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Remembering Anne Graham I Friends and staffers say goodbye to a well-loved colleague. f there's an association magazine in the afterlife, Anne Graham will surely be on the editorial board. Anne, former executive vice president and chief operating officer of AACSB International, passed away January 20 after a long fight with cancer. She was 69. Magazine publishing was her greatest professional passion. Anne was the driv- ing force behind the founding of AACSB's BizEd, which had its debut in 2001. Her vision defined the magazine's mission, to be "the world's leading source for authoritative information, ideas, and insights related to international management education." Before joining AACSB in 2000, Anne spent 12 years at the Institute of Inter- nal Auditors, first as director and editor-in-chief of Internal Auditor magazine and then as periodicals consultant. During the 1990s, she also served as president of the Florida Magazine Association and as a columnist for Folio: magazine. She was a presenter on management topics for organizations such as the American Advertising Association, the American Marketing Association, the Society of National Associa- tion Publications, the American Society of Association Executives, and the American Accounting Association. During this time, she won several state and national awards for editorial writing. But magazine publishing was only one part of her life. She was a fierce chess play- er; when she died, she was writing a novel about that game. A Ph.D. in art attested to her love of painting, and a Ph.D. in education showed her ongoing capacity to learn. She also was a concert pianist, a theatergoer, a world traveler, a mother, a sis- ter, and a friend. Fond Remembrances Paul Danos, dean of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire, first met Anne when he joined AACSB's Board of Directors. "I can't imag- ine having a better business colleague to help forge strategy, give advice, and get the message out," he says. "Hers was the best kind of feedback—to the point, sympathetic, with a clear guide for improvement, and from a person of impeccable judgment." David K. Long, retired dean of the College of Business at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, also met Anne when he was a member of the board. He says, "I always sought Anne out to find out what new creative challenge she was undertak- ing or to discover what book she could recommend. I was always the better for my time with her." The decision to launch BizEd, one of Anne's biggest projects, was questioned by more than one board member. Carolyn Woo, dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, remembers being skeptical about the need for the magazine. "Anne made her points without rancor but with confidence and passion. By the end, I knew I was listening to a pro," she says. "The quality and energy of BizEd were birthed from the eye, mind, and heart of a gifted and gracious editor." 50 BizEd MAY/JUNE 2008