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All I needed to know . . .(Focus: MBA Programs)(Norman Bobins)(LaSalle Bank Corp.)(Interview)
Crain's Chicago Business, April, 2005 by Parmar, Arundhati
Byline: ARUNDHATI PARMAR Every year Chicago's business schools churn out another batch of MBAs eager to rule the corporate world. But are academic theories really helpful in the boardroom? We ask four CEOs to reflect on what they learned in graduate school. Norman Bobins, 62 President and CEO, LaSalle Bank Corp.
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1967 CRAIN'S: Why did you get your MBA? MR. BOBINS: My initial intention was to become a history teacher. But as I thought about getting a graduate degree in history, I realized I was a good student, but not good at languages. I did most of my undergraduate work in Byzantine and Eastern European history, which required learning to read original works in Greek and Russian. I finally realized...
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