1941

School of Business established with Laurence J. Ackerman as Dean.

1947

First academic departments introduced – Accounting, Finance, Industrial Administration, Insurance, Law & Secretarial Studies, and Marketing.

1957     

Evening MBA Program at the Hartford campus is offered.

1958

The School’s undergraduate program earns accreditation by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.     

1959

Real Estate studies are added to the curriculum.

1960

Full-Time MBA Program is launched and is only open to Air Force officers.

1963

Dean Ackerman retires and is succeeded by Dean Robert O. Harvey.

1964

Full-Time MBA Program opens to civilians.

1965

Center for Real Estate & Urban Economic Studies (CREUES) is established.

1967

First undergraduate internship program is established.

1968

Standardization of Storrs, Hartford & Stamford MBA Programs occurs.

1971

All three MBA Programs earn accreditation by AACSB International.

1974

Dean Ronald J. Patten succeeds retiring Dean Harvey.

1979

Health Care Management is added as a specialization to the MBA Program.

1980

Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CSBDC) is established.

1981

Information Management becomes an academic department, spinning off from Management, and eventually becomes Operations & Information Management.

1982

Business Career Center is established through a grant from CIGNA.

1984

Thomas J. & Bette Wolff Program in Entrepreneurship is established.

1985

Both graduate and undergraduate Accounting Programs receive AACSB International accreditation.

1987

First students are admitted into the Ph.D. Program.

1988

Dean Patten retires and is succeeded by Dean David Kidwell.

1990

First students are admitted into the Executive MBA Program.

1992

Dean Kidwell resigns and is succeeded by Dean Thomas G. Gutteridge.

1993

School of Business Hall of Fame is established.

1994

The School’s first web site is established.

1995

The School is designated as one of 27 Centers for International Business Education & Research (CIBER) in the country.

1996

The first endowed chair is established – the Robert Cizik Chair in Manufacturing & Technology Management; the GE Capital Global Learning Center is established; the first Ackerman Scholars are named.

1997

UConn Downtown campus opens in the Travelers Education Center; the Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI) is established.

1998

New UConn Stamford campus opens its doors.

1999

The School breaks ground for a new state-of-the-art, $27 million learning and research facility; the Treibick Family Electronic Commerce Initiative Fund (TECI) is established.

2000

$1 million Student Managed Investment Fund is established; the Treibick Family Chair for CITI, the Gladstein Professor in Information Management and Innovation, and the Shenkman Family Chair in E-Business are established; WebCT is introduced in the School to enhance learning and facilitate online course delivery.

2001

The School opens the doors to its new home on Hillside Road; in partnership with GE, edgelab opens in Stamford providing 40 student internships; ING Center and the ING Chair in Financial Services established; Auran J. Fox Chair in E-Business is established; School completes and achieves the Kresge Challenge.

2002

BusinessWeek ranks UConn among the “Best B-Schools” in the country; Interim Dean CF Sirmans replaces Dean Gutteridge.

2003

William C. (Curt) Hunter is appointed Dean.

2004

UConn School of Business Graduate Business Learning Center and SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator open in downtown Hartford; additional $1 million is added to the Student Managed Investment Fund.

2006

Interim Dean Mo Hussein replaces Dean Hunter.

2008

P. Christopher Earley is appointed Dean; ranked by BusinessWeek in Top 45.