Harvard Business School To Construct New Executive Education Center
Harvard Business School broke ground on its campus for the construction of a new Executive Education facility—the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center—on Thursday, April 24, 2014. The ceremony included remarks by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (MBA 1979), Deputy Chairman of Foremost Group Angela Chao (AB 1994; MBA 2001), Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), and the Honorable Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States.
The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, a 90,000-square-foot, four-story structure that will contain meeting rooms, office and dining facilities as well as classrooms, is the result of a $40 million gift from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Family Foundation. This generous gift was given in tribute to the life and legacy of the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, beloved matriarch of this most prominent and accomplished Chinese-American family. Continue reading…
