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Wharton MBA Students Meet Indian Business Leaders In Winter Trip
Students Visit Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
Dec. 20, 2004 — Sixty-four Wharton MBA students will travel to India from Dec. 24-Jan. 8 to meet with key government and business leaders, part of an ongoing effort to learn more about the country’s growing influence in the international marketplace.

Commerce Bancorp Chairman Vernon Hill Receives Pioneer Award From Wharton School Marketing Faculty and Students
Dec. 2, 2004 — Faculty and students in the Marketing Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania awarded the first annual Marketing Pioneer Award to alumnus Vernon W. Hill, founder and chairman of Commerce Bancorp. The award is given to an individual who has inspired breakthrough thinking and innovation in marketing. Hill received the award at an event held Dec. 1 at the Wharton School.

The Wharton School Announces $1.25-Million Gift From UBS
MBA Admissions Suite to be Named in its Honor
Dec. 2, 2004 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that UBS is making a gift of $1,250,000 to the School to name the MBA Admissions Suite in Jon M. Huntsman Hall. The admissions suite will now be called the UBS MBA Admissions Suite.

Wharton Executive MBA Program Hosts West Coast Receptions
Prospective Students Welcomed in California, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah
December 1, 2004 — West Coast executives have eight upcoming opportunities to learn more about the Wharton School’s unique MBA Program for Executives. The Program will host receptions with alumni, students, and staff in Salt Lake City, San Diego, Scottsdale, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Denver.

What Does It Take to Achieve Lasting Leadership?
New book from Nightly Business Report and Knowledge@Wharton looks at leadership qualities that enabled 25 CEOs to inspire and transform their companies.
To celebrate Nightly Business Report’s 25th anniversary, Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, worked together with NBR to identify the 25 most influential business leaders of the past quarter century. NBR’s viewers nominated more than 700 business people from around the world, and a panel of Wharton School judges selected the top 25.

Wharton School Global Business Forum To Host Concurrent Conferences On Africa, Asia, Europe, India, and Latin America
Featured Speakers Include Katsuaki Tsurushima, sr. executive vice president of Sony Corp.
November 8, 2004 — The Wharton Global Business Forum — five concurrent regional conferences to be held Nov. 18-20 — will feature business, academic and political leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe, India, and Latin America. Organized by students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the conferences will address issues ranging from reversing the African brain-drain and the resurgence of the Japanese economy to transatlantic business opportunities for European businesses and India’s role in global commerce. The conferences will occur at various locations in Philadelphia.

Wharton School Executive MBA Students to Meet Key Indian Leaders
Students from San Francisco Campus Will Travel to Delhi and Mumbai
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25, 2004 — More than 80 second-year Wharton School Executive MBA students from Wharton West, the School’s California campus, will travel to India Sept. 6-10 to meet with key government and business leaders as part of an ongoing effort to learn more about the country’s growing influence in the international marketplace.

Wharton School Names Jonathan Spector Vice Dean of Executive Education
August 17, 2004 — The dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Patrick Harker, announced the appointment of Jonathan Spector as vice dean of Executive Education. Spector was a former director at McKinsey & Company as well as CEO of two venture-backed corporations.

Wharton Names Deirdre Woods Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean
July 20, 2004 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has named Deirdre Woods chief information officer (CIO) and associate dean. In this role, Woods leads a 95-person organization at Wharton Computing in developing and maintaining technologies that further the School’s leadership in experience-based learning.

Infosys and Wharton School Announce the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards 2004 for Latin America
CEMEX and Juan Toro Rivera, Commissioner, SII, Receive Influential Award for Innovative Use of Technology
June 24, 2004 — Infosys Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: INFY) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced the winners of the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards (WIBTA), 2004, Latin America. The awards recognize visionaries and organizations that use technology in an innovative and creative manner to revolutionize their industries. This is the first year that Infosys and Wharton have brought the WIBTA awards to Latin America.

K.P. Chao, Chairman of Novel Enterprises, Honored by Wharton School
Dean’s Medal Awarded for Exceptional Business Leadership
June 3, 2004 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has awarded its highest honor, the Dean’s Medal, to K.P. Chao, chairman of the board of Novel Enterprises Ltd., for his exceptional leadership in advancing global business. Dean’s Medal recipients embody the highest ideals of service and commitment, both to the practice of business and to the advancement of society, characteristics that are central to the School’s mission. The medal will be presented June 5 at the Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Shanghai.

The Wharton School’s Business Journal, Knowledge@Wharton, To Reach Chinese Readers
The Boston Consulting Group/Knowledge@Wharton China Reports Launched
June 3, 2004 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that Knowledge@Wharton, the online business analysis and research journal of the Wharton School, will soon be available to Chinese readers around the world. A Chinese version of Knowledge@Wharton will be launched to reach management leaders in China as well as Chinese-reading populations worldwide. In addition, Knowledge@Wharton and The Boston Consulting Group have entered a partnership to create four special reports on China.

