta
Stewart Jennings Hood
Pankaj Gupta
Ethan William Hope
Prateek Gupta
Jeffrey M. Horrigan
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Graduates
Xueying Hou
Emily Hseu
* Matthew Steven Kerr
Alice Hsu
Nikhil Jay Keswani
Peter Hughan
Nusrath Jahan Khan
Eugene E Kan Hui
Urvish Khandwalla
Arthur Peter Huntington
Kristin Amiya Schaffrath
Charles Henry Hyde IV
Yeonsu Kim
Andrew James Hyland
Siddharth Kinghar
Hristian Ignatov Ignev
Wonlapa Kittanamongkolchai
William Robert Irons
Andrew R. Klopfer ^
Ashraf Issa-Samarou
John Ames Kneisel
Justin Jason Jaundoo
Brendan Charles Koeniger
Valarmathi Jayaprakash
Sunil Kolli
Christopher Michael Jeffrey
Karthik Konaparthi
** Alexander M. Johnson
Matthew Johnson
** Venkat Korvi
Yaniv Koter
Brian Michael Jones
** Andrew M. Krebs-Smith
Jeffrey John Jordan
Samantha Ann Krich
Aisha Kafati
Gregory Edward Krohner
Joel Kamm
Cheewan Kulchon
* Lakshmi Devi Kancharla
** Kunal Kapoor
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** Aditya Kedia
** Adarsh Kumar
Ajay Kumar
Jad Karam
Neeta Kumari
Noreen Keating-Donahue
Prashant Kumbhat
Graduates
Hiren M. Kumbhojkar
Andrew R. Leverone
Tara Anne Kurland
Javier Lezcano Huncal
Kenneth Kwa
Shanshan Liang
Kristina Lee Kwon
Po Yu Lin
Zachary Alverado Kysar
Yi Lin
Nikki La Bella
Jonathan Neil Lipsky
Kelly Marie Lannan
Patrick Henry Lantry ^
** Michele Lapinski
** Matthew John Larson
* Steve Liu
Jose Luis Lobon Dominguez
** Kevin Dingwell Loos
* Michael Stephen Loveless
How Yuing Lau Méndez
Saniporn Luangsawang
Stephen R. Laverty Jr.
Dennis Jinho Lui
* Mahesh Suresh Lawande
Vikas Lulla
Samira Lawande
Kien Giang Thi Luong
Rose Danoff Lawler
Redington Barclay Lynch ^
Carol M. Lazo
Becky C. Mac
Tam Dinh Le
*** Andrew Hsyin-Yi Maffei Lee
D. Michael Lee
** Russell John MacTough
* Sarah Madey
* Anagha Mohan Mahajan
* Julius Howard Lee
Ashley Elizabeth Maiorano
* Anna Lent
Adam Makowski
** Narumon Lertkangwanklai
Christopher Erik LeSchack
Jason Letourneau
Saurabh Sachidanand Malani
* Matthew James Maleska
Adam Raymond Malpocher
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Graduates
Jorge Luis Mañueco
Alejandro Miranda
Paul Alexander Marquard
Matthew David Miskin
Jonathan Allan Matias
Jonas Matone
Jaime L. Morocco
Mahmoud Salim Mattan
Adam Hayden Motyl-Szary ^
Christopher Matteis
* Arthur Mourtzinos
Juan Fernando Mazo Cuervo
** Brent Alan Muckridge
Mark William McBrine
** Kiriti Ranjan Mukherjee
** Jill Lisa McCormick
Nicholas McCray
Matthew Murphy
* Abhay Nadgir
Todd N. McGiverin
Milind P. Nagale
Joseph Timothy McGrail
Sanju G. Nandwani
*** Jonathan M. McLaughlin
** Benjamin Wells Narlee
William John McMahon
Nicole Maria Needham
Keith Bonnemort McWhorter
Sunil Babu Nettyam
Katherine Lombardo Medeiros
Brenton Charles Newell
Jorge L. Medina
Karl Louie Ngo
Carlos Enrique Mena Nader
Gautam Nijhawan
Jorge Andres Mendez Mackenna
William Nutt
Juan Andrés Mendoza V.
