Welcome!

Leonard A. Schlesinger was inaugurated as Babson’s 12th president on Friday, October 17, 2008, and the inaugural activities continued on Saturday, October 18, 2008. It was truly a celebration of Babson with multiple events that highlighted some of the achievements of its past presidents, alumni, staff, faculty, and students.

Speakers and honorees included:

• Inauguration Keynote Speaker, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric Company, Fortune magazine’s “Manager of the Century”
  

• Babson’s Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame honorees:
  
  • Robert J. Davis M’85, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Partners; former CEO, Terra Lycos
  • Jonathan Carson ’79, Chairman and CEO,
    cMarket Network
  • Deborah DiSanzo M’89, CEO, Healthcare Informatics, Philips Healthcare