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[APPLAUSE] >> Please be seated.
Graduates, Mary Bara, honored guests, Faculty, staff,
family, and friends, welcome to the 2016 graduation
ceremony at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
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>> What does your graduation signify?
As you know, studying at the GSB means so
much more than mastering the concepts of management,
it is as much about personal transformation.
As you sit before us eager to receive your diplomas,
I encourage you to think about how you have changed And
grown, during your time here.
Your graduation today, celebrates all that you have done and
become, and your readiness to have a dramatic and
positive impact on the organizations you will lead, manage or
found and through those organizations, the communities they serve.
What you have accomplished at the GSP, you have not accomplished alone.
You've learned and received help, guidance, mentorship and
support from many quarters, all of which are represented here, today.
First, you're sitting shoulder
to shoulder with your classmates, as you have throughout your time here.
Think how much you've learned from one another in squads, clubs,
study trips small group dinners, talk,
touchy feely, or just in quiet conversation together.
You forged bonds here that will become lifelong friendships,
which will nurture and sustain you in the years ahead.
Take a moment to show your appreciation for one another.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sitting behind me on the stage
is a group of faculty, who represent
the more than 200 tenure line faculty and
practitioners, who have been your teachers,
coaches, mentors, study trip companions,
career advisers, and so much more.
I would ask the faculty to stand so
that your students can express their appreciation.
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>> And at various locations
throughout the amphitheater,
our staff from the MBA, MSX and
PhD programs, without their
tireless efforts on behalf of all of us,
none of us would be celebrating today.
I ask the staff to stand, if they are not already standing.
Wherever they are and be recognized.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I have left the most important for
last, each of you has been
supported by family and friends,
as you will be throughout your lives.
They provided encouragement, validation, love, and
yes, in many cases, financial support as well.
While we will hand the diplomas to you, you know that in parenthesis
after your name, belong the names of those who have nurtured you and
supported you along the way.
This is your opportunity to stand and say thank you to your friends and
family, who are here to celebrate your accomplishments with you.
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>> Our mission is
different from that most business schools.
Our focus is on transformation,
we are privileged to be the most selective business school in the world.
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>> In making our selections, we try to pick the highest potential young men and
women, and to provide them with an education
that will enable them to go on to live lives of impact and meaning.
I hope that this has been a transformative experience for you and
that you have become infected by the GSB's lofty ambitions for
you and that you will indeed take this education, and
your desire to have an impact out with you.
I recently returned from East Africa, where I'd gone for the opening for
our new seed center in Nairobi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I love being in Africa,
but one of the things it so clearly reminds me of
is how many people in the world live in very dire circumstances.
And let's not kid ourselves that the difference between where we sit today and
people with exactly the same talents
in the slums of Kibera is entirely of our own making.
Each of us has helped along the way and has been a recipient of good fortune,
whether by birth or the assistance of others, with that comes
a responsibility to make the most of the opportunities that we have been given.
It has become my custom to send you off with three wishes that I have for
you in your future.
Here are my hopes for the class of 2016.
First, do not be confused about what really matters.
It is the most important relationships in your life, that give it meaning.
Make sure that you nurture them.
They will sustain you in the good times and the bad.
Second, be a lifelong learner.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Life expectancy is going up, and you will likely want to work for a very long time.
So settle in for a long journey and constantly invest in your self
knowledge and capabilities, both professional and personal, so
that you're increasingly well equipped for the years that still lie ahead.
Finally, let me note that at a recent 30th GSB reunion, 82% of the class showed up.
I want you to reflect on that for a moment, 82%.
So look around, make this
group of people an important part of your life for the rest of your life.
Stay connected to one another and to us.
Our graduation speaker today is an alumni,
who embodies these values while leading one of the largest and
most important companies in the world, General Motors.
In 2015,
she was ranked first on Fortune's list of the 50 most powerful women in business.
And just this week, she was named as number five on
the Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world.
As well as number one on their list
on their list of the most powerful women in business
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>> Mary Barra graduated from
the Stanford GSB with an MBA in 1990.
She was an Arjay Miller Scholar and I'm so pleased that at age 100.
Yes, folks.
That's 100, that Arjay is with us today to recognize this
year's Arjay Miller Scholars.
Please give a round of applause to Arjay.
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>> Apart from her two years at the GSB,
Mary has pretty much been all GM, all the time.
She started as a General Motors Institute co-op student at
the Pontiac Motor Division, earning a BS in electrical engineering in 1985.
After a variety of other roles,
Mary was put in charge of global product development In 2011.
And so, we see the fruits of her vision and leadership on the road everyday.
We have gotten to know Mary and her leadership very well in the last few years
as we have worked together on a transformational leadership program for
senior executives, and high potentials at General Motors.
We take about 35 of these incredible executives and
put them together with GSB faculty 5 times a year at various locations
around the world, culminating in a group-based action project
that addresses present strategic issues facing the company.
In this context, I've gotten to observe Mary's leadership style in person.
She leads like a GSPer.
She's self-aware, inclusive, open, direct and decisive.
In short, she's an iconic exemplar of the goals we had for
each of you in leadership labs.
Despite the rigors of her role, Mary and her husband, Tony make time for
their community.
As examples in 2014, they chaired the Detroit International Wine Auction,
raising a record $2.4 million for scholarships and community arts programs.