Declan William O’Carroll
* William Tyler Metcalf
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* Viraj Ketan Modi
Brendan James O’Connell
Lauren Barbara Michael
James Francis O’Connor
Melanie Michelangeli
Sebastián Ojeda González
Stephanie Elaine Miller
Joshua A. Opatz
Graduates
*** Cameron Scott Paddock
Marina Kfouri Pala Tribble
** Shubhangini Prakash
Rakesh Prasad
** Luis Miguel Palacios Macedo Pérez
Kelly Marie Prescott
** Jessica Lauren P’an
Maggie Ann Pristera
Sameer S. Parulkar
** Lawrence Douglas Pascal
Jorge Pascual
*** Mason Pastore
Paul Hawkins Proctor
Stephen Walter Pruitt
Timothy Pryde
Sastry V. Pulya
* Chirag Krish Patel
Chintan Akshay Purohit
* Vilomi J. Patel
Tingting Qiu
* Mayur S. Patil
Ruzanna Queenan
* Marc N. Perez
Kedar Gopal Rahalkar
* Adriana Perilla Glen
Manish Ramesh Raichandani ^
Brendan David Picha
* Mario Oswaldo Piedra
Raunak Sundar Rajan
** Deepak Ramachandran
Daniel Pifer
Lizbeth J Ramirez-Marquez
Webster H. Pilcher
William Coady Ramsey
Joseph Thomas Plummer
David Stavig Randa
Andrew Jonathan Polsky
Vivek N. Rao
* Christopher Pons
Masoumeh Ravasizadeh
Gabriel Enrique Ponte
Sriranjani Ravikumar
Julie Martin Porcaro
Anil Siva Rayasam
Mara Suanne Potter
Christopher John Regan
Binesh Prabhakar
David K. Rego ^
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Graduates
Keren-Or Reiss
Eileen Flynn Sarson
Lisa Riesz
Ryan Grant Sax
* Kevin Jeffrey Ripston
Susan Catherine Roberts
* Erik Steven Robertson
Peter James Scannapieco
Jonathan William Schaffrath
Mariana Robina Galatas
Eric Schleicher
Thomas Lawrence Roche
Robert Andrew Schneller
Selvin Rodas ^
Jorge Jesus Rodriguez
Steven M. Rogé
* Carrie Josephine Babe Rogers-Rivera
Patrick Rolandelli
*** Román José Romero Badell
Edgar Jair Romero Ortiz
Nipaporn Rongkarattanakul
* Jason Bailey Schuneman
*** Richard Raffaele Scioli
Philip Stephen Scuderi
** Hernan Alfredo Searle Ferrari
David J. Selbovitz
Beatrice Valerie Semexant
Sandra M. Shackford
** Darshak Pankajkumar Shah
James I. Rosenthal
Neeraj Shah
David Garret Rothman
Nirav Devendra Shah
Deepak Sabharwal
Rushit Tushar Shah
Hemant Sahani
Yash Sandip Shah
Abhinav Sahaya
*** Aniruddh Shankar
* Aftab Alam Salam
Amirhossein Samakar
* Rashi Mukesh Sanghvi
Ratchaneewan Saprungrueng
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* Toni Pullman Sayce
Amina Isabel Sharaf
Janio Orlando Sherwood
Luis Gerardo Silva Bustillos
* Bryan Simmons
Graduates
Bipin Singh
* Manu Singh
Michael J. Sullivan
Sean Duncan Sullivan
Sudhanshu Sinhal
Sharon M. Sullivan
* Fred Samuel Sisson
* Justin Robert Swasey
Alexander Lee Skall
* John T. Skayne
** Rosa Slegers
Andrew Smith
** Ola Soderquist
Jorge Alberto Solares
Manasi Somalwar
** Dhruv Jay Soman
** Tracy Nicole Sylvester
Akifumi Takita
