By the fall of 1960, the newly constructed Business Building held its first classes. In 1961 the College was first accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Classes moved to the Old Laboratory (Demonstration) School building, which would soon be called the School of Business Administration Building.
O.J. Curry named Dean of the newly established School of Business. Business classes were taught in two classrooms in the Manual Arts Building.
A computer center dedicated to the College was established. The Institute of Petroleum Accounting was created by Accounting Professor Horace Brock and industry representatives.
Dr. Clifford Hutton is appointed the new Dean in 1970. In 1972, the School of Business is now referred to as the College of Business Administration. Barry G. King is named Acting Dean.
The MBA degree is accredited by the AACSB.
UNT celebrates its 100th anniversary. A history of the College of Business was written and edited by a Centennial History Committee. Associate Dean Henry Hays named Interim Dean.
Horace Brock, Professor of Accounting, named Interim Dean. Dr. Jay A. Smith, Jr. appointed Dean.
A HISTORY OF BUSINESS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
1946
1949
1950
By Fall 1949, a student could earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. A Master’s degree in Business Administration was also added.
1958
1960-61
University enrollment totaled almost 7,000 students and about 2,500 were business students. The design and construction of a new College of Business Building begins.
1962
The College initiated its first members into the honor society of Beta Gamma Sigma and gains the university’s first computer, an IBM 1620 with 20k bytes of memory.
1966
1969
Final year for Dean Curry, culminating in getting to see the first Ph.D. students graduate this year. The enrollment of the School surpasses 3,500.
1970-72
1973
Dr. Marvin Berkeley joins the College as Dean after completing a distinguished career at Texas Instruments.
1980
1983
1984
Microcomputers made available to students: Radio Shack TRS-80 models and TI Personal Computers. The computers provided the first “word processing” available to all offices and departments in the College.
1987
1990
The accounting programs receive separate accreditation from the AACSB.
Singleton resigns in ‘95. Associate Dean Henry Hays named Interim Dean. Dean Hays named Dean of the College in 1996. Dean Hays is the first College of Business graduate to serve as Dean.
The history of the College is published on the dedication of Curry Hall on November 29, 1991. Dr. J. Clay Singleton appointed Dean.
Dr. Jared Hazleton named Dean of the College. The Murphy Enterprise Center was created.
Dean Hazleton resigns as Dean and returns to the faculty as a Professor of Finance. Associate Dean Mary S. Thibodeaux named Interim Dean.
Funding secured from the Texas Legislature to construct the new Business Leadership Building (BLB).
Dr. O. Finley Graves appointed Provost at UNT. Dr. Marilyn Wiley, CFA, Professor of Finance and Executive Associate Dean, named Dean. UNT launches four Institutes of Research Excellence including the Logistics Systems Institute.
College receives a 10-year extension of its accreditation from AACSB. Name changes from the College of Business Administration to the College of Business.
We’re celebrating our 75-year legacy at the University of North Texas with record breaking enrollment of nearly 8,000 students.
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1991
1994
1995-96
The Professional Leadership Program (PLP) was created by Dean Singleton as a cooperative effort between the University of North Texas College of Business and corporate sponsors.
1998
College receives a praiseworthy report confirming notice of re-accreditation by AACSB.
1999
2002
2004
2005
The Center for Logistics Dr. Kathleen B. Cooper Education and Research appointed as the new was created to establish Dean. partnerships between the business and academic communities. It was designed to advance the study and practice of logistics and supply chain management in Texas, the nation and around the world.
2006
2007-08
Dr. Cooper resigns as Dean. Dr. O. Finley Graves, former chair of the Department of Accounting, and current Executive Associate Dean of the college, named Interim Dean.
2009
2011
In August (one week before fall classes begin), faculty and staff move into the innovative 180,000 square foot LEED Certified BLB.
2015
2019
NOW
The College of Business is named the G. Brint Ryan College of Business when G. Brint Ryan (‘88, ‘88 M.S.) and his wife, Amanda, gifted the college $30 million, the largest donation in the university’s history. The gift will create at least six endowed chairs and provide funding for strategic academic program initiatives over seven years.