And in 2012, they chaired the Barbara Ann Karmanos Center
30th Annual Dinner, raising nearly $1.7 million for
cancer research and Mary Feinstein for Stanford too.
I'm so proud to have her as a member of my advisory council while at the same time,
she serves on what we at the GSP like to think of as Stanford's other board,
the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
It is a pleasure to have Mary with us today.
Please join me in giving a warm GSB welcome to Mary Barra.
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>> Dean Saloner,
Dean Emeritus Arajay Miller, members of the Stanford Board of Trustees and
the GSB advisory council, distinguished faculty and administration.
Honored guests, parents, family, friends.
And most importantly, members of the class of 2016.
Thank you for having me here this afternoon.
I am truly honored to be a part of your commencement ceremony.
Dean Saloner as an alumna and a member of the GSB Advisory Council, I want to thank
you for your significant contributions to this school and to General Motors.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
to the graduates, let me say that it seems like a lifetime ago.
>> [LAUGH] >> Well, that's not going to work.
>> [LAUGH] >> It does seem
like a lifetime ago when I sat where you sit today.
I recall very well, the promise and the excitement of commencement and
I am thrilled for each of you.
So, congratulations.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Everything we
know about the class of 2016 tells us that you are one of the most accomplished and
diverse classes in the school's history.
42% of your class are women.
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23% are US minorities, both all time highs.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> International
students represent 44%, also a new high.
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members of your class represent 62 different countries and
I got to spend some time with a few of you yesterday at a breakfast meeting and
I have to tell you, what I most appreciated was the diversity of thought.
As a class, you have previous experience in more than 300 organizations.
Everything from consulting and private equity to manufacturing and
the military, to government, education and nonprofit organizations.
There is no doubt that you are well-prepared and
well-positioned to fulfill the GSP's vision to change the world.
Of course, the world has changed considerably since I graduated.
When I graduated in 1990, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 29,000 for
the first time and we were all amazed with something that was being introduced
called the World Wide Web and there was no such thing as a smart phone or texting.
If you were an early adapter in 1990, you had what was called a flip phone and
you used it to actually make phone calls, but
not everything has changed since I was a student.
Just as it is today, Stanford was still the finest school in the world
with a faculty that was second to none.
I know this,
because many of you have studied with some of the same professors who taught me.
I'm very happy today to see Professor George Foster who
was my teacher for accounting.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I'm also thrilled to
see Professor James VanHorne who came out of retirement last spring to teach
Finance 211.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And what I find most remarkable is that
an updated textbook by the late Professor Charles Hornbrook is still used today.
My point is that you and I learned from the best, the people
who literally wrote the books and now the e-books on business management.
And so, it is no surprise to me that you are extremely well-prepared for
the road that stretches out before you.
But as one who has traveled some distance on that road,
I can also tell you what you learn here is just the beginning of what
you'll need to know for success going forward.
When I came to Stanford, I quickly learned I didn't know what I didn't know.
I was 26 years old.
I'd lived my entire life in Southeast Michigan and
I worked for General Motors since I was 18.
>From accounting to corporate culture to entrepreneurship,
my eyes were opened and I learned to see the world from a different perspective.
My experiences on this campus changed my life and accelerated my career.
They prepared me to manage and ultimately to lead.
So allow me to share four leadership lessons that I have learned since
graduation.
Lessons that have been important to me and I hope will be of some value to you.
First, leaders listen.
You are graduating from one of the finest business schools in the world.
Be proud of that, but also be humble and
know that any significant accomplishment is always a team effort.
It's okay to admit when you don't know.
It's okay to ask for help and
it's more than okay to listen to the people you lead.
In fact, it's essential.
Some years ago, I was asked to lead GM's Global Human Resources Function during
a critical time for the company.
I had never worked in HR before, but I was confident I could make a difference.
I accepted the position and I immediately began to identify areas I
believed that we could improve, and help the company’s performance.
Pretty quickly, I came to the conclusion that the company’s vacation policy was too
generous.
I was troubled by a program that allowed employees to take additional vacation days
beyond what they had earned by purchasing these additional days.
So, I propose to my staff to eliminate the program.
They told me it was a bad idea.
I argued that the program had out lead to usefulness.
No longer a place and are more leaner more nimble, more competitive company.
And so, I eliminated the program.
The next day, the employees nearly eliminated me.
>> [LAUGH] >> What I did not fully understand,
because I did not listen to my team was that employees purchase
these days to give them flexibility in their work and life.
What's more, employees often use these times at fractions at a time,
a few hours here and there.
So they could attend to personal matters like caring for
an elderly parent or attending a child's sporting even, or
attending a spouse's commencement ceremony.
In the world of laptops and smartphones and
constant connectivity where employees can and do work anytime, anywhere.
The flexibility to purchase those additional vacation days was viewed by
many employees as an extremely important benefit.
Long story short, Irene stated the policy very quickly and
I learned I needed to listen much more carefully in the future.
I also learned, it's very important to surround yourself with people who will
tell you when and why you're wrong and I learned that listening
doesn't diminish when you become the general manager or CEO.
Frankly, it increases.
Lesson two, leaders care.
I was a student here in the late 1980s where MBAs were frequently
compared to Gordon Gekko,
a character played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 film Wall Street.
Gordon Gekko's mantra was simple, greed is good.