* Rungroj Tancharoen
* Wad Issam Taweel
Monica Ibrahim Tawfik
Kristina Ivanova Terzieva
** Dharmesh Thakkar
PhornthepSingh Thakral
Florencia Lia Sosa Otero
Aditya Singh Thakur
Rodolfo J. Sotelo
Garrett Tietjen
*** Barbara Glynn Spangler
Roberto Tietzsch Durán
Satida Srisakulpinyo
Hitesh T Tirodkar
Parthib Srivathsan
Kylie Shih-Ping Tjoeng
Ilya Stametau
Jennifer Yi Tokin
Oliver Stanley
Jason Robert Topor
*** Kenneth Sterling
Shaun P. Stimpson
Erik Whitcomb Storm
*** Kevin Patrick Sullivan
Kevin Patrick Sullivan
Lourdes Maria Toro
Nicolás E. Torres Muñoz
*** Oriana Lisette Torres Nuñez
Jacklyn Bichthuy Tran-Nguyen ^
** Hitesh Pravin Trivedi
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Graduates
Edward H. Tseng
Lei Wang
Jimmy Peter Tsihlis
Xiaorui Wang
Jorge Miguel Tsukayama Oda
Nina Kaur Waraich
** Niranjan Tumminkatti
Ian Tuttle
Mark Alan Willis
Veronika Vsevolodovna Tyukova ^
Colleen Wilson
* Kristen Marie Ulwelling
Jessica Unikowski
Tanzeel Ur Rehman
** José Antonio Valdés Urrutia
** Daniel John Wilson
Douglas Gerard Winicki
** Judy Wong
Thomas D. Woodson
Vijay Sarma Vedula
** Ryan Wright
Sujeev Velur
** Jason C. Wu
* Joy Elizabeth Vemula
Joël Vengo M’bongo
*** Rajan Edward Venkitachalam
* Shruti Verma
** Min Xiao
** Michael Yang
*** Gregory Richard Yantz
** Rio Yasutome
Derek John Vicino
Kristopher R. Yetman
Sean T. Wagner
Jieun Yoo
Walaiphorn Wajavuth
Carlos Manuel Yoshikay Furukawa
Alexander Walichnowski
Syed Rehan Zafar
Keir Lawrence Walker
Camila Perestrello de França Zanão
Kimberly Mary Walsh
Justin David Longfei Wang
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Michael Wallace Williams
*** Annat A. Zaretsky
Andrew Zawada
Graduates
QiHui Zhang
Tong Zhang
Wei Zhang
David Max Zubrow
*** Summa Cum Laude
** Magna Cum Laude
* Cum Laude
^ August 2013 Master of Science in
Accounting, Certificate in Advanced
Management, or Master of Business
Administration Degree Candidate
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Awards
ROGER W. BABSON AWARD
Alice Hsu
Brandon Keith Bell
Kelly Marie Lannan
Oriana Lisette Torres Nuñez
Jessica Lauren P’an
Susan Catherine Roberts
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
ONE-YEAR MBA PROGRAM
Richard Raffaele Scioli
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
FAST TRACK MBA PROGRAM
Holly B. Collins
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
MS PROGRAM
Michael Patrick Smith
ACCOUNTING AWARD
Thomas P. Lovett
BABSON-UNITED INC. MCFE AWARD
Maria M. Corona
Andrew Ryan Glenn
Michael Robert Kutzen
Patrick Rolandelli
Camila Perestrello de França Zanão
Keir Lawrence Walker
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD
Daniel John Wilson
FAIRLEIGH S. DICKINSON JR. FOUNDATION INC.
