michael spence on a number of topics.p up the wall street journal today has a beauty list of colleges and i thought it was an uncommonly smart and nuanced list. washington university doing well. the land of laurence meyer. the list, top of let's be honest. no surprise -- your stanford. help us with how you invented gasb at stanford? michael: i inherited a very healthy institution. stat. you took it further. what did you do? michael: he moved away from the social science focus. a powerfuld entrepreneurship program. we leveraged our position in silicon valley and that sort of thing. so we made some progress and it's been carried on. the two saidthat that if you are going to do this, you did it right. you reapproved rigor. how do we continue to bring rigor back into american academics? michael: it isn't just academics. we are losing it in lots of areas and it is hard to analyze something in 140 characters. so i think we are in an era fore there is headwind analysis of important things. -- i went to bank essay wherec 2010 ns

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michael charles sorresse >> fabian soto >> timothy patrick soulas >> gregory thomas spagnoletti >> donald f. spampinato, jr. >> thomas sparacio >> john anthony spataro >> robert w. spear, jr. >> robert speisman >> maynard s. spencejr. >> george edward spencer iii and my brother, peter. we miss you so much and we honor you, try to honor you by modeling your kindness, your generosity, your openness and your love. god bless america, and thank you to all who have given so much so that we can have this country that we call home. [applause] >> and my aunt danielle. i never had the chance to meet you, but i have heard so many wonderful things about you and how i like we are, such as having multiple alarms to wake us up in the morning, as my dad mentioned to me. we have our passion to run in common. one day, i want to run the new york marathon and your memory. until that day, every run i go on, i will inc. of you, and i will carry you in my heart forever. you are loved, you are missed, and you will never be forgotten. [applause] >> robert andrew spencer >> mary rubina sperando >> frank spinelli >> william e. spitz >> joseph patrick spor, jr. >> klaus johannes sprockamp >> saranya srinuan >> fitzroy st. rose >> michael f

michael charles sorresse fabian soto timothy patrick soulas gregory thomas spagnoletti donald f. spampinato, jr. thomas sparacio john anthony spataro robert w. spear, jr. robert speisman maynard s. spenceer peter we miss you so much and we try to honor you every day by modeling your kindness, generosity your openness and your love. god bless america and thank you to all who have given so much so that we can have this country that we call home. [applause] >> and my aunt danielle, i never have a chance to meet you but i've heard so many wonderful things about you and how alike we are such as having multiple alarms to wake us up in the morning as my dad mentioned. we also have our path to run in common. one day i want to run the new york marathon in your memory. but until that day comes i will think of you and carry you in my heart forever. you are loved, missed, and will never be forgotten. [applause] robert andrew spencer mary rubina sperando frank spinelli william e. spitz joseph patrick spor, jr. klaus johannes sprockamp saranya srinuan fitzroy st. rose michael f. stabile lawrence t. stack timothy m. stackpole richard james stadelberger eric adam stahlman gregory stajk alexandru liviu