Smith Business Magazine: Special Silver Jubilee Edition - Magazine - Page 25
1938
1936
1942
The Department of
Economics and Business
Administration becomes
the College of Commerce.
W. Mackenzie Stevens is
appointed its first dean.
1939
The College of Commerce
is renamed the College
of Business and Public
Administration (BPA).
1950
1947
With the end of World War
II, enrollment increases and
the college confers its first
five MBA degrees.
1987
1975
Part-time MBA programs
begin in Shady Grove and
College Park, Md.
1979
Michael D. Dingman
gives $2M to establish
the Dingman Center for
Entrepreneurship, one of
the first such centers in
the nation.
1999
1995
The College of Business and
Management becomes the
Maryland Business School.
1998
Robert H. Smith ’50 pledges
$15M. The school is renamed
the Robert H. Smith School
of Business.
2015
The school receives a $10M
gift from the Robert H.
Smith Family Foundation
to support MBA scholarships,
undergraduate leadership
programs and facility
enhancements.
2021
The school appoints Prabhudev
Konana as dean. New programs
launch, including Online MS
in Business Analytics, Graduate
Certificate in Technology
Management, Business Honors
program and Smith Business
Leadership Fellows.
