LeBow Timeline

1891 Drexel Institute founded

1896 Business Department renamed Department of Commerce and Finance

1922 School of Business Administration established

1926 First undergraduate degrees awarded by School of Business

1949 School of Business Administration renamed College of Business Administration

1949 Drexel awards first MBA

1951 Drexel awards first bachelor's of Business Administration

1954 Business Leader of the Year award established by George Ross '55, '99 Hon.

1966 Undergraduate business program accredited by AACSB

1977 MBA program accredited by AACSB

1985 Drexel's School of Business awards first doctorate

1994 Executive education program created

1998 First Executive MBA awarded; College's first online MBA program created

1999 College named LeBow College of Business

2001 George Tsetsekos named dean

2002 Pearlstein Business Learning Center dedicated; Krall Center for Executive Education established; Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology established at LeBow

2003 Center for Teaching Excellence founded; Sovereign Institute for Strategic Leadership established

2005 Center for Corporate Governance established; Finance Trading Lab opened

2006 Drexel MBA in Pharmaceutical Management established

2007 All programs recognized by rankings organizations, including a Top 20-ranking for the Executive MBA (Financial Times), Top 10 for Entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur magazine) and Top 10 for Part-Time MBA Programs (BusinessWeek); Malvern campus opened