Brunswick ME February 4, 2012, 2:36 pm  32°F wind speed: 13 mph N |
 Gerald Chertavian '87 Gerald Chertavian—a member of the Bowdoin Class of 1987 and a current trustee of the College—has been mentoring young people for most of his adult life. Today, his Boston-based company, Year Up, provides a one-year, intensive training program for urban young adults, all aimed at building opportunity. As he tells The New York Times, it’s “a matter of social justice.”
The College is among the top ten largest taxpayers in Brunswick and is the 22nd-largest private employer in the state. These are among the economic impact indicators newly updated on the Treasurer’s website. The compilation also includes the fact that Bowdoin purchased $16.3 million dollars worth of goods and services from Maine vendors, including $2.79 million from Brunswick vendors, and that Bowdoin students provided 38,248 volunteer hours to Maine organizations (of which 7,389 hours were spent tutoring local students).  Photo by Jon Cole.
Over L.L. Bean’s 100-year history, the Maine Hunting Shoe has become a larger-than-life symbol of the famous outdoor outfitter. To celebrate the company’s centennial in 2012, L.L. Bean has matched that scale with the Bean Boot Mobile, which a passing motorist recently spotted tromping down Interstate 295.
While it often seems like everything we purchase these days is made overseas, a recent study found that “U.S. manufacturers provide about 75% of the products that Americans consume.” With the right planning the study concludes, “that number could soar to 95% within a few years…conversely, if the sector remains neglected, that output could fall by half.” From Harleys to chop sticks (yes, chop sticks), here’s a list of ten popular products that are still “Made in the USA.”
Have you investigated whether your 401(k) offers international options? According to a study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute, we tend to let 401(k) plans languish. But The Wall Street Journal suggests that 2012 may be the year to make a change with tips to take full advantage of your plan.  Ken Chenault '73
American Express CEO Ken Chenault ’73 is among Advertising Age magazine’s list of the country’s top 10 forward-thinking executives. Chenault is said to be “particularly adept at understanding” that his particular brand, while making nothing, is built on something “far more elusive and hard to define.” Read the article.
From the category of learning from the mistakes of others comes advice from Sydney Finkelstein, Dartmouth’s Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business. His book Why Smart Executives Fail yields what he calls the Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives. |  | ||
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