Today, the comparisons are more likely to be with characters in the Wolf of
Wall Street or the Big Short.
But unfortunately, despite the fact that business leaders have come a long way
since the stereotype of Gordon Gekko,
many people continue to view business with a considerable disdain.
Gallup's latest update on confidence in US Institutions from July of 15
reports that more than three-quarters of US adults don't trust big business.
In fact, the only institution that ranked lower than big business was Congress,
but come on.
That's like saying,
you're the least ambitious character in the Game of Thrones.
>> [LAUGH] >> As leaders in business, government,
nonprofits, NGOs or wherever your career takes you,
you have a responsibility to help change the relationship and
the reputation institutions have with society.
Where do we start?
For me at General Motors, it starts with the customer.
Now about two and a half years ago, it was a Friday afternoon.
I was just about ready to close my laptop and slide it into my bag, and
an email came in.
It was from a customer.
He was very upset.
He wanted to get a loaner that the company had promised and he was unable to get it.
He was upset with his vehicle.
He was upset with the company and he was pretty darn upset with me, and
he let me know it.
So I stared at my computer for a minute and then I responded and said,
would you please share your phone number?
A minute or two later, I had his phone number.
So, I picked up the phone and I gave him a call.
He explained to me what had happened.
How the dealership had let him down and how we weren't fulfilling his promise.
I promised him that I would make sure he got a loaner and
I immediately called the right people.
And by the next morning, he had the loaner vehicle we had promised.
I felt good.
I thought problem resolved.
But on Monday morning, I got another email.
It was from the same customer and he said, I couldn't believe you responded.
I couldn't believe you cared.
I couldn't believe how well the dealership and your team treated me.
I have my loaner and I will now be a General Motors customer for
the reset of my life.
The takeaway for me is that you and your company will make mistakes.
How you deal with those mistakes will largely determine how you'll be judged.
And no matter what business you're in,
you only win when the customer tells you, you win.
Lesson three, leaders inspire.
As I said, your company’s success depends on how well you satisfy customers, but
changing the world goes well beyond serving customers.
It’s also about serving society.
When one day soon, you will be leading an organization.
You should absolutely be concerned about the bottom line.
In today's world, you will certainly be measured by quarterly results.
But as a visionary leader, you should be thinking more than just the next quarter.
You should be thinking about the next decade and what were your companies
reputation and place in the world be forty-quarters from now?
More and more, today's employees want to be connected to a broader purpose,
a higher calling.
They want their companies and
their institutions to make the world a better place.
I believe we can do both.
I believe we are required to do both and
I believe it's up to leaders like you to set the tone, create the vision,
inspire the behaviors that allow organizations to best serve society.
As leaders, we have an obligation to act responsibly and
courageously for the people and for the planet, because our actions
do have long-term effects on the generations that come after us.
It means creating workplaces where everyone is empowered and valued, and
can contribute to his or her full potential.
It means working to improve the communities where we live and work.
For example by supporting and improving STEM education.
It means changing the way we build our products, using renewable energy,
creating landfill-free facilities, and working to address climate change.
And at GMs, it means working to reduce and
one day eliminate the effect our cars have on the environment.
At the end of the day, all businesses are about people first,
because the only way we can genuinely successfully build businesses,
is by building lasting relationships both inside and outside of the company.
And at GM we do that by holding our self accountable,
doing what we say we're going to do, and
working hard to inspire others to strive for something bigger than themselves.
And my final lesson, leaders work.
Your Stanford degree tells others you have talent and that’s great.
But if you truly want to change the world you need more than talent.
You also need to do the work.
Because hard work beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
I think about my mom and dad.
My parents grew up in the Great Depression.
My mom grew up on a farm in Northern Michigan.
My dad grew up in an iron mining town in upper Minnesota.
They didn't have many advantages.
They each only had high school degrees, but they believed in the American dream.
And they worked hard to achieve it.
They taught my brother and me that there is no substitute for hard work and
you work before you play.
And like so many other parents and grandparents here today, they displayed
the kind of passion and grit that allowed them to not just raise a family, but
to build a foundation from which we could reach even higher.
Your education will open doors.
Your talents will open worlds.
But your hard work will enable you to accomplish more
than you ever thought possible.
So a lot has changed since the years I sat in your chair, but
the responsibilities of leadership have stayed the same.
Each of you are remarkably capable.
You are highly trained and well schooled.
And you are alive at an extraordinary time in human history, where technology
is changing our lives faster and more profoundly than ever before.
In this world of unbounded opportunity,
all of you have the opportunity to be successful.
So my question to you is how will you define success?
Will you challenge the status quo?
Will you inspire others to do great things?
Will you protect what needs protecting?
And will you build a foundation that allows future generations to reach
even higher?
In short, will you leave the world better than you found it?
I, along with so many others, are counting on you.
Again thank you so much.
It's been wonderful to be here and share this celebration,
and congratulations to the class of 2016.
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>> Thank you, Mary.
It is now my great honor to introduce the GSP PhD class of 2016.
The research undertaken by these students is truly impressive,
both in its quality and its importance.
In aggregate, this research represents over 100 person years of intense work.
Let me briefly give some examples,
showing the broad scope of issues these students have addressed.
The research of several of these students involves studying networks.
Among other things, this work explored how politicians are held accountable
by the structure of social networks, how the strategic networks of venture capital
firms affect the performance of the companies that they fund.
