1.   Stanford #1

 

2.   Seachange in Corporate Governance within a month

            Alan Greenspan (3/26) & Walter Hewlett v. HP

 

3.  Greenspan – limitations of economist mode

      A.  Myth of Independent Director – Drucker

 

      B.  CEO dominant paradigm – CEO pay – power over Congress

                                   - Proxy Contests – power over shareholders

 

      C.  Institutional Investor = Disinterested?

 

4.   Institutional Investor World

 

      NGI – Pension Funds – Universities

 

      Federal Law of Ownership – Unenforced

 

5.   Walter Hewlett’s Proxy Contest & Suits

 

     Can shareholders ever win?

 

     Need for Proxy Campaign Reform - $ expended

                                                            - company power

 

Improper use of Power ▪ DAM

 

Votes of Compaq & HP ERISA fiduciaries

 

DOL

 

6.   How did Stanford vote? – The responsibility of #1

 

7.   “To Harvard with Love”

 

            - Need for shareholder base

 

            - Corruption of fiduciaries

 

            - Who else to lead.