College Timeline

1906
  • College of Finance, Commerce & Accounts established
  • Inaugural Business Co-op student
1912
  • College of Commerce establish
  • Frederick Hicks is appointed Dean
1919
  • Accreditation is awarded by AACSB
1946
  • College of Business Administration established
  • Francis H. Bird appointed Dean
1958
  • Inaugural MBA class
  • Kenneth Wilson appointed Dean
1966
  • Inaugural PhD class
1972
  • Albert J. Simone is appointed Dean
  • Management Development Program (Executive Education) established
  • Charter member of Small Business Institute Program
1976
  • Inaugural MS class
1979
  • Inaugural UC Executive Program (UCEP) class
1981
  • Real Estate Center established
  • Inaugural Joint MBA (JD/MBA) offered
1983
  • E. Leonard Arnoff is appointed Dean
  • Inaugural Faculty Service Award – Harold J. Grilliot Faculty Award
1986
  • Carl H. Lindner Hall is built
1988
  • Jerome E. Schnee is appointed Dean
1989
  • Goering Center for Family and Private Business established
1991
  • Inaugural Faculty Teaching Award – Michael L. Dean EXCEL Award
1993
  • Center for Productivity Improvement established
  • CoB welcomed inaugural international class from Nantes, France
1994
  • Frederick A. Russ appointed Dean
1995
  • Michael J. Magazine named first Ohio Eminent Scholar in Business
1997
  • Inaugural Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS class
  • Inaugural undergraduate CoB study-abroad class – Nantes, France
  • UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research established
1998
  • Inaugural off-campus MBA class –  Blue Ash
  • Inaugural master's CoB study-abroad class – Toulouse, France
1999
  • Economics Center for Education and Research joined CoB
  • Inaugural Staff Service Award – Phyllis Trosper Service Excellence Award
2000
  • CoB Faculty research ranked Top 40 – Academy of Management Journal
2001
  • Cleveland Foundation grant awarded for first distance-learning
2002
  • First video conference-enabled MBA Program first offered – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
2003
  • Inaugural Project Fast Track – freshman experiential learning model
  • CoB ranked Top-Tier Entrepreneurial College – Entrepreneur Magazine
2004
  • Inaugural Business Scholars class
2005
  • Inaugural BBA EXTEND class
  • Will McIntosh appointed Dean

2007

  • Marianne Lewis named Director of the Kolodzik Business Scholars program
  • 10th Anniversary Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Program
  • 10th Anniversary of the Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research
  • 30th Anniversary of the Economics Center for Education & Research

2008

  • Named Top 25 undergraduate Entrepreneurship program by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine

2009

  • Ranked by BusinessWeek among the top 100 in undergraduate business programs
  • Noted by The Princeton Review as one of the best 296 business schools
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