{"id":2066,"date":"2022-12-08T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:33:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:33:25","slug":"remembering-susan-chaplinsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2022\/12\/remembering-susan-chaplinsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Susan Chaplinsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"has-dropcap\">O<\/span>ur friend and colleague, Susan Chaplinsky, passed away on November 28. So many of us have been saddened by this loss. She was a great talent and a wonderful citizen at Darden and in the wider profession. The outpouring of sentiment (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/pedro-matos-644bb633_the-world-lost-one-of-a-kind-this-week-susan-activity-7004438280175820801-b6C_\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\">this summary<\/a> on LinkedIn compiled by Pedro Matos) conveys the reach of Susan\u2019s impact. To all this, I want to offer my views as a teaching colleague, a co-author with her, and as a former Dean: she inspired me (and I believe many) with her intellect, wit, empathy, and determination.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Intellect<\/span>: Her mind was razor-sharp. We knew this from the credentials she brought to Darden. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois, she successfully braved the tough Ph.D. program at University of Chicago (with the iconic Merton Miller as her thesis supervisor), and had already impressed students, journal editors, and colleagues with her mastery of finance. She was fearless in calling out sloppy thinking but usually did so by asking questions rather than haranguing a speaker\u2014when she started asking pointed questions, you knew you were in for some course correction. Her intellectual integrity was absolute. In writing field-based case materials with her, I saw that she had an uncanny instinct for explaining the paradoxes of practice in terms of incentives and expectations that created unusual outcomes. In all, Susan strengthened our school\u2019s culture of research, discussion, and curiosity.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wit<\/span>: Susan\u2019s dry sense of humor amused students, put strangers at ease, and on occasion defused a tense faculty meeting. She didn\u2019t rely on memorized jokes or sarcasm. Rather, she bantered lightly with an audience, typically in ways to expose a surprising perspective on a subject. She was an avid sports fan, especially for the Chicago Bears, and could recount with a twinkle in her eyes the famous coaches, especially Mike Ditka and Vince Lombardi.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Empathy<\/span>: Martin Luther King once encouraged us to combine a tough mind and a tender heart, a combination that many intellectuals find impossible. Susan managed to practice the impossible. I saw her give very difficult career advice to students and colleagues\u2014but in a way that managed to lift them up. While I was Dean, I sought her advice on dilemmas and found it to be straightforward, wise, and constructive. She never left a conversation without letting you know what she thought\u2014she was direct but expressed her views in ways that created no burn. Susan\u2019s innate kindness helped to set a high tone for the entire Darden community.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Determination<\/span>: Susan never went half-way toward a goal. If she was in, she was all in. I wrote academic articles with her and saw how against the technical obstacles and critical comments from editors, she always motored on. Never in my years of acquaintance did I hear her complain about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anything<\/span>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/chicagotribune\/name\/susan-chaplinsky-obituary?id=38278377\">obituary posted by her family<\/a> noted that \u201cAt the age of 12 Susan contracted Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Prior to this Susan was tall, athletic, and active. Although health issues were to remain a part of Susan&#8217;s life, she embodied what is possible when excuses are not accepted. Her brave determination led to many accomplishments.\u201d She never talked about her health challenges\u2014nor did my colleagues or I have any reason to inquire. But I found that her quiet courage to get on with life was an inspiration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all, Susan was a tremendous contributor to the Darden community; a professional performing at a high level, an inspiration, and a warm colleague. About 15 Darden professors gathered last evening at a local pub to toast her life, work, and contributions to the community. We regaled one another with stories by and about Susan, creating a moment not of sadness, but of joy and humor\u2014I think this is the kind of memorial Susan would have enjoyed. 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