HSA 65th Anniversary Book
• To provide an organization with facilities and some capital through which students of the university could be encouraged to develop and to manage small businesses that might provide funds that could be applied to the cost of their education. • To afford needy students of the university the opportunity to earn substantial amounts of money for brief periods of work through the exercise of energy and ingenuity. • To encourage students to explore the business community as a potential career choice. • To enable students to gain valuable experience and to develop a sense of the excitement and responsibility involved in the management of small enterprises.
• To provide an organization with facilities and some capital through which students of the university could be encouraged to develop and to manage small businesses that might provide funds that could be applied to the cost of their education.
• To afford needy students of the university the opportunity to earn substantial amounts of money for brief periods
of work through the exercise of energy and ingenuity.
• To encourage students to explore the business community as a potential career choice.
• To enable students to gain valuable experience and to develop a sense of the excitement and responsibility involved in the management of small enterprises.
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Introduction
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Thank you for celebrating 65 years of HSA with us!
This book details the history of our organization — the world’s largest student-run
company. HSA is a special place. It’s the place where we first learned how to run a meeting,
turn a profit, and write an invoice. It has created valuable work experiences and businessmanagement
opportunities for thousands of students. More than that, it’s created the
community that brought all of us together.
The pandemic brought on a substantial challenge — the student teams have demonstrated
the courage, persistence, and ingenuity to manage HSA out of the pandemic. None of
that would have been possible without the incredible support and guidance of our alums.
The past several years have been a testament to the resilience of HSA and its people.
I hope that for all of us — as we journey forth and the memories of our days at HSA are
further off — those memories will be held even more dear and our community will still
hold a place in our hearts.
Thank you to all of the student team members, Board members, alums, permanent staff,
business partners, and friends of HSA who have made the incredible success of HSA
possible over its storied history. We have all left our mark at HSA so far — and will all
continue to offer our management, guidance, and support to ensure our future success.
We’ve had 65 great years — full of business accomplishment, personal growth, and
lifelong community. Here’s to many more!
7 IN THE
BEGINNING:
1957–1969
25 A TIME OF
TRANSITION:
1970–1979
41 THE THAYER
YEARS:
1980–1993
63 INTO
MODERNITY:
1994–2005
85 RECESSION
AND REVIVAL:
2006–2020
109 BRAVE NEW
WORLD:
2021-2022
ALEXANDER KIM ’23
PRESIDENT, FY23
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