Washington Business Week celebrates "50 Magical Years"

In 1975, Central Washington University (CWU) President, Dr. Jim Brooke, proposed a simple idea: create a week-long summer camp at CWU to introduce high school students to the nation’s free-enterprise system while rubbing shoulders with leaders who own and run businesses.

Brooke’s team developed a computer simulation---the operating system for Business Week. It became the blueprint for a start-up b...