Alum teaches young workers how to lead—and belay
Michael Kester had sketched out a career in public service or public office, but the study of philosophy and leadership broadened his horizons
Michael Kester knows when to shift gears. He was a first-year business student at the 91Թ in the early 1990s when he took an introduction to philosophy course and was hooked.
“It just felt right. It felt like this is what the college experience should be,” he recalled recently. “It forced me to think differently, to challenge my own biases, ask myself questions I wouldn’t have otherwise