Although there may be doubts about Sahlman'sadministrative ability, faculty membersuniversally praise him as an excellent teacher.
"He's an enormously respected classroomteacher," said a professor who requestedanonymity.
"There are two things involved: He created aterrific course, and he teaches the terrificcourse terrifically," the professor added, citing"Enterpreneurial Finance" as "one of the mosthighly regarded courses [by students]."
"Sahlman is tremendously popular amongstudents," said another professor who alsorequested anonymity.
Last year, about 400 students--over 50 percentof the School's second-year class--enrolled inSahlman's course.
Background
Sahlman earned an A.B. in Economics fromPrinceton and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in BusinessEconomics at Harvard.
Sahlman and his family can occasionally befound canoeing on Squan Lake in New Hampshire,colleagues said