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...Vernon came to Harvard in 1956, and excepting brief assignments with the Department of State, the Treasury Department and the World Bank, he never left...
...Vernon's achievements continued through his two-year tenure in private enterprise, beginning in 1954, where he played a role in the creation of an American cultural icon: the M&M chocolate candy. As coordinator of the new product for Hawley and Hoops, the candy's manufacturer, Vernon was dubbed "the man who put the crunch...
...Vernon was considered the premiere scholar of the multi-national enterprise," said Porter, Vernon's colleague at KSG. "He was an astonishingly active member of the Center for Business and Government, regularly teaching two superb courses each year and continuing his steady stream of seminal books and articles...
Scheduled to teach again this fall, Vernon sent a new article to Porter for his feedback just a few days before he died...
Like Porter, Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark praised Vernon's accomplishments in a statement...