PVH, Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business Toast Their Partnership

PVH Corp. and the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University celebrated their new partnership Tuesday night at Calvin Klein headquarters at 209 West 39th Street.
In a packed house, PVH staffers and executives, including PVH chairman and chief executive officer Manny Chirico and president Stefan Larsson, mixed and mingled with Fordham alums and administrators, including Father Joseph M. McShane, Fordham University president; Donna Rapaccioli, dean of the Gabelli School of Business, and Mario Gabelli, donor of the The Gabelli School of Business.
Chirico said the company has donated $1 million over a five-year period to develop students into ethical and conscientious business leaders.
“I started a discussion with Fordham about a year ago,” Chirico told WWD. “In the whole education process, there’s such a focus on the marketing and technical side of the business. What about the ethics and the whole discussion of how a corporation is run, and what’s the broader purpose besides next quarter’s earnings?” he said.
A range of diverse programming and opportunities are being offered, including a quarterly lecture series, several research programs for both faculty and students and new academic offerings for undergraduate and graduate students.
Chirico said the collaboration was established “to set up a hub where we

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