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Members of the Academy

Induction Year

2008


2008



2008


Name, Title (at time of induction), Company

Ernesto Bertarelli '89
Former CEO and Deputy Chairman, Serono SA

Sunil Bharti Mittal
Group Chairman and CEO, Bharti Enterprise Ltd.

Lee Man Tat
Group Chairman, Lee Kum Kee

 2007

The Forbes Family
Forbes Inc.

 2007

The Molson Family
Molson Coors Brewing Company

 2006

Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Founder and CEO
Magic Johnson Companies

 2006

Robert K. Kraft H'02
Founder, Chairman, and CEO
The Kraft Group

2003

Michael R. Bloomberg
Founder 
Bloomberg L.P.

2003

Ben Cohen
Cofounder
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Inc.

2002

Steven B. Dodge
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American Tower Corporation

2002

Leonard Riggio
Founder and Chairman
Barnes & Noble, Inc.

2001

Robert Davis, M'85
Chief Executive Officer, Venture Partner
Highland Capital
Vice Chairman
Terra Lycos

2001

Kay Koplovitz
Chief Executive Officer
Working Woman Network, Inc.
Founder
USA Networks

2001

Robert Rosenberg
Retired Chief Executive Officer
Dunkin' Donuts

2000

Robert Annunziata
Founder
Teleport Communications Group

2000

Patricia Gallup
Chairman and CEO
PC Connection, Inc.

2000

George N. Hatsopoulos
Founder
Thermo Electron Corporation

2000

Pleasant T. Rowland
Founder and President
Pleasant Company
Vice Chairman
Mattel, Inc.

1999

Ellen Gordon
President and Chief Operating Officer
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

1999

Marie Gray
Vice Chair and Chief Designer
St. John Knits, Inc.

1999

Robert Gray
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
St. John Knits, Inc.

1999

Masayoshi Son
President and Chief Executive Officer
SOFTBANK, Inc.

1998

Richard J. Egan
Founder and Chairman of the Board
EMC Corporation

1998

Abraham D. Gosman P'88
Founder and Chairman
The Meditrust Companies

1997

Willie D. DavisPresident and CEO
All-Pro Broadcasting Company

1997

Leo Kahn
Cofounder, Staples, Inc.
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Nature's Heartland

1997

Leslie C. Quick, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
The Quick and Riley Group, Inc.

1997

Thomas G. Stemberg
Chairman and CEO
Staples, Inc.

1996

Richard BransonChairman
Virgin Group of Companies

1996

Ely R. Callaway
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Callaway Golf

1996

A. Andronico Luksic
Chairman of the Group
Luksic Group

1995

Craig R. Benson B'77
Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
Cabletron Systems, Inc.

1995

Arthur M. Blank H'98
President and Chief Operating Officer
The Home Depot

1995

Edward C. Johnson 3d
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Fidelity Investments

1995

S. Robert Levine
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cabletron Systems, Inc.

1995

Bernie Marcus
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Home Depot

1994

Leon A. Gorman
President
L.L. Bean

1994

Earl G. Graves
President and Chief Executive Officer
Earl G. Graves, Ltd. (Black Enterprise magazine)

1993

Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, Jr. P'87
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) S.A.

1993

Robert A. Swanson
Chairman of the Board
Genentech, Inc.

1992

Ewing Marion Kauffman
Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Marion Merrell Dow, Inc.

1992

John C. Merritt B'61
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Van Kampen Merritt Holdings Corp., Inc.

1992

Anita Roddick
Founder and Managing Director
The Body Shop

1992

Leslie H. Wexner
Founder, Chairman, and President
The Limited, Inc.

1991

Amar G. Bose
Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Technical Director
Bose Corporation

1991

John R. Furman
Founder and Chairman
Furman Lumber, Inc.

1991

William G. McGowan
Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
MCI Communications Corporation

1990

Paul Fireman H'94
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Reebok International Ltd.

1990

Sandra L. Kurtzig
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
ASK Computer Systems, Inc.

1989

Alan Bond
Chairman of the Board
Dallhold Investments, Pty. Ltd.

1989

Patrick J. McGovern
Chairman of the Board
International Data Group

1989

Michael W.J. Smurfit
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Jefferson Smurfit Group p.l.c.

1988

Kazuo Inamori
Chairman of the Board
Kyocera Corporation

1988

Edward Lowe
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Edward Lowe Industries, Inc.

1988

J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and President
Marriott Corporation

1987

Sir John Marks Templeton H'92
Founder
Templeton International

1987

Gilbert Trigano
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Club Mediterranee, S.A.

1986

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
Chairman
LEGO Group World Wide (INTERLEGO A/S)

1986

Trammell Crow
Founding Partner
Trammell Crow Company

1986

Ueli Prager
Founder and Chairman of the Board
Movenpick Holding

1985

Donald C. Burr
Founder, President, and Chairman of the Board
People Express

1985

Rupert Murdoch
Chairman
News America Publishing, Inc.

1985

Peter J. Sprague H'88
Chairman of the Board
National Semiconductor Corporation

1984

Henry W. Bloch
President and Chief Executive Officer
H&R Block, Inc.

1984

John J. Cullinane
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cullinet Software, Inc.

1984

John K. Hanson
Chairman
Winnebago Industries

1984

Heinz Nixdorf
Chairman
Nixdorf Computer, AG

1983

Nolan K. Bushnell
Chairman
Pizza Time Theatres, Inc.

1983

Frederic C. Hamilton B'48
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hamilton Brothers Petroleum Corporation

1983

Sidney R. Rabb
Chairman
The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.

1983

Frederick W. Smith
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Express Corporation

1982

Wally Amos
Chairman
The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Corporation

1982

William C. Norris
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Control Data Corporation

1982

Carl G. Sontheimer
President
Cuisinarts, Inc.

1981

Gustavo A. Cisneros B'68
President and Chief Executive Officer
Organizacion Diego Cisneros

1981

Franklin P. Perdue
President
Perdue Farms, Inc.

1981

Marcus Wallenberg
Honorary Chairman of the Board
Skandinaviska-Enskilda Banken
 

1981

An Wang
Founder, Chairman, and President
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
 

1980

J. Peter Grace
President and Chief Executive Officer
W.R. Grace & Company
 

1980

Mary Hudson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hudson Oil Company
 

1980

Mary Wells Lawrence
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc.
 

1980

Lewis E. Lehrman
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Rite Aid Corporation
 

1979

Thomas Mellon Evans
Crane Company
 

1979

Byung-Chul Lee
Samsung Group
 

1979

John H. Johnson
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.

 

1979

John Erik Johnson
Texas Instruments, Inc.
 

1979

Diane Von Fürstenberg
DVF, Inc.
 

1978

Soichiro Honda
Honda Motor Car Company, Ltd.

 

1978

Ray A. Kroc
McDonald’s Corporation
 

1978

Royal Little
Textron, Inc.
 

1978

Kenneth H. Olsen
Digital Equipment Corporation
 

1978

Berry Gordy
Motown Records
 



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