How the social network connections of entrepreneurs affect the flow of ideas and
the formation of teams.
And how in general, economic decisions are affected by social networks.
Other students address the role that privilege plays in maintaining inequality,
and examine how conflicts in organizations affect organizational learning.
One student explored how employment contracts
can be designed to make sure the projects aren't inefficiently prolonged.
Another studied the effects of competition on supply chains, and
another looked at how the availability of collateral
determines the funding strategies of small firms.
Several students in accounting looked at how incentives and reputational concerns
affect what gets disclosed by those firms and when it gets disclosed.
One accounting student examined how the desires of security analysts to mimic
their peers affect the quality of their forecast.
Finally, in the marketing area one student studied how people respond to conflicting
information given in product reviews like those found on Amazon and Yelp.
Another studied how the advertising of e-cigarettes affects the demand for
traditional cigarettes.
And another explored how the nearly constant interruptions
consumers encounter in their daily lives, affects decision making and
attempts at consumer persuasion.
All of this work is rigorously done in accord with the highest
academic standards, and
all of it adds in important ways to our understanding of management and policy.
Today, we celebrate the transition of these PhD candidates,
from students to future intellectual leaders.
After their advisors place the hood of the Stanford Business School on them, they
will join us on the stage as we welcome them into our profession as colleagues.
>> Denille Burillo.
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>> Holka Brahma.
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>> Nick
Eubank.
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>> William Floyd.
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>> Scott Ganz.
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>> Johanna Higg.
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>> James Cass.
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>> Rem Coning.
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>> Daniella Cooper.
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>> Demetrius Lewis.
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>> Eric Matheson.
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>> Shawn Malahi
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>> Alex Nickelkov.
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>> Juan Hi Heart.
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>> Taylor Phillips.
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>> Peter Shrum.
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>> Aaron Snider.
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>> Remi Elizabeth Tome.
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>> Ana Elizabeth Tuchman.
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>> Reno Via.
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>> Heto Sao.
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>> Yao Fay Xiao.
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>> So congratulations graduates.
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>> 2016 marks the 44th class of students
to graduate with a certificate in Public Management and
Social Innovation Founded by Dean Emeritus Arjay Miller,
the certificate program educates leaders for environmental and social change.
In addition to earning their MBA or their MSX degrees,
these students have taken a formal course of study in the management of social
venture organizations in both the private sector and the public sector.
Today's certificate graduates really do embrace the GSB motto.
Changes lives, change organizations, change the world.
To give you some examples of the program activities
that they've been undergoing in the past two years, consider the following.
They participated in a wide range of social renovation courses covering topics
such as health care reform, education reform and sustainable energy markets.
They explored roles with high social impact, such as social entrepreneurship,
non-profit board governance and philanthropy.
They started and operated the GSBs first ever
impact investment fund which will continue beyond this year.
They traveled on social innovation study trips to places in the developing world
to see for themselves what is possible to address issues of extreme poverty,
inadequate healthcare, inaccessible education,
environmental sustainability and more.
Some of these students, and this may be the most impressive part,
some of these students have already developed their own social enterprise and
are ready to launch after graduation.
So there couldn't be something more different than Gordan Gecko in this class,
in this certificate holder group.
So this year we have 125 recipients of the Certificate of Public Management and
Social Innovation.
Their names are listed in the commencement program.
I now ask those students to stand, the 125 students, to please stand and
be recognized by the audience.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Congratulations.
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>> Good afternoon on this festive and
beautiful day.
It is my pleasure as director of the Stanford MSX program
to present this year's graduate who will receive the degree of Master
of Science and Management.
The mission of the MSX program is to provide experienced leaders, men and
women who have spent at least eight years in professional and
management roles, the opportunity to prepare themselves for
increasingly senior positions in organizations they will lead.
The program is a full-time, year long, course of academic study.
Giving these students an all to rare chance for reflection and
growth in the midst of an already accomplished career.
Simultaneously, they bring to the GSBA perspective shaped
by experience with difficult organizational challenges,
enriching our academic community as a result.
While studying at Stanford, these students carry the title of Sloan Fellows,
a tradition that dates to the program's Founding in 1957.
This years Fellows came to Stanford from across the United States and
25 additional countries.
Many Fellows are sponsored by their employers.
Others will be joining or
creating innovative new enterprises after graduation.
Having completed all the academic requirements of the program, this year's
91 Sloan Fellows will join the worldwide family of Stanford Business School Alumni.
On behalf of the administration of the program, and the faculty who have taught
them, join me in wishing each of them great fulfillment and
success in the next phase of their careers.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I
will now read their names while Dean Saloner presents the diplomas.
Mushir Alambath, >> [APPLAUSE]
>> Ashlynn Alexander.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Guillermo Alvarez.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Louise Baker.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ananpala Subramanyan.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Heron Peckart.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Alejandro Benitez.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Poleen Bermiche.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Diago Bonini.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Damas Brown.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Leo Gabral.
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>> Enrique Gonzolves Decastro.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Carrie Sebul
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>> Yuan Chen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yulan Chu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Cheung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Raphael Correia.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Kushenberry.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Bobo Donyloave.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ignasio Delvale.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gabriel Fundealer.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Juan Pablo Freho.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Dave Gabler.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Seta Basabourage.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Julie Goul.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lynn Goul
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>> Trance Hall.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Loreana Hanjiska.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kristen Marie Hedriksen..
