Tale of the Tail-Gunner Rescue
For nine months – from the Battle of Midway in June, 1942 (6-months after Pearl Harbor), my dad flew 700Continue Reading
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My Dad Got Up Early
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Paying it Forward – Professor for the Day
I had a wonderful time teaching for a day at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania,Continue Reading
Simulation Is Not on the Exams, A Tale of Disruption
It was 1975. The Travelers had just quoted us at Marsh (UT’s insurance broker) $24 million for renewal of UnitedContinue Reading
My Life as a Country Song
I loved my office in The Ice House! It was actually the old Beverly Hills Ice House, which had suppliedContinue Reading
I Faced the Machine Gunner
One of the most challenging classes Freshman year at Cornell was M. Gardner Clark’s Comparative Economic Development class. It comparedContinue Reading
The Vultures Work Here
After a great first day in Zinder, Niger, in sub-Saharan Africa, I woke up very sick early the next morning,Continue Reading