GLOBAL MANAGER AWARD
Oriana Lisette Torres Nuñez
FINANCE AWARD
Kenneth D. Graves
GLOBAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Mariana Robina Galatas
GRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
NETWORK AWARD
Oriana Lisette Torres Nuñez
HELEN O’BRIEN AWARD – ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE FOR EVENING MBA PROGRAM
Trevor Zachary DiMarco
CHARLEY OSBORN MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AWARD
Osama Mustafa Ashri
LEWIS W. MUSTARD AWARD – ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE FOR TWO-YEAR MBA PROGRAM
Sarah Louisa Cullem
DEAN’S LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Kerry Jean Adorno
MANAGEMENT AWARD
Rebecca Fait Borenstein
Johan de Borst
Janae Elizabeth Bourgeois
Chester Parker Shelton Clem
MARKETING AWARD
Alexandra Rose Coleman
Abhay Nadgir
Michelle Dilanian
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Awards, Graduate Student Council, Retiring Faculty, and Marshals
RALPH Z. AND CHARLOTTE R. SORENSON
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Alexandra Rose Coleman
Oriana Lisette Torres Nuñez
GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL
Chester Parker Shelton Clem
President
Daniel H. Donovan
Executive Vice President
Mariana Robina Galatas
Vice President of Finance
Kelly Marie Lannan
Vice President of Student Activities
Rebecca Jean Cooper
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Michelle Dilanian
Amanda Kelly
Vice Presidents of Evening Students
Manoj Mathew Chacko
Vice President of Fast Track Students
Mayur S. Patil
Roberto Tietzsch Durán
Vice Presidents of One-Year Students
Amangeldi H. Hojanepesov
Director of Alumni Relations
Alonso Hidalgo Luengas
Director of Technology
Melanie Michelangeli
Director of Partners Program
Felwa Sultan AlBazie
Director of Admissions for
Full-time Students
Cheryl Cronin
Director of Admissions for
Working Professionals
RETIRING FACULTY
Henry N. Deneault
Lecturer, Management
Jean-Pierre Jeannet
Professor, Marketing
Stephen J. Schiffman
Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship
John H. Stamm
Professor, Management
Neal E. Thornberry
Associate Professor, Management
GOVERNANCE MARSHAL
Ann-Marie Sweeney Copland ’86
Chair, Board of Overseers
COORDINATOR OF STAGE LINES
Oriana Lisette Torres Nuñez
Director of Marketing
Yair Menachem Gross
Director of Center for Career
Development Relations
Beth Bristol M’06
STAGE MARSHALS
Lawrence Carr P’97 ’04
Elizabeth Newman ’97
Alan Eduardo Garcia
Director of International Affairs
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Marshals, Committees, and Board of Trustees
STUDENT MARSHALS
Jaime Doherty
Danielle Beasley
Andrew Dutton
Jim Berrigan
John Florendo
Gaurab Bhardwaj
David Hawes
Janna Bonofiglio
Romeo Lopez
Cathy Butler
Jim McLaughlin
Michael Chmura
Bill O’Donnell
William Coyle
Stan Park
James Garvin
Jim Pollard
J.B. Kassarjian
Mary Powell
William Lawler
Joan Rule
Sue Lemke
Terry Sullivan
Gisela Lokpez M’82
Sandy Sweetman
Catherine Merlo
Steve Tolley
Cheri Paulson
Andy Walker
Elizabeth Saumsiegle
Janet Strimaitis M’81
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Michael J. Angelakis ’86
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMMING
COMMITTEE
The Honorable Craig R. Benson ’77, H’03
Beth Bristol M’06
Paul W. Chisholm M’82
Kate Buckman
Theodore A. Clark M’94
Caitlin Capozzi
Ann-Marie Sweeney Copland ’86
Jaime Doherty
Timothy A. DeMello ’81
Kristen Fischer
Deborah L. DeSantis ’85
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Gary T. DiCamillo
Anne Heller ’70
Frank M. Fischer P’06
Sarah Herchel
Marco A. Gargurevich M’01
Linda E. Kean M’00
Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. ’70
Tracee Petrillo M’00
Muhammad H. Habib ’81, P’09
Joan Rule
Bruce T. Herring ’87
Marla M. Capozzi M’96
Eric G. Johnson ’72, P’08
COMMENCEMENT LOGISTICS COMMITTEE
Fred S.C. Kiang ’70, M’75
Lisa Alvezi
Carleton F. Kilmer M’69, P’09
Nick Butera
Carmella R. Kletjian
Judy Curley
David F. Lamere ’82
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Boards of Trustees and Overseers
Louis J. Lavigne Jr. ’69, P’92
Adam J. Collins ’94
Warren K.K. Luke ’66
Stephen P. Connelly ’82
Andronico C. Luksic Jr.
