College of Business Historical Timeline
1851 - Present
Our Heritage and Beginning (1851-1950)
1851  The West Florida Seminary was founded.
1857 The West Florida Seminary began operating
officially.
1863 The Florida Legislature changed
the West Florida Seminary to the Florida Military
and
Collegiate Institute.
 1901 The Institute becomes the Florida
State
College,
a four-year institution organized into
four departments:
the College, the School for
Teachers,
the School of Music, and the
College Academy.
1905 The Florida State College becomes
the
Florida
Female College.
1909 The Florida Female College is changed
to the
Florida
State College for Women (FSCW).
1916 Two-year business course leading to a
diploma is offered which includes both secretarial
and accounting courses.
1925 Business course is developed into
a four-year program leading to a degree.
1930 The Department of Commerce is merged
into the Department of Economics
and
Commerce.
1937 Distributive courses, advertising
and salesmanship are offered.
1947 Florida State College for Women by statute
is reorganized to become the Florida
State
University and men are admitted to the University.
The Take-Off Period (1950-1953)
 1950 The FSU School of Business is established
and J. Frank Dame is
appointed
the first dean of the School of Business.
The
Departments of Baking and Management are established.
1951 Courses and curriculum are revised to
offer undergraduate majors in
the
fields of accounting, advertising, baking science and management,
business
teacher education, finance and banking, general business
administration,
industrial management, insurance and real estate,
management,
marketing, personnel management, public relations,
restaurant
and hotel management,
retailing, sales
management,
secretarial
science and transportation. Graduate courses in the fields
of
accounting, business education, general marketing, management,
and restaurant and hotel management are offered.
Development and Expansion (1953-1973)
 1953 Charles A. Rovetta is appointed the second
dean of the School of
Business.
1954 The Master of Science in Restaurant
and Hotel Management begins.
1955 The Florida Legislature appropriates
$1 million for School of Business
building.
1958 The new School of Business building opens
its doors in the fall. The
first computer
at FSU is installed in the School of Business (IBM 650)
and professor
Ashby Stiff initiates
Little Dinner Series.
1960 The Master of Business Administration
(MBA) Program begins.
1962 The Undergraduate Business Program is
accredited by AACSB.
1964 The Master of Business Administration
Program is accredited by AACSB.
1965 The Doctoral Program in Business Administration
(DBA) Program begins and is
accredited.
1966 The undergraduate Multinational Business
Program begins.
1970 The European Summer Study Program in
Hospitality Administration is established
The
Juris Doctorate/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA) Program is
established
in cooperation with College of Law.
Turbulence, Growth, and Maturity (1973-1991)
1973  Dean Charles Rovetta retires and E. Ray
Solomon is named Acting Dean.
Assistant
deanships are established (William Anthony-Assistant Dean
for Professional
Development; Richard Baker-Assistant Dean of
Graduate Studies; and
E. Joe Nosari-Assistant Dean of Student
Affairs
and Undergraduate Programs).
1974 The School of Business is designated the
College of Business.
E.
Ray Solomon is named the third dean of the College of Business.
The
undergraduate Real Estate Program begins.
Off-campus
Business Program at FSU’s Panama Canal Zone Branch
begins
1975 The undergraduate and masters Business
Programs are reaccredited
by AACSB.
The
College of Business Alumni Association is organized.
The Master
of Science in Management of Real Estate Program begins.
1978 The Business Advisory Board is formed.
1980 The undergraduate Purchasing and Materials
Management major begins.
Plans
for a new College of Business building are in process.
 1981 The Florida Legislature appropriates $9 million
for the
new addition and renovation of
business building.
1982 The undergraduate Business Program is
established
as a limited access program
requiring
at least a 2.5 GPA for admission.
1984 Construction of the new and renovated
business building
is completed and dedicated
as the Charles
A. Rovetta Building.
1986 A program concentration in Entrepreneurship
and
Small Business Management (ESBM)
begins.
The
Department of Information and
Management
Sciences (IMS) is established.
1988 The part-time evening MBA program begins.
The
minimum GPA required for admission to
the business
undergraduate program
changed from 2.50 to 2.60.
1990 E. Ray Solomon retires as Dean.
 Technology, Diversity, and Outreach (1991-2004)
1991 Melvin T. Stith is appointed as
the fourth Dean of College of Business.
1993 The undergraduate Operations Management
Program begins.
The
Charles A. Bruning Distinguished Speaker Series is established.
1995 The
Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship is established with
a $1
million cash gift from the Moran family.
The
minimum GPA for undergraduate admissions is changed from
2.60 to 2.30.
 1996 The
College of Business Technology Center is
completed.
The
Executive Management Program is established.
1997 The
Master of Science in Management Information Systems
(MIS) begins and the
Management Information Systems (MIS)
approved
as a degree program.
1998 Carl
DeSantis establishes the Carl DeSantis Center for
Executive Management
Education with a $2 million gift.
The
annual E. Ray Solomon Golf Tournament is
established.
1999 Jim
and Jan Moran and the JM Family Enterprises give an
additional $2 million to
the Jim Moran Institute for Global
Entrepreneurship.
2000 Robert & Nancy
Dedman give $7 million gift to
establish the Dedman Endowment in
Hospitality,
the largest gift received by the College
of Business.
The
minimum GPA for undergraduate admissions is changed from 2.30 to 2.60.
2003  The
Hall of Fame event is established.
The
minimum GPA for undergraduate admissions is changed
from
2.60 to 2.75.
2004 Dean Stith resigns as Dean.
E.
Joe Nosari is appointed as Interim Dean.
The online
MBA program begins.
The
JMI celebrates its 10th Anniversary.
The
minimum GPA for undergraduate admissions is changed
from 2.75 to 2.90.
Caryn L. Beck-Dudley (2006-present)
2006 Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley is appointed
the fifth dean of the
College of Business.
2008 The Gene Taylor/Bank of America Center for Banking &
Financial Studies is established by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation with a
grant of $2 million on January 16.
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