主要研究 今天

在70年代早期, 泰德·里斯蒂诺是圣十字学院英语专业的学生，即将毕业, “不知道”,他说, of what his future held (aside from plans to marry his girlfriend 克里斯汀 the week after graduation).

所以马上就要进入“现实世界”了,他走进圣十字安置办公室, 寻找方向. 在那里，他遇到了比尔·韦泽尔教授, visiting from 主要研究 to talk to prospective students about going to the 研究生院 在这里 in Durham.

It was a fateful encounter that would give Ted professional direction and create a lasting relationship between the Ristainos and Wetzel for decades to come.

Wetzel encouraged Ristaino to check out the MBA program at the business school at 主要研究. 几周后, 里斯坦诺一家开车来到这里，爱上了这里的校园, 海岸和州. Ted enrolled in the two-year MBA program and graduated with his MBA in 1975.

“None of us get w在这里 we are by ourselves; at my age you end up looking back and thinking about the mentors who helped you. 如果没有比尔·韦策尔，我就不会有今天的成就。.

As Ted and 克里斯汀 were building their family and careers, they stayed in touch with Wetzel. 在泰德开了自己的公司之后, 扬基设备系统公司, in 1988, Wetzel served on the board of the business as a trusted advisor for about two decades. “With Bill’s wisdom, knowledge and guidance, our company grew and flourished,泰德说.

泰德说，他在永利app新版本官网地址的时光“对我们的身份和位置至关重要”.

“Bill provided me with the footing on which to build a well-balanced, stable life,泰德说. “他对我的生活产生了巨大的影响, my family’s life and the lives of the many people who were stakeholders in our business.”

克里斯汀说，他们与韦策尔的关系对他们两人都有影响. “他真的打开了思想的大门, guided you along the path … he guided us along a path of starting a business,她说。.

韦泽尔于2018年去世, 但他的遗产将永存, and his impact is honored by the Ristainos through the William “Bill” Wetzel Scholarship, 这是他们最近给联合国大学的礼物吗.

Wetzel是主要研究的管理学教授，也是the 风险研究中心 在这里. 1978年，韦泽尔首次创造了“天使投资者”这个词, as part of a pioneering study on how entrepreneurs raised seed capital in the U.S.

在主要研究工作期间, Wetzel held the Forbes Professor of Management Chair and received numerous awards, 包括2017年保罗学院年度企业家奖, the New Hampshire High Technology Council Lifetime Creative Vision Award in 1993, 安永的 & 新英格兰年度青年企业家等等.

The 主要研究 scholarship provides merit-based support for students in Paul College, especially those who are interested in angel investing and who are members of the Rines Angel Fund.

The Ristainos hope the students who receive the scholarship emulate their own experience as students. “I always considered myself a grinder — I was not the smartest person in the class, 但我工作很努力,泰德说. “I hope students who receive this scholarship are the ones that nobody else can outwork and the ones who stay focused and use the gifts they have to the best of their abilities.”

The inaugural recipient of the scholarship is Jason Plant ’23 of Sanbornton. 工商管理专业，专注于创业研究, 普兰特是一名积极参与校园活动的优等生. 他曾担任莱茵天使基金的首席负责人, which has students acting as real-world angel investors backing exceptional New England entrepreneurs.

Plant is a fitting recipient to represent the influence that Wetzel’s research had in the fields of entrepreneurial practice and public policy in an era when that was not as commonplace as it is today.

“Bill was legitimately interested in a student’s well-being both as a student and as an individual human being, 并在他们身上成为他们所能成为的一切,泰德说. “这就是他教书的原因, 这就是为什么他指导和引导了这么多学生, 不管他们对哪个领域感兴趣.”