’76, H’04, P’04 ’06 ’11 ’14
Ann-Marie Sweeney Copland ’86
Carlos J. Mattos M’76
Stephen D. Cutler M’61
Richard K. Miller P’02
Gordon D. Prichett
Richard A. Renwick ’79
Kenneth G. Romanzi ’82
Leonard A. Schlesinger
Thomas T. Stallkamp
Martha D. Vorlicek ’81
Robert E. Weissman ’64, H’94, P’87 ’90
Joseph L. Winn M’74
Gary L. Zwerling P’06
Paul J. Cunningham Jr. ’84
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Richard R. Dubois ’82
Bruce H. Freedman ’70
Steven A. Gaklis M’97
Brett A. Gordon M’98
I. Bradley Hoffman ’82
Robert E. Kelly Jr. ’81
Willy S.M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Andrew T.S. Lo ’83, M’84
Michael S. Lorber ’01
Timothy G. Marken ’81
FORMER PRESIDENTS
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
William R. Dill H’91
William F. Glavin H’99
Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07
Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85
Stephen Martiros ’83, M’85
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
Christopher C. McMahon ’83
Rena P. Mirkin
Kevin F. Moran M’85
Gregory G. O’Brien M’83, P’07 ’11
Ted E. Orenstein ’94
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Joseph G. Parham Jr. ’72, M’75
John M. Daigle ’54, H’84, P’82
Kevin C. Phelan
William F. Markey Jr. M’64, H’09
Jason A. Reuben ’07
John H. Muller Jr. H’96, P’79
Janet A. Roberts ’89, M’95
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Robert M. Rosenberg H’97, P’94
David W. Sargent ’82, P’12
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Sylvia Shepard M’09
Peter A. Bailey M’83
Amanda G. Strong ’87
Linda Bourn M’11
Joseph D. Tagliente M’95
Dan Calista ’96
James W. Taylor ’86
Gillian Newton Callaghan ’85
David T. Thompson ’75
Vicente Carvajal ’91
John R. Vanneman ’88
Myron Cohn ’60
Davide D. Visco ’95
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Board of Overseers and Global Advisory board
Amy Reich Weil ’87
Willy S.M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
John D. White Jr. ’81
Narender Manoj Madnani ’91
Allan S. Wolfe ’53, M’54
Umer Mansha ’95
Pedro Martin P’17
GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
Richard A. Maser Jr. ’89
Steven I. Bandel P’16
Alexandra Garcia de Pacini
’77, M’80, P’06 ’11
Eduardo Barco ’82
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
Bettina S. Beckhoff Longinotti P’11 ’14
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Paloma Botin P’12
David D. Brillembourg ’93
William Gregory Burrill
P’04 ’04 ’06, ’11 ’11
Ricardo Campollo P’13
Cyril C. Camus ’91
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Said S. Darwazah P’15
Rogelio de Los Santos Calderon
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Moullay Hafid Elalamy P’15
Mariana Salazar Fernandez ’83
Susana Gallardo P’13
Paul S. Gass ’59
Muhammad H. Habib ’81, P’09
James J.K. Hung M’71, P’99 ’01
Massimo Iacono ’83, P’15
Vivek Jain M’83, P’07
Prashant Jhawar P’14
Surya K. Jhunjhnuwala P’09 ’11 ’14
Karlheinz M. Kaiser ’82, M’84
Raymond Kassin ’84
Fred S.C. Kiang ’70, M’75
Gudmundur Kjaernested ’91
Markus T. Krautli ’81, P’12
Pimjai Laochinda P’13
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Pierangelo Pacini Jr. ’77, P’06 ’11
Ricardo Antonio Pellerano P’06
Elizabeth P. Powell M’76, P’01
Gabriel R. Safdie M’86, P’09 ’16
Michaela M. Seeger P’11
Richard J. Snyder, Esq.
’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Xing-Yan Sun
Giuseppina Vinaccia ’74
The History of Babson College
ROGER WARD BABSON (1919–1921) was a highly successful pioneer in the financial investment
business. On September 3, 1919, he opened the Babson Institute with an enrollment of 27 students.
In 1921, Babson named George Coleman (1921–1935) as the second president. That same year,
Babson was incorporated under the educational laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a
not-for-profit institution.
In 1923, Babson acquired farmland in Wellesley Hills, established an endowment fund, and began to
build a campus. By the end of that year, Mustard, Bryant, and Lyon (now Lukŝić ) Halls, and Knight
Auditorium were completed. Two years later, the Babson Park Clubhouse and Coleman Hall were
finished. To accommodate the rise in student enrollment, the Clubhouse was renamed Park Manor
South, and the hotel rooms, originally designed for visiting businessmen, became residence rooms
for Babson students.