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Travis Hollingsworth.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nick Horn.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jale Hwang.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sorab Ja.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Aaron Jones.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jiku Joseph.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Christian Kaiser.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Uto Canon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nika Gidderelli.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Craig Klne.
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>> Heidi Lee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Son Yung Lee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rebecca Huan Lynn.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Iban Lebouve.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ali Maaz.
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>> Gustavo Mushado.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Francisco Matte.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anne Merritt
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>> Claudio Ifano.
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>> Christina Moon.
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>> Daniel Camerotu Mota.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Steven Anthony Murray.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Zawad Nabulsi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> David Camarga Oleveda.
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>> Mauritzio Ortiz
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>> Song Pon
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>> Bryan Kirby Phillips II.
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>> Grenan Pinto.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Koquian Qua.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yong Chio.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Eduardo Ribio
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>> Ted Roosevelt.
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>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gill Rosen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Omritanchu Roy.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Tina Sedege.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nori Segusa.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Maria Andrea Santichio.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Essau Agucci
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>> Hugo Shima.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sarah Apa, Siriviri Yakun.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nick Smith.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Linda So.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Iro Aki Sonata.
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>> Binu Sudaban.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Metu Tubalu.
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>> Yua Fern Tan.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jadib Kuman Tetterwal.
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>> Peter Thompson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexia Sotas.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Vulcan Turk.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rodrigo Vayra.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Onsu Yomiyay Wagner.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Wu Sang Wong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Den Den Woo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ed Woo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Xianu Yarav.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Eamus Yoe.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sabrina Ebin Yeun.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Leo Zambalin.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Good afternoon everyone,
distinguished guests,
faculty, staff,
families and friends.
And I'm just throwing this out.
Members of the Golden State Warriors.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> Okay,
the MBA students gather before us today.
Achieve great distinction.
Two years ago when they successfully navigated
our complicated admissions process.
Since then they have acquired solid foundations in general management and
have pursued further study in their areas of interest.
They have engaged in personal growth and
built relationships that will last a lifetime.
They have helped the school and the community in many very valuable ways.
They are an impressive group, and they are ready and
worthy to join the ranks of our illustrious alumni.
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen,
it is my great privilege to present to you the Stanford MBA Class of 2016.
>> [APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> You are the 91st MBA graduating class
at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and
in my somewhat biased opinion, the best one yet.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> So
as you leave to lead lives of impact and meaning, I fully expect that your
accomplishments at Stanford will pale in comparison to your future achievements,
but I hope your memories of the GSB will remain fresh and
that you will stay involved with the school.
Our alumni played an important role in your academic experience,
ranging from serving as judges in the executive challenge
to acting as mentors in your entrepreneurial courses.
It is my wish that you too will engage with the GSB's academic mission as
alumni and give your time and your experience generously to future classes.
Your class has already demonstrated its desire to stay connected to the GSB and
to support the school in a meaningful way through your participation in
the Class Gift campaign.
95% of you have pledged to give back to the GSB.
Thank you.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> We know where the rest of you live.
>> [LAUGH] >> We'll be coming after you, okay?
You will leave your own legacy and play a part in bringing the GSB experience to
future generations, as other alumni have done before you.
At this time, I'd like to ask the members of the Student Association Senate and
the members of the seven essay committees to stand.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Keep standing, keep standing.
These are the elected leaders of the student body.
The essay has a profound impact on the academic, extracurricular and
social lives of students, and serves as an important conduit between students,
faculty and the staff.
Serving on the essay is a tremendous amount of work,
most of which happens behind the scenes.
And is the foundation for much of the student experience.
So please join me again in a round of applause for
this committed group of student leaders.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Thank you.
Now, I would like to ask the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows to stand.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> The Arbuckle Leadership Fellows program plays an integral role in the GSB
leadership curriculum by bringing together a group of talented second year students
to support the leadership development of the first year class.
On behalf of the school, I thank these 69 students for their tireless work,
their extraordinary dedication to their [INAUDIBLE] squads and coachees, and for
inspiring a significant number of first year students to seek out this unique
leadership opportunity.
They are a role model for student leadership at its best.
Again, please join me in thanking
this remarkable group of students.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Finally,
I would like to ask the student leaders of the study trips,
the pre-MBA global seminars and the Stanford Exchange Program to stand.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> These 93 outstanding student leaders.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> [LAUGH] These 93 outstanding student
leaders partnered with the school on a critical component of the GSB education,
the global experience requirement.
They served as peer educators for
close to 600 students traveling to 22 countries, helping them discover
how business skills are relevant in a wide variety of industries and institutions,
and demonstrating once and for all that different countries are different.
>> [LAUGH] >> For acting as ambassadors to the GSB
and for their indelible impact on the students they led, we thank them.
Please join me again in a round of applause for this successful group.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> In the next few minutes we will begin reading the names of the graduates
in alphabetical order and we'll invite them forward to receive their diploma.
Names will be read by Derrick Bolton, the Assistant Dean for MBA admissions.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
Margaret Hayes, Assistant Dean of the MBA program.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Graduates will receive their diplomas
from Dean Saloner.
As Garth mentioned.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> As Garth mentioned,
and as many of you already know, RJ Miller is here today.
