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History of the Industrial Administration
Department 1955-1980
(pdf) By W.H. Thompson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus School of Business Administration Iowa State University College of Business Timeline 2004 - Gerdin Business Building Dedicated February 20 - John Ganoe, executive vice president corporate development of Wells Fargo and Company, was the spring Executive in Residence - College of Business and the College of Engineering offer a new Engineering BS/MBA concurrent degree - Two new MBA specializations announced in international business and supply chain management - Double degree offered in MBA/Master of Science in Information Systems - College hosts first Marketing Distinguished Speaker Series - College hosts Big 12 MIS Symposium in April 2003 - Kathryn Wieland is named director of Business Career Services - College announces partnership with Iowa Manufacturing Extension Partnership (IMEP) creating the Business Partnership Development Program. - The College of Business and the College of Agriculture offer a minor in Sustainable Agriculture for the Ag MBA program - New interdisciplinary program for a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction announced - Ruan Chair in Transportation and Logistics (Deferred) established - Raisbeck Professorship/Chair established - The College of Business and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences offer a new MBA specialization in Family Financial Planning -Ric Jurgens, CEO, president, COO of Hy-Vee, Inc., was the fall Executive in Residence - Entrepreneurial Learning Community announced 2002 - Labh S. Hira appointed dean - Jon Ryan named state director of the Iowa Small Business Development Centers - Deloris Wright Endowed Chair in Finance (Deferred) established - First part-time MBA students graduate - 10th anniversary of the full-time MBA program - Gary M. Christensen, president and CEO of Pella Corporation, was the fall Executive in Residence 2001 - Masters of Information Systems program launched - Benjamin Allen moves to interim external affairs vice president for Iowa State University - Labh S. Hira named interim dean - Groundbreaking and Iowa Regents approve name for the Gerdin Business Building - Orville and Kay Steil Professorship (Deferred) established - David J. Robino, former vice chairman of Gateway, Inc., was the spring Executive in Residence 2000 - College of Business ranks 3rd in enrollment - John and Ruth DeVries establish the John and Ruth DeVries Endowed Chair in Business - Re-accreditation by AACSB - College offers e-commerce certificate - Gerdin Business Building receives Regents approval - Masters of Accounting program was approved by Iowa Board of Regents - C. Richard Stark, president of Iowa Commodities, Ltd., was the spring Executive in Residence 1999 -Regents approve an ISU Des Moines part-time MBA program -Productions/Operations Management major established - Steve and Becky Smith Endowed Chairs in Business (Deferred) established - Dermot Hayes named Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair - Roger G. Darcy, senior vice president of General Mills, Incorporated, was the Voorhees Lecture guest speaker 1998 -College of Business initiative launched with $10 million gift from Russell and Ann Gerdin -CyTech Challenge established - The Union Pacific Professorship for Information Systems established - R. Brad Martin, chairman and CEO of Saks, Incorporated was the fall Executive in Residence 1997 - Dennis Purdum, vice chairman of Ernst and Young LLP, was the spring Executive in Residence - Steve Carter named director of the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship 1996 - Michael J. Birck, founder, president, and CEO of Tellabs. was the first Executive in Residence - Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship established - Roger P. Murphy Professorship in Accounting (Deferred) established - Richard O. Jacobson, founder, president, and CEO of Jacobson Warehouse and Jacobson Transportation, was the fall Executive in Resident 1995 - Benjamin J. Allen named dean of College of Business - Business Day becomes Business Week 1994 - Tenth anniversary of the College of Business - Benjamin J. Allen named interim dean of College of Business - Dean David L. Shrock leaves for University of South Carolina - Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the American Trucking Association, was the Voorhees Distinguished Lecture Series guest speaker 1993 - Management Information Systems major established - R. Dale Voorhees Lecture Series inaugurated - Murray G. Bacon Center for Ethics in Business dedicated - U.S. Information Agency training and development grant received 1992 - National Science foundation research grant received - Saturday MBA program launched 1991 - College receives initial American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation - Name changed to College of Business - Pre-business students transferred to the college - U.S. Agency for International Development interdisciplinary training and development grant received - Donna J. Fuller Endowed Accounting Professorship (Deferred) established 1990 - First College development director named 1989 - Principal Computer Laboratory opened - Dean Charles B. Handy retires - David L. Shrock named dean 1988 - Union Pacific/Charles B. Handy Professorship established - Max Wortman named Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair - Benjamin Allen named first director of the Midwest Transportation Center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation - Arthur Andersen Computer Laboratory opened 1987 - First transportation conference held with keynote speaker Elizabeth H.Dole, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 1986 - Center for Professional and Executive Development (CPED) established - First Fulbright Scholar at College of Business Administration - Iowa Small Business Development Centers transferred to College 1985 - MBA Program approved by Board of Regents and first students admitted - Student-run Business Day inaugurated 1984 - College of Business Administration established - Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair established - Career Development and Placement Office established - College of Business Administration Citation of Achievement established - John D. DeVries Service Award established - First BBA degrees awarded to 205 fall semester College of Business Administration graduates 1980 - School of Business Administration formed 1978 - Charles B. Handy named as head of business programs 1975 - Lynn J. Loudenback named department chair 1969 -Department moves into Carver Hall 1968 - William H. Thompson named department chair 1959 Department of Industrial Administration becomes a part of the new College of Science and Humanities 1955 - William H. Schrampfer named department head - Department of Industrial Administration established January 15 1953 -The accounting program qualifies as a major for the CPA examination Late 1930's - Name changed to Industrial Economics in the Department of Economics and Sociology 1929 - 1930 - Name changed from Business Engineering to Engineering Economics 1920's - Business courses offered in the Department of Economics |
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