Doris Drucker Women in Leadership

A new scholarship program has been launched by the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management designed to honor Doris Drucker, who was the wife of famed management scholar and social philosopher Peter Drucker for 68 years. This scholarship will reward talented and exceptional women to enter careers in management and leadership. Dean Ira Jackson announced a generous $1 million contribution by Masatoshi Ito to fund the first class of five Doris Drucker Fellows to be awarded for Fall 2008.

Doris Drucker, a native of Germany, met Peter while a graduate student in England, where they had both fled to avoid the rise of fascism. They married in 1937 in London, and raised four children. As a family, they moved to Claremont, California in 1971, when Peter became a professor at Claremont Graduate University, where the graduate school of management was named in his honor. Doris received her master’s in physics from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1963. She is the author of an autobiography, entitled, “Invent Radium or I Will Pull Your Hair,” and is a scientific inventor. At age 96, she leads a vigorous life, lecturing on a wide variety of topics, regularly playing tennis and lifting weights, climbing mountains, and traveling extensively around the world, especially with her children and grandchildren.

The Doris Drucker Fellowship is intended to provide scholarship assistance for the most deserving women candidates who apply to the Drucker School. A special selection committee, chaired by Drucker School Professor Jean Lipman-Blumen, and consisting of Drucker School Professor Jenny Darroch, MBA Director Janine Luzano, and Doris Drucker herself, will evaluate prospective Doris Drucker Fellows in order to make final award decisions.

• We’re seeking MBA students based on their exceptional ability and background, who have already shown leadership and social responsibility in society and in their community. Also, the prestigious fellowship will be determined on our assessment of a student’s potential to pursue a highly successful career in a leadership role.
• Recipients of the 2008 scholarship must begin the MBA program at the Drucker School in the Fall of 2008. Recipients must maintain full-time status to receive this scholarship.  However, we will review applications requesting part-time status based on the strength of their application. 
• Current Drucker students are not eligible for the Doris Drucker Women in Leadership program.

As a Doris Drucker Women in Leadership Fellow, you will be provided with the following opportunities:

1. A scholarship to cover 40% of the total cost of tuition, 
2. A faculty advisor who will serve as mentors and advise Women Fellows with their career path, 
3. Participation in a social project 
4. A chance for a summer internship and an opportunity to gain meaningful work experience by exploring jobs in various industries and work environments,
5. The opportunity to meet with Doris Drucker and have monthly meetings with Dean Ira Jackson and other fellowship recipients to discuss the strategy for the Drucker School and to review your own career objectives.

Important rules and deadlines:

• In order to be considered for the Doris Drucker Women in Leadership Fellowship, you must have submitted a CGU application and fellowship essay by March 1, 2008. Apply online at www.cgu.edu/applydrucker and check off the box marked Project 1000 Applicant to receive an application fee waiver. 
• Please send a 2 page essay addressing the following:  Choose a project that addresses challenges facing women in business that you would like to explore at the Drucker School.  In your essay, you should demonstrate innovative ways of incorporating your accomplishments and academic background to aid you in executing the project.  Essay should include your first and last name and must be emailed to Brandon Tuck at Brandon.tuck@cgu.edu. In the subject line, please include Doris Drucker Women in Leadership Fellowship. 
• Award letters will be mailed to recipients on March 21, 2008. 
• Recipients must make their acceptance decision by March 31, 2008.