I know that many of you consider yourself friends of RJ Miller.
>> [APPLAUSE] [LAUGH]
[APPLAUSE]
>> RJ served in the US Air Force during
the second World War, and
was one of the whiz kids who revolutionized Ford Motor Company.
He became President of Ford and
then later the much admired fourth dean of the GSB from 1968 to 1978.
In honor of Dean Miller's service, the top 10% of the class ranked by
academic performance are designated as RJ Miller scholars.
As we read the names of the graduates, we will also announce if they have
achieved the distinction of RJ Miller Scholar.
The award comes with a special privilege.
Dean Miller, whom as Garth mentioned, turned 100 earlier this year,
will personally congratulate the RJ Miller Scholars,
after they have received their diploma from Dean Saloner.
In the case of joint degree students who are walking today but will not graduate,
we will identify those who are currently in the top 10% of the class.
Okay, so with that, Margaret and Derek, would you please begin?
>> Susanne Adotto.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Havashash Adikari.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Wayva Aggarwal.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sultan Alsaud.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Laura Albero.
[APPLAUSE] >> Nathan John Alamone.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mohammed Haj Hassan.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Talal Al Pamat.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Seyad Ozir Ali.
[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
>> Ibrahim Alsuwaidi,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nefemi Alugir.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anisa Alusi.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Emily Raquel Ambrose.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ross Franz Andrese,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Panay Analethow.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Nicholas Richard Arambula.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Me'ama Argaman.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Line Arnoschotter.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Neil Aurora.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Marcos Asheshteron.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Burret Ire.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nan Bie.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Andrew Bakowski.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Sam Bannon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Steven Roderick Bardon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Parker Kyle Barnes.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Bryant Andrew Bar.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Freddy Bartholomew.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Shruti Baskarin.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kingsley McQueen Bier.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jim DeMorim.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jackie Bellow.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> William Franklin Burnett Junior.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Nicholas Michael Burrardo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Victoria Eve Barrenholes.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mario Berlanga Villarreal.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anthony Bertrand.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Dorian Leo Bertsch,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> David Charles Bilger.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lindsey Claire Blodgett.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mi Bouquette.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Jeff Bowes. >> [APPLAUSE]
>> Elizabeth Boges.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daria Bolderiva.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ian Boneysteele, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Alissa Bonneau, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Marie Terez Boyle.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> William Brower.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Julia Brown.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lila Grace Brown, Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Constantine Robert Bueller,
top 10% in current class.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel James Burrows.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kevin Burrows.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Caitlin Bussler.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Andy Lee Cahoy, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mathew Joseph Carmona.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Joaquin Capeda.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Dylan Scott Chambers.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Marco Chan.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Monica Chau.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Helen Chen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anand Chabrock.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kudzi Chakumbu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Karna Chocshi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Victoria Maureen Chocshi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Tyler Citek, Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lucy Lyda Colesen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Peter Colas.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Maggie Connors.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Richard William Cosgrove, Junior.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Christopher James Catrell.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexandra Christa.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jed Cullen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Henry Curzon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nelson Nicholas D'Antonio II.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Fuad Daher.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Myles Walker Danielson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Colby Kent Davis.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alex de Simoni.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Raphael del Pino.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Goca Rash Dingra.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Selene Menshi Dy.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> [APPLAUSE] Michael Chung.
Ray Ding.
R.J. Miller Scholar.
[APPLAUSE] >> Kelsey Elizabeth Ditto.
[APPLAUSE] >> Connor Donahue.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Julian G.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kate Earl.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ashley Elizabeth Edwards.
Dennis Michael Ellis Jr.,
Jeffery Escadel.
Sorry, sorry sorry.
>> [APPLAUSE]
[INAUDIBLE]
[CROSSTALK]
>> [LAUGH]
>> Sorry.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Benjamin Ellison.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> Hold on.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE]
>> [NOISE]
Stanford.
>> [SOUND] >> [APPLAUSE].
>> Okay.
Derek [INAUDIBLE].
>> [APPLAUSE].
>> Misha Essepub.
[APPLAUSE] >> Okay, yep.
Nina Abba Asundo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nina.
>> Kenneth Ethinger.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Frederick Marshall Evans.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Dominic Pattier.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Margarete Tang.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Marcela Hernandez Barrera.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Russel Field.
>> Felipe Figereta Deandrade.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> William Avery Fisher.
[APPLAUSE] >> Julian Fitzgibbin.
[APPLAUSE] >> Laura Galaton Franklin.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> William Frayer.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sarah Fu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sean Michael Gehagan.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Collin Patrick Gallster.
[APPLAUSE] >> Michelle Gatonya.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Stephanie Louise Gaffain,
RJ Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catalan Alexandra Guerra.
[APPLAUSE] >> Michael Glassman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Marlo Paige Goldstein.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Eduardo Gomez Mendoza.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Juan Manuel Gonzalez.
Nikki Maria Golinez.
