60 Years at the Kogod School of Business
American University’s Kogod School of Business is celebrating it’s 60th birthday this year. Here are a few memorable moments from the past six decades that best illustrate the school’s tradition of creating business leaders.
1955: American University established a School of Business Administration, which became responsible for the largest enrollment in the university at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (SBA offered 37 undergraduate courses and more than 100 graduate courses, as well as non-credit and certificate programs). The McKinley Building served as the original home of the School of Business Administration and Nathan Baily served as the school’s first dean.
1962: The full-time business faculty had doubled in size and SBA offices were moved to the Hamilton Building. SBA established new Centers for Transportation and Logistics Research, and Military Management, as well as a Center for the Study of Private Enterprise.
1980: SBA’s name is changed to the Kogod College of Business Administration after Robert Kogod, an SBA alumni and local real estate magnate, bestows a large endowment on the school. The newly renamed school’s faculty and staff moved into the newly-refurbished Battelle Building.
1989: Kogod faculty at work in the Calomiris Computer Lab in 1989, which was funded through a generous donation from alumnus W. Donald Calomiris.
1991: The Kogod College of Business Administration received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for the first time.
2008: The Kogod Center for Career Development (KCCD) opens, providing all students with comprehensive career preparation and planning skills.
2012: Kogod launches its Professional MBA (PMBA) designed for working professionals in a 27-month cohort style and includes a lockstep schedule of classes on campus combined with online interactions and a global travel experience.
You can read more Kogod moments at this special Kogod 60 Years website put together by the school.
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