Infosys and Wharton School Announce the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards 2004 for Asia Pacific
ITC, and William (Lei) Ding, Founder and Chief Architect NetEase Honored for Innovative Use of Technology
June 3, 2004 — Infosys Technologies Ltd (Nasdaq: INFY) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced the winners of the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards (WIBTA), 2004 for Asia Pacific (APAC) in Shanghai. The categories for this year’s awards were “Enterprise Business Transformation,” and “Technology Change Agent.” These awards recognize visionaries and organizations that use technology creatively to revolutionize their industries.

Wharton Club of Paris: Dinner with President Valery Giscard d'Estaing on "The Constitution and Enlarged Europe"
President Giscard d'Estaing, who was France's youngest President when he was elected in 1974, confirmed his status as one of the Founding Fathers of Europe when he masterminded and coordinated in less than 18 months the future European Constitution. He will speak on the challenges ahead, particularly in view of the European Union's enlargement enacted on May 1, 2004.

Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards 2004 Honor Innovative Users of Technology
European winners: Sir Robin Saxby, Chairman, ARM Holdings plc, and S P Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
Moscow, May 21, 2004 — Infosys Technologies Ltd (Nasdaq: INFY) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced the winners of the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards (WIBTA), 2004, Europe. These awards recognize visionaries and Global 2000 organizations that use technology creatively to revolutionize their industries.

"Wharton on the Rankings" by Dean Harker in AACSB Online
The AACSB, the international accrediting body for business schools, recently invited Dean Harker to discuss Wharton's decision to no longer provide e-mail lists to BusinessWeek and to other commercial enterprises. Dean Harker's commentary is available online on the ACSB website.

Brainy Winners: Wharton Business Plan Competition Grand Prize Goes to InfraScan and its Handheld Brain Trauma Detector
Student team’s venture is based on 90 year old medical school professor’s patent; already receiving Navy funding for combat triage
April 28, 2004 — Student team InfraScan whose handheld brain hematoma scanner has already received Navy funding, won the $20,000 grand prize at the Wharton Business Plan Competition Venture Fair. The prize was awarded at the Wharton School’s annual Venture Fair Monday, April 26, 2004 where, in all, students received $75,000 in combined cash prizes, access to capital and in-kind legal/accounting services.

Klaus Zumwinkel, Chairman at Deutsche Post, and Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, To Speak at Wharton’s 2004 MBA Commencements
Top Business Leaders Featured at Wharton’s East and West Coast Ceremonies
April 14, 2004 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Klaus Zumwinkel, a graduate of Wharton’s MBA program, will be the featured speaker at the School’s MBA commencement in Philadelphia. Zumwinkel is chair of the board of management at Deutsche Post AG. The May 16 ceremony will occur at 1:00 p.m. at Franklin Field, located at South and 33rd Streets on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania with a reception afterward at Jon M. Huntsman Hall.

Wharton and INSEAD Renew Alliance for Three More Years
April 2004 — Patrick Harker, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Gabriel Hawawini, dean of INSEAD, announced the renewal of the partnership between the two schools for three more years. The initial success of this alliance, one that is broader and deeper than any other business education partnership, prompted its renewal. The mission of the alliance is to offer a number of capabilities unmatched by any business school or combination of business schools in the world.

Wharton School Announces $500,000 Gift from Alumnus Todd Thomson of Citigroup
Gift to Support Center for Leadership and Change Management
February 23, 2004 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced the creation of the Todd and Melissa Thomson Fund to support the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management. The $500,000 gift from alumnus Todd Thomson, CFO of Citigroup, and his wife Melissa Thomson, will support the continued evolution and expansion of Wharton’s leadership initiatives and create a new Wharton Leadership Advisory Board.

Pearson Education and the Wharton School Launch Wharton School Publishing
New Force In Business Publishing
February 18, 2004 — Pearson Education, the world’s leading education company, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the world’s premier business schools, today announced the launch of Wharton School Publishing, an innovative new player in global business publishing. Wharton School Publishing will provide practical knowledge that can be applied by business leaders to make real change in their professional lives.

GPVG Internship Program Launches: Wharton, Temple, Drexel Students to Gain Positions, Learning from Greater Philadelphia Venture Group Firms
Philadelphia area retains top talent as local firms mentor rising stars of private equity
February 2004 — With the launch of the GPVG Internship Program, students from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management and Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business have the chance to apply for positions as interns at selected private equity firms of the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group.

The Wharton School & Nightly Business Report Name Intel’s Andy Grove #1 of “THE 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS”
List Celebrates 25th Anniversary Milestone for PBS Show
January 2004 — An expert panel from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania helped public TV’s Nightly Business Report (NBR) unveil “The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years” with Andy Grove, chairman of the board of Intel Corporation, named the #1 most influential person live on the Jan. 22 broadcast.