Jonathon Greco.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Linda Gwo.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Johnathan Gerwitz.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kelley Susan Hackett,
R.J. Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Jared Haftel.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Christina Lanani Lynn Hagner.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gabriel Jaquim.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Samuel Halls.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Morgan Elizabeth Harkrow
>> [APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Elizabeth Harnmayer.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Cassandra Hastey.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Cannon Micheal Healy.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Adina Hefitz.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Adam Hefez.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Matthew Hyman, RJ Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yanna Hennig.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Stefan Hildebrandt.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Allison Misara Hirata.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Amanda Catherine Holland.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kent William Holland.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Holub.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michelle Honturoo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Christine Hong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Hopkins.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> David Matthew Horn [APPLAUSE]
>> Brooks Hausfield.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Brad Hungerman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael EK Chucu Ideki.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Cynthia Wing Yan Eep.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Irena Isekova.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kay Erastus.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rachel Simone Jackson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Garra Jane.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anweysha Jalan.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Timothy Michael Jenkins.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Buena Ja.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lisa Cheung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Filipe Jimenez Polucio.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Greg Jordan, R.J. Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rich Joseph.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sean Matthew Jung.
[APPLAUSE] >> Natalie Scalia.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gozback Karduaman.
[APPLAUSE] >> Sarab Ram Rhaj Samrack Carsolio.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Annie Betty Kazataza.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Patrick Keating.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Leora Metzenbaum Kellman,
RJ Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> James Glennan Kernaghan,
RJ Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Somder Singh Cungeroot.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Claire Gobble Kylie.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Cobb, RJ Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Simran Coley.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jonathan Cola.
>> [APPLAUSE] Evis Cong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gabrielle Jackson Kushachi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Robert Tudeas Kovolsky.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Jane Kramer.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Chin Quong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Apora Kukarny.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ken Wisan Kuran.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Carla Kirkchean.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Adrian Kwok.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Linda Whittaker Leder.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jackson Jan Chao Lai.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Emily Huntress-Lamont.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Wahlid.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kimberly Margaret Lobsher.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nadu Sophia Lawson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kun Lee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Song Pa Lee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Travis Lehman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nadine Ruth Leonor.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Amy Li.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Tracy Li.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alina Lial.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael Lebert.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Richie Brannie Lillie.
[APPLAUSE] >> Robby Lim.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Brittany Lynn.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> James Pitchland Lindsey.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Spike Lipkin.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Joe Leo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mae Liu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sarah Jane Lorber.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gilad Lorch, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nawal Jahed.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rachel Maddocks.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Andrew Madorski.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Prianka Madavia.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Katelyn Benet Meloy.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Katelyn Marie Maloney.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Isabela Torres Maluthen,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Chris Manse.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Chloe Rachel Mark,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Peter Marler.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexander Troy Martinian.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Laura Martino.
>> [APPLAUSE].
>> Vander Martins.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alice Martins Histolink.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Conrodo Marteret.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Joanna Morieska.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Eduardo Fernando Matthew Parades.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Suey Barret Machemelli.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Holly May.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nate Mizonson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lisa Mozaco.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Catherine Baron McGee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alison Anderson McKay.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexander Neil McKinnon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jared Mick, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Julia Velle Merra.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Shray Metta.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael Fitzgerald Mester,
Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mario Mestrate.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jennifer Shang Rengmon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Melano Mondesido Hurons.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sharon Murad.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kristen Moritz, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Saki Moons.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Charles Marini.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jordan Francis Murray.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Tafara Donald Mawandi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jesse Meyers.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> [INAUDIBLE]
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Eugene No.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nathan John Neparco.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> David Knoll.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Cate O'Gorman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Kathleen O'Malley.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Chika Okoro.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Hiroeh Onishi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Juanica Onwikesee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Tonsen Owemo Gunja.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Olayemi Albayourdi Foluyami Alagordei.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Myrmid Vigit Parek.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rajan Yavindra Patel.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> John Patrick.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael Hall.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexi Kazuka.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Benicia Spicora.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Desiree Pile.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jaime Ping.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Alejandro Perez Sanchez.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Brady Joseph Matsky Perego.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexander Pearson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Christian Popestu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lea Poquerusse.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ariana Corsartif.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> John Foster Preston.
>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
>> Clarence Qua.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nicole Quen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> George Ragab.
[APPLAUSE] >> D.J. Rogesacre.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Enmap Rumbawa.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sedi Rau.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Tyler Ral.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Marietta Krash, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anna Karla Raez Gonzalez.
>> [APPLAUSE >> Allison Shepherd Renderly,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Matthias Rivera.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Carolina Rivera Idonya.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Alejandro Rojas.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sam Rose, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Emma Rosen, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael Raughcough.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Derrick Steven Raleigh.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael Rucker.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Kevin Eschoke Restogi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sahed Saberal.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Laura Celay Gillahand.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> John Salsberg.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Brandon Anthony Sammut.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ofeer Sampson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Shelby Sanbie.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nicolas Sanguenetti.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Amy Carolyn Saper.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Akila Satich.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Cita Sorega.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Johnathan Tenety Shatts.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lauren Hoover Swartz.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Michael Bradley
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Damien Scott
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Jason Alexander Scott
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Richard Cudalary Jr.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Ryan Sual.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Heral Shah.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Ricken Jayshaw.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jaqueline Mary Shannon.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jacob Timothy Sheehan.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Christos Shepherd.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Maishen Shee, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Abe Willingham Shim.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Rusty Schlabb Shorigan,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Eduardo Vasconcello Silva.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Gideon Silverman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Samuel B Silverman.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Nicholas Reed Singer.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Diana Sui.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Navley Scaff.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Cheng Yi So.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yani Su Jejus.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Alesandre Spitz.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Benjamin Cleon Springwater.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Felix Steinmeyer.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Britney Ann Stitch.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Greg Stillman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Caroline May Stokes.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Samuel Fredric Stoutner.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> David Patrick Stringer,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Soren Benedict Sudoff,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jared Son.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> She-Yu Spendso Depo,
Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Morrits Schwagamachers.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lloyd Tonkum.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mischa Saint Teparia.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Andrea Taylor.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jonathan Bentley Taylor.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mi Yong.
