Babson College Alumni
Babson may refer to: *Babson College, private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States *Babson (surname) *Babson Park, Florida, census-designated place in Florida, United States *Babson task, chess problem *Babson-United, Inc., American financial services company *Babson-Alling House The Babson-Alling House is a historic American colonial architecture, colonial house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story Georgian architecture, Georgian house was built in 1740 by William Allen, and remains one of Gloucester, Massachus ...

Babson College
Babson College is a private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Established in 1919, its central focus is on entrepreneurship education. It was founded by Roger W. Babson as an all-male business institute, but became coeducational in 1970. History 20th century On September 3, 1919, with an enrollment of twenty-seven students, the Babson Institute held its first classes in the former home of Roger and Grace Babson on Abbott Road in Wellesley Hills. Roger Babson, the founder of the school, set out to distinguish the Babson Institute from colleges offering mainly instruction in business. The Institute provided intensive training in the fundamentals of production, finance and distribution in just one academic year, rather than four. The curriculum was divided into four subject areas: practical economics, financial management, business psychology and personal efficiency (which covered topics such as ethics, personal hygiene and interpersonal relationships). The program ...
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Babson (surname)
Babson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Frederick Babson, American politician *Henry Babson (1875–1970), American businessman and horse breeder *Janis Babson (1950–1961), Canadian organ transplant donor *Marian Babson, pseudonym of Ruth Stenstreem, British writer *Roger Babson Roger Ward Babson (July 6, 1875 – March 5, 1967) was an American entrepreneur, economist, and business theorist in the first half of the 20th century. He is best remembered for founding Babson College. He also founded Webber College, now Webber ... (1875–1967), American businessman * Samuel Babson Fuld (born 1981), American baseball player and general manager {{surname, Babson ...
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Babson Park, Florida
Babson Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County, Florida, Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census. It is also the home of Webber International University. Babson Park is part of the Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland–Winter Haven, Florida, Winter Haven Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, situated roughly halfway between Tampa and Orlando. Geography Babson Park is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.9 km2 (1.5 mi2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,182 people, 367 households, and 277 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 306.3/km2 (791.4/mi2). There were 442 housing units at an average density of 114.5/km2 (295.9/mi2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.92% White (U.S. Census), White, 16.92% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 1.44% Asian (U.S ...
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Babson Task
A Babson task (or simply Babson) is a chess problem with the following properties: #White has only one , or first move, that forces checkmate in the stipulated number of moves. #Black's defences include the promotion of a certain pawn to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight. (Black may have other defences as well.) #If Black promotes, then White must promote a pawn to the same piece to which Black promoted in order to complete the solution. , the task's eponym, first conceived of the task in 1884. To devise a satisfying Babson task is regarded as one of the greatest challenges in chess composing. For almost a century, it was unknown whether such a task could exist. The Babson task is a special form of Allumwandlung, a chess problem in which the solution contains promotions to each of the four possible pieces. Such problems were already known when Babson formulated his task. Forerunners of the Babson task This 1912 problem by Wolfgang Pauly is, as it were, a three-quarter Babson ta ...
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