University at Buffalo School of Management

10 Buffalo Business Autumn 2023 are useful in understanding and managing other types of organizations. The growing importance that public service agencies, health centers, government departments and educational institutions play in ensuring the desired quality of society has led to great demands and opportuni- ties for diversified faculty teaching, research and consult- ing," he wrote, noting that changing the school's name was a logical step "to give formal recognition to these broader interests and responsibilities." The school established an internship program in 1971 that allowed students to earn academic credit while undergoing onsite training at area firms and agencies. The program went on to become one of the largest in the country. In 1977, under Dean Joseph Alutto, the school launched a Center for Management Development to initiate and coordinate continuing education programs for practicing managers. He also established a Corporate Advisory Board in 1978. The big '80s The next decade was a time of considerable growth and expansion for the School of Management. A major grant in 1982 from the Jacobs family brought endowed chairs in finance and human resource management. And, as the school evolved, its sphere of influence widened far beyond the local community. In 1984, the school established the first U.S. MBA program in China, with support from the Chinese Ministry of Education and the U.S. Department of Commerce. President Ronald Reagan announced the creation of the program during a diplomatic trip to China that year; news of the announce- ment made headlines all over the world. Henry Kissinger gave the keynote address to the first graduating class in 1986 at the ceremonies held in Buffalo. Headquartered at the Dalian University of Technology, the program gradu- ated more than 200 students before being phased out in the aermath of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The last Dalian class graduated in 1991. Thanks to a $1 million gi, the Jacobs Management Center on UB's North Campus in Amherst was officially opened in 1985 and replaced Crosby Hall on the South Campus as the School of Management's home. The build- ing honors the late Louis Jacobs and his wife, the late Genevieve Bibby Jacobs, and their three sons, Jeremy M. Jacobs, the late Lawrence D. Jacobs and Max Jacobs. In an innovative approach to serving the needs of the business community, the school established the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in 1987 and has been assisting area entrepreneurs ever since. Approaching the millennium The school's global reputation was burgeoning, and the early '90s were marked by the creation of several international partnerships. With funding from a series of federal grants, the school provided instructional and consulting services in Hungary. The school also partnered with UB's English Language Institute and the University of Ottawa in 1994 to help establish a new business school at the Riga Technical University in Latvia. The Riga Business School awarded the first MBA degrees the next year. Frederick "Rick" Winter was named dean in 1994, succeeding Howard Foster, who served the school from 1990 to 1994 in what was by all accounts the longest interim dean appointment in the school's history. That same year, the school introduced the Executive MBA program, and the first class of 21 students graduated in 1996. In another global collaboration, the school reached an agreement with the Singapore Institute of Management to offer an Executive MBA in Singapore that began in 1996. Dean Winter identified five "megatrends" that were shaping business education: globalization; the need for skills beyond classroom experience; increased competi- tion; strategic alliances; and declining state and federal support. Winter reconstituted the school's Corporate Advisory Board to include distinguished alumni as well as local executives, and renamed it the Dean's Advisory Council. Members of the 1990 School of Management Precision Briefcase Drill Team practice their routine for the Buffalo St. Patrick's Day parade.

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