>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
>> Saran Alcazar Testhore.
>> [APPLAUSE >> Semetra Tarcore.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael Thompson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Robert Thwates, Arjay Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nahah Tribioala.
>> [APPLAUSE >> Alexia Tillman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Anna Tomack.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ivan Tomick.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Allison Luan Milligan Tom.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> JP Tosh, Top 10% in current class.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Fong Tran.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Fernando Trevino.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Harsarathi Trivedi.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jason Too.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Emily Elizabeth Turko,
R J Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Andrew Jacob Turner,
R J Miller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Martine Ruthia.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Hamsa Usmani.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Marcita Varsenuala.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Pedro Enrique Deaiva Delanyellow.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Brett Alexander Voit.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Daniel Botha Zombrano.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Aaron Sherrard Walker.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jason Ke Wong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Linkee Weng.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Sarah Weng, Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ronnie Lee Washington Jr.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Neil Paul Waterson.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Colleen Kerrigan Wern.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Shumen Wee.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Meagan Allison Wei.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Petra Weize, Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yalek Wen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Stepanie Werner.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Julie Wesel.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Reed Dorton Waldman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Arsani William.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Miral Wittevene.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Alexander Ryan Wolf.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Rachael Wolfe.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> David Arijuelia Woodbury, Arjay MIller Scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Lorelyn Woods.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Joscelin Lee Wolsey.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Riley Dodd Weidman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Billie Ching Xa.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Cordelia Xiou.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Benjamin Chong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Dominique Yayavi.
>> [APPLAUSE] El Yong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Nick Young.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Valerie Westcott-Yong.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Freida Tong-Yu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Hachin Yu.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Mikayla Yule.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Rodrigo Zavalo Guzman.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Celine Jeong, Arjay Miller scholar.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Steven Jung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Henry Jung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jimmy Jung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Johnny Jung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ubing Jung.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Fiona Sia Jo.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yi Bo Ju.
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>> It is now my pleasure
to introduce the presentation of awards.
Susan Arbuckle will present the Arbuckle Award.
Followed by Mara Rajan who will present the Robichek Award and the Ford Scholar.
>> I'm proud to be here in my father's name presenting an award that carries
forward the values of character and activism that he lived.
Stanford and the people of the Business School were dear to his heart and
integral to his life for decades.
>From his early days as an undergrad in the 1930s,
then an MBA student, to Dean of the Business School in the 1960s
just prior to our distinguished Arjay Miller’s tenure.
And later as a Stanford trustee.
Nominated and chosen by his or
her peers the recipient of the Ernest C Arbuckle Award is a second year student,.
Who by his or her active participation, initiative, leadership,
and personal integrity is judged as having contributed most to
the fulfillment of the goals, of the graduate school of business in his or
her actions, both within school and society.
Classmates describe this year's recipient with the following comments.
Nobody is given more or made himself more available.
He seems to do everything and
do it with more energy than I have to put toward any one thing.
He's focused on building a community for
all of us at the GSB since the moment he was admitted.
I admire not only his strong involvement in the GSB, but
also his strong personal and work ethic.
In addition to being a full time student,
and highly active in GSB social activities.
He works on interesting outside projects that seek to improve our society.
His friendships are plenty but meaningful.
He think positively and proactively.
He is the guy who will get involved.
Set the tone, and can be counted on.
He is the social and emotional lighthouse.
He is an ambassador.
His energy and laugh are contagious.
Most importantly, he's loyal and vital member of our class whose inclusiveness
and genuine interactions have likely helped to improve all of us.
He has made my journey at the GSB so much richer.
He is known as super sharp.
The best dancer in town.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
a very experienced entrepreneur with much appreciation,
I present this award to Jason Scott.
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>> The Alexander A Robichek student
achievement award in finance was established to honor Professor Robichek's
outstanding contribution to the teaching of finance at the Stanford Graduate School
of Business from 1960 until his death in 1978.
The award is given to an MBA student selected by the finance faculty for
outstanding achievement in the finance courses.
The recipient gets the award and also has his or
her name engraved on a plaque on display at the GSP.
This years recipient of the Robichek Award is Sauren Sudov.
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>> Among the Arjay Miller scholars,
one student's academic achievement places him or her at the top of the class.
This student is designated as the Henry Ford II Scholar.
The recipient's name is engraved on a plaque on permanent display at the GSB.
The student also receives a substantial cash award.
How substantial?
It's the equivalent of a year's tuition at the GSB, so it's very substantial.
Yes, the 2016 Henry Ford Scholar is Michael Ding.
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>> That concludes the 2016 Stanford GSB graduation ceremony.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Thank you all for
coming and making this a very special day.
I invite all of you to join us now for receptions for each group of
graduates at the Knight Management Center as noted in your program.
Let's have all the graduates stand as we give them one final round of applause.
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