With the appointment of Carl Smith (1935–1944), Babson was now led by its first professional
educator. He reorganized the curriculum, adding liberal arts courses, and in 1943, Babson Institute
received permission to confer both the bachelor of science and master of business administration degrees.
Following World War II, Babson, which had been used by the U.S. Navy for three years, reopened
to record enrollments. New President Edward B. Hinckley (1946–1956) tightened admission
standards and strengthened the academic content. By 1950, the Institute had received accreditation
from the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Under Gordon Trim (1957–1961), an evening MBA program was developed and the first alumni
fundraising effort was held to fund the construction of the dining hall that bears his name.
Henry Kriebel (1961–1974), the school’s sixth president, expanded the curriculum to four years,
redefined its mission as a school of management, opened the doors to women, began a massive building
program, created the School of Continuing Education, and changed the name from Babson Institute
to Babson College. Kriebel’s administration laid the foundation for the next 20 years of development.
Babson’s seventh president, Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85 (1974–1981), also strengthened the curriculum.
He created the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in 1978, and Babson became the first college in
the United States to offer entrepreneurship as a major. Horn Library was built, the Babson Recreation
Center (now the Boston Sports Club) was completed, and more student housing was added.
In 1981, William R. Dill H’91 (1981–1989) became the College’s eighth president. He placed a
greater emphasis on a curriculum, faculty, and student body that focused on globalization. Many
campus buildings were renovated and others added, including the Webster Center for physical education
and recreation, to provide students with state-of-the-art facilities and services, thus enabling Babson
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The History of Babson College
to compete with the nation’s top business programs. It was during the Dill era that the Center for
Executive Education (now the Babson Executive Conference Center) was added.
During the presidency of William F. Glavin H’99 (1989–1997), Babson moved from being a strong
regional presence to an internationally respected school of business. Building on the College’s legacy
of entrepreneurship, the idea of entrepreneurial leadership was woven into every aspect of the institution.
Glavin believed that people at all stages of their careers could demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership
and become well-rounded, analytical problem-solvers who seize opportunities and move boldly and
creatively to take advantage of them.
In 1997, Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07 (1997–2001) became the 10th president to lead Babson College.
He strengthened Babson’s curriculum with a renewed emphasis on technology, practice-based learning,
and entrepreneurship in a global context. A commitment to diversity and the arts brought about the opening
of the Reynolds Campus Center, Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts, and the Glavin Family Chapel.
Higdon also was instrumental in establishing the Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College.
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01 (2001–2008), Babson’s 11th president, is the first Babson
alumnus to hold this position. During his presidency, Babson developed a long-term strategic
and financial plan, expanded the College’s leadership in entrepreneurship, improved the quality of
campus life, committed to new efforts in diversity, strengthened the alumni network, and partnered
with leading global educational institutions.
Leonard A. Schlesinger became Babson’s 12th president on July 1, 2008, bringing to the College
extraordinary leadership experience in academia and industry. He formulated the conversations that
led to the development of today’s strategy, starting with a community-wide discussion and decisions
around Babson’s strategic direction. That work resulted in a strategy focused on Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action® as the core of Babson’s distinctive expertise and culture; integrating social,
environmental, economic responsibility, and sustainability into the core of the curriculum and
educational experience; building a generation of leaders representing Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™;
and creating a Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education to disseminate Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action to the world through a global network of educators and institutions.
Babson is consistently ranked among the nation’s top management schools. The College has received
international recognition for its innovative educational programs for undergraduate and graduate
students and business professionals. With a distinguished reputation for entrepreneurial excellence,
Babson teaches students to make and find opportunities, to innovate, and to develop creative
problem-solving ability.
The key to Babson’s success are its people—students, faculty, administrators, alumni, governance
members, and parents who share a passion for excellence and have helped the College grow.
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The History of Commencement Exercises and Academic Regalia
THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY dates to medieval times. Through the centuries, the
ceremony has been altered, but its purpose remains the same: to recognize those persons who
have earned academic degrees and to honor the traditions and institutions of scholarship.
The term commencement is a translation of the Latin inceptio, the name given in the Middle Ages
to the ceremony at which candidates were granted the master of arts degree and thereby licensed to
begin teaching. Today, the original concept has been broadened to suggest that, at commencement,
degree recipients are graduating from academic life and commencing their professional life.
