Holcombe green biography of christopher

Manager, analyst point to Dickinson's liberal-arts education as key to success

by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

Two Dickinsonians work together at a top global financial-advisory and asset-management firm.

The manager took an indirect route, majoring in philosophy and switching careers before rising up the ranks in finance. The analyst, a former international business & management major, chose her path early on. Both say that the liberal-arts educations they received at Dickinson two decades apart helped set them apart from the crowd.

Communication and clarity

Holcombe Green III ’92, the philosophy major, was active on campus, and he enjoyed nearly all his classes.

But it’s the classroom discussions in his major subject that stand out to him most. “I learned how to write well, and I liked the questions that those classes inspired,” he rememb