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It is always important to recognize people for their contributions
to education, society and business.
The Lester Center acknowledges the success of entrepreneurs from Haas and Berkeley in its Profiles of Successful Entrepreneurs - click on a link to learn more:
The Lester Center acknowledges
both Haas alumni and other entrepreneurs for their outstanding
achievements in the entrepreneurship world each year, though the following awards:
Lifetime Achievement Award
The center also recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial leaders
through its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement
award was created to recognize accomplishments of the very
special people who have created a track record of innovative
entrepreneurial success.
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2009 Recipient:
Vinod Khosla |
Fellows in Entrepreneurship
The Lester Center’s Fellows in Entrepreneurship support
the involvement of entrepreneurial leaders in the varied activities
of the Haas School. Lester Fellows are successful Bay Area
company founders and venture capitalists who are closely affiliated
with the center for a year and serve as mentors to Haas MBA
Students.
Successful Lester Center Alumni
The Lester Center has had the honor to work with the most
recent innovative and entrepreneurial minds of the business
community. Many students who have worked with the Lester Center
have gone on to have their own start-up's. They have given
back to the business community and to the Lester Center. This
is just a short list of success stories of Haas MBA's.
Gloria W. Appel Award
The Gloria W. Appel Award for Outstanding Leadership in Entrepreneurship is presented upon nomination by the Haas School community to a second year MBA candidate of outstanding caliber who has made an extraordinary and lasting contribution to the entrepreneurship program at Haas.
Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellowships
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is proud to administer the Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellows award each year. This award was established in 2006, with support from Leo Helzel, in recognition of the former Haas Dean and his pioneering efforts not only in teaching entrepreneurship but in bringing experts from the community into the classroom. The selection of a Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellow recognizes the generous contributions of time and talent of a member of our community who has consistently participated in our classrooms, enriching the education of our students and enlivening the academic discourse with their expertise and real world experience.
Nominations for Holton Teaching Fellows are solicited from Haas faculty members in the spring, and Fellows are recognized at the Lester Center Annual Dinner in May.
2009 Recipients:
Noah Doyle (MBA 96)
Layton Han (MBA 97)
David Hartford
Dan Kihanya (MBA 96)
Steve Markowitz (MBA 96)
David Riemer
Past recipients:
2006
Rick Cronk, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream
Harris Zimmerman, Zimmerman & Cronen
Greg Bonfiglio, Anthem Venture Partners
Bill Sherman, Morrison & Foerster
Jay Clemens, eBay
Cliff Higgerson, ComVentures
Jim Hornthal, CMEA
Sam Colella, IVP/Versant Ventures
Fred Dotzler, Meicus Partners
Peter Goettner, Digital Think
2007
Arthur Shartsis, Shartsis Friese
Hon. James Kelinberg, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Kevin Brown (MBA 96)
Andres Marquis (MBA 96)
John Hanke (MBA 96), Keyhole (now Google Earth)
2008
John Millar (MBA 99)
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