Douglas T. Breeden - Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

three classes graduate
The Duke Goethe Executive MBA
program graduated its first class.
Thirty-one students in the inaugural
class completed their capstone simulation
experience in Frankfurt in
March. “The completion of this first
class is a remarkable achievement”
said John Gallagher, associate dean for
executive MBA programs.
A total of twenty-nine members of
the Duke Goethe MBA Class of 2007
flew to Durham to attend graduation
at Duke, where they joined the Cross
Continent program for a combined
graduation ceremony on May 12.
Following their graduation at Duke,
they participated in the first graduation
ceremony of the new Goethe
Business School at Frankfurt
University on June 16.
Joerg Schirrmacher presented the
class gift of $20,000, unanimously
decided upon by all class members
who contributed equally. The gift will
be used to support a team room in the
new House of Finance that is under
construction at the University of
Frankfurt.
The Duke MBA—Cross Continent
Class of 2007 had 117 members representing
twenty-three countries who
graduated on May 12 in the combined
program with the Duke Goethe class.
Sir Eldon Griffiths, national patron,
World Affairs Councils of America,
delivered the commencement address
to both classes. The Cross Continent
class gift of $150,000 was presented
by Rob McLaughlin and Vince Hsieh. The
gift included $117,100 in pledges and
$32,900 in matching gifts for the
annual fund.
The Duke MBA—Daytime program
graduated 417 students representing
forty-five countries in the May 12
commencement ceremony. Mike
Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke
Men’s Basketball team, was the featured
speaker. Sterling Ingui, Laura
Bayzle, and David Hirsch, members of
the class gift committee, presented a
check totaling $247,484, including
$188,484 in pledges and $59,000 in
matching gifts, to support Fuqua’s
annual fund.
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left: GRADUATES OF
THE DUKE GOETHE
PROGRAM
right: DAYTIME
GRADUATES