Alfred P. Sloan Prize Essays

  • Biography Of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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    Alfred P Sloan was born on May 23, 1875 in New Haven, CT. He died on February 17, 1966, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Alfred won many awards, the Hoover Medal, and the Richard A. Cook Gold Medal Award. Alfred P Sloan was a very recognized man. He was the CEO and President of General Motors. Alfred went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has a systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society. The Foundation has broad-based education

  • Alfred Sloan, a Brief Biography

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    Alfred Sloan Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. was born in May 1875 in New Haven, Connecticut, as the first of five children to Alfred P. Sloan, Sr. and Katherine Sloan. In 1885, he moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York. Once there, Alfred became known for his academic prowess in public schools and at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (Who Was Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.?, 2014). After initial delays in acceptance to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he went on to receive his Electrical Engineering

  • Analysis Of The Stanford Prison Experiment

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment, directed by Kyle Alvarez, was suspenseful and compelling. In 2015 the film won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival ("Awards"). The film is set at Stanford University, where Psychology professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo set up a mock prison experiment. He and his colleagues selected college students to play as guards and prisoners for their prison by conducting interviews. The purpose of the experiment