COVER STORY
Merton Miller: 1923-2000
A Giant of Modern Finance
The University of Chicago, the Graduate School of Business, and corporate finance lost an irreplaceable asset when Merton H. Miller died June 3 at age 77. Perhaps longtime colleague Eugene F. Fama best expressed the loss in an e-mail to faculty on the morning of Miller’s death: “The university and the school have lost one of their defining beacons.”

By Melissa M. Bernardoni

FEATURE
The Thrill of the Next Big Thing
George H. Conrades, XP-28 (’71)
A taste for speed and quality have kept George H. Conrades, XP-28 (’71), on the cutting edge for more than three decades. At 61, the chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies shows no sign of slowing down.

By John T. Slania

FEATURE
E-Commerce and the Future of Finance
A Guide to the New Economy
Alumni and faculty address today’s hot topics at two recent GSB-sponsored conferences.

By John T. Slania and Susan DeGrane