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BREST
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SPENCE
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STARTED AS
DEAN
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1987
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1990
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EXPERTISE
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Constitutional law, decision-making and
problem-solving
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Economics, how markets work
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BIGGEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT
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Established programs in business and
technology, environmental law, public interest law
and dispute resolution
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Introduced global management program that
teaches students to work in an international
marketplace
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HIDDEN
TALENT
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Accomplished violist
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Avid windsurfer
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MOST MONEY RAISED
IN A SINGLE CAMPAIGN
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$88 million
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$90 million
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BEST JOB
PERK
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Met Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and
Czech president Václev Havel
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Met his wife, Monica (she was his travel
agent), got to know former secretary of state
George Shultz
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KEY
RECRUIT
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Richard Ford, an expert on property law and
race
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Garth Saloner, an expert on industry's use
of information technology
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MOST SERIOUS
MISTAKE
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Not building consensus before making
decisions: "It was such a common error."
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Didn't invest enough early enough in
computers for the School
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BIGGEST MINOR
ERROR
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Scheduled faculty retreat for Big Game Day
in 1989
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Missed the annual student parody show in
his first year as dean
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FUTURE
PLANS
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Will serve as president of the William and
Flora Hewlett Foundation (assets: $2 billion),
which gave out $71 million in grants in
1998
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Expects to teach an experimental class in
electronic commerce at the School and dabble in the
business world
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