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Letters to the Editor
125 Influential People
and Ideas
Just finished the 125 issue.
Needless to say, it is readily
apparent that you have
inadvertently placed me on
the list. But, hey mistakes
are made.
That said, my memories
of Wharton and my love of
this institution are based on
the stories like those you included.
In my class, I still
have memories of trying to
get the rugby ball out of the
scrum and into the waiting
hands of inside fly half, Mike Moritz (WG’79). Or
of always being impressed
with Connie Duckworth’s (WG’79) rare combination
of grace and common touch.
Or of Professor Bob Inman’s
uncanny way to teach so we
would learn to think. Or of Geoff Boisi’s (WG’71) constant
mentoring of one needing
it (ahem, continuing to
this day).
To my mind, I believe
that books and buildings
were indeed involved, but
Wharton, like all great institutions
is built and sustained
by its people.
Bob Bowman, WG’79
Westport, CT
Just to let you know that
I really enjoyed the “125” Wharton Alumni Magazine
issue. I think it was the
only issue I have read cover
to cover. The biographies
were concise and extremely
interesting. One doesn’t
always realize the diversity of talents fostered by the
Wharton education.
Stephen Leventhal, C’69,
M’73, WG’81
Zürich, Switzerland
Thank you for sending
me the publication, “125
Influential People and Ideas.”
I gave the cover a quick
glance and out popped a familiar
face, Dr. George W.
Taylor. I fondly recall studying
supply-side economics
with Dr. Taylor, ten years
before Art Laffer claims to
have invented the theory.
According to Taylor, the implementation
of supply-side
theory would release greed
from its restraints and eventually
destroy the American
economic system. He claimed
supply-side theory sounds
sweet as honey but that it’s as
deadly as hemlock. He called
it a right wing hoax.
Supply-side theory came
out of General Electric in
1962, when Dr. Herbert
Northrup was hired to succeed
Dr. Taylor, upon
Taylor’s planned retirement
in 1964. Northrup
led Wharton into a far right
turn and the rest is history.
Again, thank you for taking
me back to better days.
William E. Briggs, WG’64
Kahului, HI
I would certainly be remiss,
if I didn’t congratulate you
on a work well done.
Some of the names were
very familiar, but I never connected
them with Wharton. I
was mainly surprised at how
many were known only by the
event or product for which
they were responsible. So
thanks also for informing me.
Ed Harler, W’55
Levittown, PA
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