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.