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Babson

American  
[bab-suhn] / ˈbæb sən /

noun

  1. Roger Ward, 1875–1967, U.S. statistician and businessman.


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He served a stint in the military before attending Babson College and working as a trader and a consultant in digital infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Sometimes, he never even made it inside, content to chat with Babson for hours at the door; other evenings he spent in the staff offices, cramming for his medical school exams.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

“I think that’s one of the most brilliant business decisions they’ve made, and they’re expanding there because they have to,” Anjali Bal, associate professor of marketing at Babson College, said of Hallmark’s experiences business.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

In the postmortem, there will always be someone like economist Roger Babson in September 1929 who will be able to say, “I told you so.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

He’d graduated from the University of Rhode Island, earned a business degree at Babson College, and spent most of his career working sleepy jobs at sleepy life insurance companies—but all that was in the past.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis