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Woo adds, "On my desk is a little 2" by 2" hand-crank music box mechanism from Anne. It plays 'happy birthday.' Every time I call friends to play this greeting on their birthdays, I will celebrate Anne's spirit of grace and generosity." Says Judy Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Man- agement and chair of AACSB's board of directors, "Anne was the heart and soul of the AACSB team, the glue that brought everyone together. She set the tone for excellence and inspired her colleagues to take risks, stretch further, and achieve what might seem unattainable." In her personal life, Olian says, "Anne had style, always a special piece of jewelry or unique piece of clothing. Her true passion was to be an artist full of creative flair." Olian adds, "Anne was a beautiful, gentle person, remarkably talented in A consummate and talented editor, Anne was the one who oversaw some of the association's most important new initiatives. She envisioned BizEd magazine and brought it to fruition. Farewell to a Colleague by John Fernandes I met Anne Graham in 1993 when I moved to Florida to take a position with the Institute of Internal Audi- tors. I was impressed by the way she had transformed Internal Auditor magazine from an incidental publi- cation to one that could stand with any professional magazine in the world. She brought those same transformational skills to AACSB, when she joined me here after I became CEO. We worked together through this association's revital- ization. A consummate and talented editor, Anne was the one who oversaw some of the association's most important new initiatives. She envisioned BizEd maga- zine and brought it to fruition. She was instrumental in writing the reports for several major association initiatives—the Ethics Education Task Force, the Value of Management Education, and Peace Through Com- merce. Most recently, when we worked with the United Nations on guidelines for the Principles for Responsible Management Education, Anne rewrote those guidelines into a document we could support. Anne was also a tremendous mentor to the staff, help- ing them increase their abilities and confidence. At the same time, she had a fierce sense of accountability. She would not tolerate a failed ability, a failed sense of vision. She was soft-spoken, but she could be tough as nails. Her professional abilities, however, were only one part of Anne's rich life. An avid chess player, Anne often told the story of her match with a brilliant but fidgety eight- year-old Chinese prodigy. She had once beat a chess grand master, but this boy played her to a draw. She was never able to get over that. Anne played the piano well enough to honor any orchestra; her walls were covered with her own artwork, much of it filled with yellow, her favorite color. She was a very good tennis player, and she had an excellent free- throw shot in basketball. What bothers me most is that she didn't have time to do everything she still planned to do. She was going to continue to paint, she was going to finish a novel, she was going to travel the world. Anne didn't want a memorial service. She chose to be cremated and have her ashes scattered on the Atlan- tic Ocean. Still, her love of life remains with us. When her daughter, Holly, asked her how she would like her friends to mark her passing, Anne said, "Gather everybody together for drinks. The first drink is on me." BizEd MAY/JUNE 2008 51