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October 4, 1965, is first day of class |
| 1965 |
School name is Graduate School of Administration |
| 1965 |
Founding Faculty: Fred Tonge, Jr. |
| 1981 |
Corporate Partners Program introduced |
| 1985 |
Endowment reaches $1 million dollars |
| 1985 |
School gains international recognition for its integrated information technology curriculum |
| 1986 |
EMBA program introduced |
| 1986 |
Robert Gumbiner Health Care Management Endowed Chair awarded to Professor Paul J. Feldstein |
| 1987 |
Alumni Base reaches 1000 |
| 1987 |
School earns AACSB accreditation |
| 1988 |
Walter B. Gerken Chair in Enterprise and Society Endowed Chair awarded to Professor Richard B. McKenzie |
| 1989 |
New Graduate School of Management building, designed by Robert Venturi, is dedicated |
| 1990 |
FEMBA program introduced |
| 1991 |
Executive Education Programs launched |
| 1991 |
Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations (CRITO) is launched |
| 1997 |
HCEMBA program introduced |
| 1997 |
UC Irvine Business School enters Top 50 ranking (US News & World Report) |
| 1998 |
Taco Bell Endowed Chair in Information Technology Management awarded to Ken Kraemer |
| 1998 |
Center for Leadership Development (now the Center for Global Leadership) launched |
| 2002 |
School expands into MPAA building |
| 2003 |
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (now the Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship) launched |
| 2004 |
Paul Merage Family Foundation pledges $30 million to business school |
| 2004 |
Alumni Base reaches 5000 |
| 2004 |
School Endowment Fund reaches $5 million |
| 2005 |
Graduate School of Management is renamed The Paul Merage School of Business |
| 2005 |
Center for Investment and Wealth Management launched |
| 2005 |
Dean's Leadershp Circle launched |
| 2006 |
Merage Chair in Business Growth awarded to Dean’s Professor David Hirshleifer |
| 2006 |
Center for Real Estate launched |
| 2006 |
AACSB Bridge Program (educating future business school educators) introduced (developed and taught at UC Irvine) |
| 2007 |
The Beall Family Foundation pledges $6.6 million to rename The Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
| 2007 |
Center for Health Care Management and Policy is launched |
| 2007 |
Emeritus Professor Edward A. Dickson Endowed Chair awarded to Emeritus Professor Lyman W. Porter |
| 2007 |
School Endowment Fund reaches $15 million |
| 2008 |
Undergraduate Business Major Introduced |
| 2009 |
Taco Bell Endowed Chair in Information Technology Management awarded to Professor Vijay Gurbaxani |
| 2010 |
Dean Andrew Policano chairs AACSB, the top international accreditation organization for business schools |
| 2010 |
John S. and Marilyn Long Institute for US-China Business and Law launched with $2.5 million gift |
| 2011 |
First Undergraduate Business Majors walk at commencement (9 graduate on the leading edge of Class of 2012) |
| 2011 |
School Endowment Fund reaches $25 million |
| 2012 |
Center for Digital Transformation is launched |
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