George E. Bates (professor)
For the Episcopal Bishop, see George E. Bates.
George Eugene Bates | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | September 25, 1992 Camden, Maine, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Missouri Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Spouse | Louise MacMillan |
| Children | 2 sons |
George E. Bates (1902-1992) was an American academic. He was a Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School and the editor of the Harvard Business Review.
Early life
George E. Bates graduated from the University of Missouri.[1] He also earned a master in business administrator (M.B.A.) from the Harvard Business School in 1925.[1][2]
Career
Bates started his career as an Assistant Dean at the Harvard Business School in 1925.[2] Over the course of his forty-year career as a faculty member, he became the Winston Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School.[1][2] He authored two books and many academic articles.[2] He was also the editor of the Harvard Business Review and the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin.[1][2] He became professor emeritus in 1965.[2]
In Investment Management: A Casebook, Bates presents many business cases of investment management. Reviewing it for The Journal of Finance, University of Washington professor Fred J. Mueller suggested the cases were outdated.[3] Meanwhile, French industrial economist Jacques Houssiaux said in Revue économique that the cases could not be applied to the French context, though he hoped the book would inspire French investment managers.[4]
Bates was an advisor to the Institute of Business Administration at Istanbul University in Turkey,[1] and to the government of Tunisia.[2] He participated in the 1958 expedition to the ancient city of Sardis with faculty from Harvard and Cornell University.[1]
Bates was an honorary curator of the Byzantine coins and seals section of the Fogg Museum.[2] He was the author of a book about Byzantine coins.[2] He was a fellow of the American Numismatic Society.[2]
Personal life, death and legacy
Bates was married to Louise MacMillan, and they had two sons, George and Nathaniel.[2] They resided in Concord, Massachusetts, where he was a vice president of the Emerson Hospital.[2] On his retirement in 1965, they moved to Camden, Maine.[2]
Bates was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Somerset Club, the Country Club of Brookline and the Vine Book Hunt Club.[2] He was also an honorary trustee of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.[2]
Bates died on September 25, 1992 in Camden.[1]
Bates is the namesake of an endowed chair at the Harvard Business School held by William E. Fruhan, Jr..[5]
Works
- Bates, George E. (1959). Investment Management: A Casebook. New York: McGraw-Hill. OCLC 66113099.
- Bates, George E. (1971). Byzantine Coins. Cambridge, Massassachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674089655. OCLC 185400901.
Archives and records
- George Eugene Bates papers at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "George E. Bates, 89, Investment Professor And Expert on Coins". The New York Times. October 8, 1992. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Business Professor, 90, Dies". The Harvard Crimson. October 2, 1992. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ Mueller, Fred J. (September 1960). "Review: Investment Management: A Casebook. By George E. Bates". The Journal of Finance. 15 (3): 444–445. doi:10.2307/2326202 – via JSTOR.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|registration=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Houssiaux, Jacques (January 1962). "Review: Investment Management By George E. Bates". Revue économique. 13 (1): 153–154. doi:10.2307/3498272 – via JSTOR.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|registration=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "William E. Fruhan: George E. Bates Professor, Emeritus". Harvard Business School. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
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