AACSB history

1917: The School of Commerce features the largest number of students since its establishment.

The new organization began its accreditation function in 1919 when it adopted its first standards for business degree programs.

1922: Dean Bexell plans Commerce Hall, which is erected at a cost of $180,000 and occupied for the first time during the 1922-23 school year.

1924 The Business program launches as a four-year evening certificate.

1925 USF establishes the College of Commerce and Finance, which houses the new business program.

1933: Despite the merger with the School of Business Administration at the University of Oregon, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education authorizes OAC to provide a four-year curriculum in secretarial science.

1937: Oregon Agricultural College is renamed Oregon State College.

1945 The College of Commerce and Finance is renamed the College of Business Administration.

1947-48: The Division of Business and Industry is renamed the School of Business and Technology.

1950: The School of Business and Technology is the largest school on the Oregon State College campus, with a graduating class of 319 students.

1951: Dean Maser takes a yearlong sabbatical to become an administrator of a refugee resettlement project in western Germany and Austria.

1953 The College of Business Administration is first accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and remains accredited today.

1961: Oregon State College is renamed Oregon State University.

1963: The School of Business and Technology publishes Northwest Business Management, a business magazine released four times a year, with a $4 annual subscription fee.

In 1969, a program in business administration began at SUNY Oswego.

The College of Management Science was developed in 1971, offering a range of degree programs in business administration.

The College of Business (CoB) was established in 1972.

1974: The undergraduate office plans to offer studies in hotel, motel, resort and restaurant management.

After the University of Lowell was formed in 1975, the College of Management Science grew dramatically.

1981: A computer lab is established in the school, funded largely by private dollars.

He started the Executive Advisory Council in 1985 to ensure that the CoB established and maintained positive relationships with industry leaders.

1986: An alumni group called the Young Directors Circle is established to maintain close ties with alumni, assist undergraduates in transitioning from an academic to a professional environment, and facilitate idea exchanges.

1987: The Applied Technology Group (now called Business Solutions Group) is created.

In April 1988, representatives from 150 business schools and programs across the country met in Kansas City to consider the feasibility of forming a new accrediting body based on an innovative approach.

1991: Donald F. Parker becomes dean, and the college begins a significant transformation toward the use of technology.

In July 1992, the business administration department was reorganized into the renamed School of Business.

Since 1993, AACSB International and Keizai Koho Center, a Japanese business organization, have sponsored an annual ten-day tour of Japan, during which AACSB members can study Japanese management techniques, corporate reforms, industrial technology, and business traditions.

In 1995, Monmouth College was granted university status and changed its name to Monmouth University.

1997: First class enrolls in the Professional Management Institute, a program of study designed for mid- and upper-level managers and business owners in the area.

They may also pursue a Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Healthcare Management, established in 1998.

Formerly known as the International Association for Management Education or American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, the association officially changed its name to AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in April 2001.

In October 2002, the School of Business achieved accreditation by the prestigious AACSB International -- the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

2003-04: The Austin Entrepreneurship Program at Weatherford Residential College is created and becomes one of the nation’s first living-learning environments devoted exclusively to entrepreneurship.

2004 The College of Business Administration is renamed the School of Business and Management and Malloy Hall on USF’s Hilltop campus near Golden Gate Park is dedicated as the new home for the University’s 2,135 undergraduate business students.

2005: The Close to the Customer Project launches, giving students the opportunity to develop professional skills, take on project management roles, and become workforce-ready market researchers.

2006: The university formally approves the college’s transformation into a professional school.

In addition, a joint Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and International Business was established in the fall of 2007.

2008: The College of Business celebrates its centennial.

In 2009, the School of Business Administration received a naming gift and changed its name to the Leon Hess Business School.

In 2010, to better define the mission of the Association as well as to reflect a growing global presence, the decision was made to change the name of ACBSP to Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.

In 2011, the college was renamed the Manning School of Business in honor of alumnus Robert J. Manning ’84, chairman and CEO of MFS Investment Management.

2012: The School of Design and Human Environment joins the College of Business.

2013 USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J., was named Most Admired CEO of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times, in the large nonprofit category for his commitment to innovation and dedication to the local community.

2014: OSU's first capital campaign finishes after raising $1.14 billion; the college welcomes the first cohort of Ph.D. students; Austin Hall opens in September.

2016: The College of Business opens a Portland, Oregon, headquarters to support the hybrid MBA program, 80 percent online classes administered through OSU's Ecampus and 20 percent on-site in Portland.

In the following spring, in April 2017, the school moved to its new home, the Pulichino Tong Business Center.

Prominent among the accomplishments of his tenure to-date has been the construction of Hartman Hall—the new building adjacent to Showker Hall that, at the time of its completion in the summer of 2020, represented the first phase of a state-of-the-art Learning Complex.