Private Eyes
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The blog post is about Allen Pinkerton and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Archive: August 2012 (4 Posts)
A Special Kind of Moon
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
There is something about a full moon that affects us (sometimes literally!) and our admiration of it can be found in art, literature, music, and poetry. The full moon is revered in many cultures across the globe. In North America, tribes of Native Americans gave varying names to the full moons according to the season, …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
An Early History of Life Insurance
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by 2012 Junior Fellow Alec Korte. A life worth living is a life worth insuring. The above quote was the bedrock on which Judge Willard Phillips, a Massachusetts lawyer, founded the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1835. The anchor that held that bedrock firm was the leadership at the top, which …
Posted in: Business
Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Alec Korte
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
1. What is your background? Excluding five years in California, I have lived most of my life in Bowling Green, Ohio, home to its namesake university as well as the National Tractor Pulling Championship. I am currently enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, where I am studying Mechanical Engineering and, eventually, Business as part of …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions