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- The Wharton School's first business professor was an attorney, Albert Bolles. At the time, there were no other business schools, and no business professors could be recruited elsewhere.
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The Wharton School's first business professor was an attorney, Albert Bolles. At the time, there were no other business schools, and no business professors could be recruited elsewhere. Bolles, a lawyer by education and training, and business journalist by career seemed to be the best option for Joseph Wharton. [27]
Established as the first collegiate business school in 1881, Wharton played a crucial role in transforming the study of business from a trade to a rigorous and respected profession. Here are a few of the milestones we celebrated along the way.
The list of Wharton School faculty includes notable faculty members, professors, and administrators affiliated with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1881, American entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton established the world’s first collegiate school of business at the University of Pennsylvania — a radical idea that revolutionized both business practice and higher education.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania began in 1881 when Joseph Wharton, an iron miner and a self-taught businessman, gave $100,000 to the University to found a “School of Finance and Economy,” intending to, in his own words, “instill a sense of the coming strife [in business life]: of the immense swings upward or downward ...
At Wharton, the young Canadian helped establish the first business school research center, the Industrial Research Unit (later known as Industrial Research Department or IRD), with Professor Joseph Willits (see p. 72).
Joseph Wharton (March 3, 1826 – January 11, 1909) was an American industrialist. He was involved in mining, manufacturing, and education. He founded the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founded the Bethlehem Steel company, and was one of the founders of Swarthmore College.
