A century after his birth in 1922, 亨利·布洛赫继续对堪萨斯城的创业景观和塑造未来几代商业领袖产生强大的影响.
“亨利在布洛赫学校是一个真正的存在,并且仍然存在,” said Brian Klaas, Dean of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management. “I loved watching Henry with our students. He demonstrated such humility and kindness. 他非常支持他们,并试图给他们一个真正能帮助他们生活的信息.”
This year, 布洛赫学校庆祝亨利诞辰100周年,这是他的另一个不可思议的里程碑, the grand reopening of Bloch Heritage Hall. The historic hall, located on UMKC’s Volker Campus, 自2021年初以来一直关闭,同时进行了1700万美元的大规模翻新. On July 30, 学校将通过展示他们的作品和布洛赫遗产大厅的新时代来纪念亨利诞辰100周年.
“盛大的重新开放是纪念亨利的合适方式,”副院长西德恩·沃德(Sidne Ward)说. “就像亨利本人一样,重新设计将是一种变革. It will improve the student experience, enhance learning and student achievement, 帮助学生融入学校和彼此,开启他们的职业生涯.”
Students, alumni, community partners, 我们鼓励全体教职员工参加庆祝活动,并在周六参观新设施, July 30, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. The event is casual, family friendly, and as Henry would have wanted, there will be birthday cake, ice cream, food and activities for all ages.
庆祝活动还将在整个布洛赫校园举办特别活动,让布洛赫学校社区的成员回顾亨利的许多成就,并反思他在社区中继续感受到的影响.
![Portrait of Henry W. Bloch](july-pics/henry_bloch_portrait.jpg)
“庆祝亨利诞辰100周年,让我们有机会庆祝他独特的创业精神, 哪个专注于取得成功,让世界变得更美好,” said Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal.
“亨利对堪萨斯大学堪萨斯分校和堪萨斯城社区的慷慨捐赠,帮助塑造了这座城市的景观,以及这里的商业运作方式,” Klaas said. “More than just financially, 亨利选择回馈社会的方式为其他人树立了榜样. The lesson Henry offered was ‘work to be successful,但要始终以与你的价值观一致的方式工作,并以对你的社区和社会做出积极贡献的方式工作.”
这些价值观继续指导着布洛赫学院为学生毕业后的成功做好准备的方式.
“亨利在他的职业生涯中表现出的一些东西是谦卑, modesty, integrity,” added Klaas. “他还表现出了勇气和大胆的意愿. 我们在整个节目中所做的就是强调这些美德.”
For example, 像Bloch launpad这样的特殊奖学金项目包含了社区服务和社区建设的元素, alongside conventional internship opportunities. Trevor Davis, a senior accounting major, said the program not only made college affordable, but also defined his entire student experience.
戴维斯说:“它真的把我带出了教室,让我知道大学毕业后会发生什么。.
戴维斯说,他很期待见到亨利——可能会在他频繁的校园访问中遇到他——并亲自感谢他由布洛赫家族基金会资助的奖学金. Unfortunately, Davis never had the opportunity. Henry passed away in 2019 at age 96.
Still, 在像戴维斯这样的学生转变为未来的商业领袖时,亨利受人尊敬的美德将继续存在.
“At a school surrounded by his legacy, 你吸收了教授们对他的一些评价,” Davis said. “我学到的最重要的事情就是在与人交往时要真诚, and that will carry you a long way in your career.”