Frank Aguilar of HBS dies at 80
Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Emeritus Francis J. Aguilar, an authority on strategic planning and general management who also made his mark on generations of students as a gifted and caring teacher, died on Feb. 17 in Portsmouth, N.H., at the age of 80. He had been battling gallbladder cancer for the past three years. He was a member of the active HBS faculty for more than three decades. He joined the HBS faculty in 1964 while still a doctoral student and became a full professor with tenure in 1971. “Frank Aguilar was a serious student and insightful observer of what general managers do and how they do it,” said Stephen A. Greyser, the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, and a longtime friend and colleague of Aguilar. “For more than 30 years, Frank helped countless students and practitioners understand the complex responsibilities facing business leaders through his exemplary...