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Laurene Powell Jobs joining Stanford governing board

 

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Stanford University announced this week that Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, will be joining its governing board as of Oct. 1.

Powell Jobs earned a graduate degree in business at Stanford in 1991, and she also first met Jobs when she was a student at the university when he delivered a speech at the Stanford graduate business school in 1989. They had three children together: Eve, Erin and Reed.

Powell Jobs is the founder and chair of the Emerson Collective, which works with entrepreneurs to advance domestic and international social reform efforts. She also serves on the White House Council for Community Solutions, and is president of the board at the after-school program College Track, which she founded in 1997. It helps to prepare underprivileged high school students for college.

Jobs also delivered the famous 2005 commencement speech to the graduating class at Stanford, in which he reflected on life and death (included below).



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applezilla 15 Years · 941 comments

It was great to see her sitting with Chesea Clinton at the DNC the other night.

 

 

 

 

winter 15 Years · 1208 comments

Who is next to Chelsea on the right?

psych_guy 15 Years · 486 comments

That speech brings a tear to my eye every time I see it. By the way, I don't like the new theme. The cool gray of the prior theme was much easier on the eyes. The all white screen is too much to bear. There isn't enough to break it up.

anantksundaram 18 Years · 20391 comments

Clearly, the fact that she comes with a huge checkbook and bank account must have been a factor. Incidentally, I totally agree with the comments about "too much white." Very irritating to the eye. A bolder font and a slightly off-white background would help.