Harvey Mudd College president appointed to Microsoft board

Colleges & Universities A-Z Harvey Mudd College
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<p>An interesting move by MSFT:</p>

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Microsoft named a college president and computer-science professor as its 10th board member Monday.</p>

<p>The board also declared a regular quarterly dividend of 13 cents a share, up from 11 cents in the same period a year ago.</p>

<p>Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College, in Claremont, Calif., and a decorated computer scientist and mathematician, joined Chairman Bill Gates, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and seven others on Microsoft's board of directors. Gates and Ballmer praised her technical acumen.</p>

<p>Her appointment restores the board to 10 members after Jon Shirley, a former Microsoft president and director since 1984, stepped down in November.

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<p>Microsoft</a> | Harvey Mudd College president appointed to Microsoft board | Seattle Times Newspaper</p>

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<p>Does this reduce the likelihood that Linux will be taught at Mudd?</p>

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<p>A nice interview with the HMC president:</p>

<p>[New</a> Microsoft Board Member Maria Klawe on Bill Gates, College Students, and Seattle Innovation | Xconomy](<a href=“http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/03/12/new-microsoft-board-member-maria-klawe-on-bill-gates-college-students-and-seattle-innovation/]New”>http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/03/12/new-microsoft-board-member-maria-klawe-on-bill-gates-college-students-and-seattle-innovation/)</p>