The history of academic regalia stretches far back to the early days of the world’s oldest universities.
A statute in 1321 required that all doctors, licentiates, and bachelors of the University of Coimbra
(Portugal) wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain
colleges forbade “excess in apparel” and prescribed wearing the long gown.
In 1895, American colleges and universities adopted a uniform system for academic regalia. Today,
while the academic dress code, like the ceremony itself, has undergone several revisions, it remains
essentially the same as when it was first adopted.
The gowns recommended for use by American colleges and universities have the following characteristics.
The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The gown for the master’s
degree has oblong sleeves open at the wrist like the bachelor’s and may be worn open or closed. Both
bachelor’s and master’s robes are traditionally black. The doctoral gown, which also may be worn
open or closed, has velvet panels draped around the neck and stitched down the front edges. Three
horizontal velvet bars are sewn on the upper arm of the bell-shaped sleeves. This trim may be either
black or the color distinctive of the faculty to which the degree refers. Many institutions have adopted
distinctively colored doctoral robes using the official institutional colors.
Members of the governing body of a college or university, whatever their degrees, are entitled to
wear doctoral gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held
by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
The hood is the most distinctive feature of the academic costume. The shape of the bachelor’s and
master’s hoods is similar, but the length varies. The hood lining is the official color or colors of the
institution. The Babson hood, for example, is forest green with a single white chevron. The hood
is edged in velvet of two, three, or five inches in width for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral
degrees, respectively. The edging should be in a color distinctive of the subject to which the degree
pertains. Among the most common trims are tan for business administration; white for arts, letters,
and humanities; golden yellow for science; and light blue for education.
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The History of Commencement Exercises and Academic Regalia
The traditional academic cap for all degrees is the mortarboard of black cloth with a flat, stiffened
square top. Today, there is an option, particularly for those holding doctoral or terminal degrees, to
wear a soft cap. These are of several designs and in many cases represent a particular college or university.
The tassel, fastened to the middle point of the top of the cap, may be black or the color appropriate to
the subject. Those holding doctorates may wear a tassel of gold thread. There is no general rule for
the position of the tassel on a mortarboard. However, Babson and a number of colleges and universities
have adopted the practice of requiring candidates for the bachelor’s degree to wear the tassel on the
right front side before degrees are conferred and to shift it to the left after the degrees are awarded.
In today’s ceremony, some graduates are wearing cords, tassels, and stoles that represent specific
designations. Below are those related to academic honors:
Gold Cord
Valedictorian
Gold Tassel
Summa Cum Laude
White Tassel
Magna Cum Laude
Red Tassel
Cum Laude
The origin of the mace also dates to medieval times when it was first used as a weapon. Medieval
European bishops, forbidden the use of the sword, were allowed to enter battle with a mace, often an
iron or steel club designed to split armor. By the 16th century, the mace, a symbol of authority, was
embraced as a ceremonial object by colleges and universities. Traditionally, the mace is carried on
formal academic occasions by the most senior faculty member, often referred to as the “chief” or
“grand” marshal of the institution.
The mace of Babson College was designed and crafted by Chas. Thomae & Son, silversmiths, and
has been one of the symbols of the authority of the College for many years. Today, it is carried by
the chief marshal of Babson College.
Today’s Commencement also features flags of the world. These flags represent the homelands of
the Babson undergraduate and graduate students. With students from more than 85 countries,
and faculty members involved in research, training, and development around the world, Babson’s
international presence is evident and we are proud to honor it with this display.
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“… let us chart our lives
so that what we do will:
(1) perform a needed service
and make the world a better
place in which to live;
(2) make ourselves, and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically;
(3) free ourselves, and others,
as much as possible, from worry,
care, and mental stress.”
Babson is committed to sustainable practices. For this
Commencement program, the College has selected
acid-free and elemental chlorine-free recycled paper
—Roger Babson,
“What Is Success?” (1923)
that is produced with biogas energy with a minimum
of 50 percent post-consumer waste. This recycled paper
also has achieved certification from the Forest Stewardship
Council and the EcoLogo Program.
BABSON COLLEGE
F. W. O L I N G R A D U AT E S C H O O L O F B U S I N E S S
COMMENCEMENT
MAY 18, 2013
Babson Park, MA 02457-0310