The University of Michigan Ross School of Business (branded as Michigan Ross) is the

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of the

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, a

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. The school was originally established in 1924 as the School of Business Administration. Today, it offers

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, and

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degrees, as well as an

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program. Michigan Ross also collaborates with other colleges and schools at the University of Michigan to offer

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programs. Additionally, the school's Executive Education program includes a Distinguished Leader Certificate. Michigan Ross maintains the tenth largest endowment among all business schools in the United States, with a total of $435 million as of 2016.

History

Early history (1900–1923)

The first business courses were offered at the

in 1900. Economics Department Chairman

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oversaw the expanding practical courses to prepare students for business careers. The idea for the school came from the economics department. In 1918, the university's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts began issuing a Certificate of Business Administration. In 1923, University President Marion LeRoy Burton hired

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to serve as the founding dean of a new business school.

Founding (1924–1925)

The University of Michigan School of Business Administration'' was founded in 1924; it offered a two-year

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after three years of general studies. There were 14 faculty members, including one of the first women to be part of a business school. In 1925, the Bureau of Business Research was founded to facilitate and coordinate faculty research and publish research monographs and case studies.

Clare Griffin era (1926–1943)

In 1926 after serving three years, Day was replaced as dean by Clare Griffin, who initially came to the university to teach marketing. The same year, faculty member William Andrew Paton founded '' The Accounting Review''. In 1935, the school began offering a PhD in Business Administration. In 1938, the first evening

(MBA) classes were offered. In 1940, school enrollment reached 200 students. Between 1942 and 1943, a

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(BBA) degree was introduced.

Russell Stevenson era (1943–1959)

In 1943, Russell Stevenson became the school's third dean. In 1947, enrollment exceeded 1,000 students, reaching 800 BBA students and 400 MBA students by 1949. In 1948, the school opened a new building that cost $2.5 million and had a nine-story tower. The same year, prominent economist Paul McCracken joined the faculty. From 1950 to 1959, the school introduced the Public Utility Executive Program, its first stand-alone, non-degree program for continuing education of business executives.

Floyd Bond era (1960–1978)

In 1960, Floyd Bond became the school's fourth dean. The same year, the school launched its first international joint venture in Taiwan and Bond appointed a committee to better integrate global business into the school's curriculum. In 1966, Bond established the Ad Hoc Committee on Educational Programs in Business Administration for Negroes, which tried to attract more African-American students but the initiative and a number of student strikes and other protests in the following years demanded more minority enrollment. In 1971, the school began a $1.5 million expansion of the physical facilities and assembly hall. By 1971, total enrollment exceeded 1,300, more than three-quarters of whom were graduate students with 370 in the Evening MBA Program. In 1972, the school's first two alumni clubs in

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and

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, held their first meetings. In 1974, Alfred Edwards joined the faculty as a professor of business administration and director of the research division, later becoming known as the school's ambassador for diversity.

Gilbert Whitaker era (1979–1990)

In 1979, Gilbert Whitaker became the school's fifth dean and established an enlarged Office of Development & Alumni Relations. In 1980, total degree-program enrollment reached 2,000, including about 600 BBA students, while the number of faculty members exceeded 100. From 1980 to 1989, Whitaker stablished 17 joint-degree programs with other U-M units. In 1982, he announced a $15 million fundraising campaign for three new buildings, including a library. The campaign raised $17 million, and the buildings opened by 1984. In 1983, the school joined the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management and began offering a Master of Accounting degree. In 1990, the school received a federal grant to establish a Center for International Business Education.

B. Joseph White era (1990–2001)

In 1990, B. Joseph White became the school's sixth dean. In 1991, White and Associate Dean Paul Danos introduced a major MBA curriculum overhaul by initiating the Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP), a full-time, seven-week project that allowed teams of students to work on real-world business challenges for sponsor companies. After a pilot run, it became part of the MBA core curriculum in 1993. In 1995, an international MAP option was created as a separate program. In 2015, MAP became an option in the undergraduate curriculum. In 1992, the William Davidson Institute was founded. In 1995, the Tauber Institute was founded as a joint project with the College of Engineering. In 1996, the Global MBA Program is introduced, allowing students to study abroad in one-month terms. The same year, the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Environmental Management Institute was established. In 1999, the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was founded. In 2000, Sam Wyly Hall opened to house Executive Education and other programs. The same year, the number of faculty members approached 200. In 2001, the school introduced an Executive MBA Program, which targeted business leaders in supervisory positions. During White's tenure, other initiatives, such as research on how to supplement the

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, helped cement the school's reputation for innovations that produce business leaders.

Robert J. Dolan era (2001–2011)

In 2001, Robert J. Dolan became the school's seventh dean. In 2002, the John R. and Georgene M. Tozzi Electronic Business and Finance Center was established. In 2003, several faculty members published "Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline", a study on how to create positive organizations. The school would later found the Center for Positive Organizations. In 2004, alumnus

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donated US$100 million to the school, which was renamed the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. This was the largest-ever gift to a U.S. business school and to the University of Michigan. The Ross gift funded a campus overhaul; the school demolished of existing building space and renovated or added . In 2006, the Ross Leadership Initiative, later renamed the Sanger Leadership Center, was established to improve the leadership development of MBA students. In 2009, the school's Master of Supply Chain Management degree program was introduced. The same year, the $145 million Stephen M. Ross building opened. In 2010, a Weekend MBA Program was introduced, allowing students to complete an MBA in two years while working full-time.

Alison Davis-Blake era (2011–2016)

In 2011,

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became the school's eighth and first female dean. In 2012, the Executive MBA Program was expanded to a second campus in

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. In 2013, Stephen M. Ross made a second $100 million gift as a part of a larger fundraising effort; the gift aimed "to help complete the vision of a unified business school complex, including one new building, one fully renovated building, and other improvements". The same year, a Minor in Business is offered for non-business undergraduate students. In late 2013, the school launched a major fundraising campaign. In 2014, a new 10-month Master of Management degree was introduced. The same year, the school began sponsoring the annual Positive Business Conference. During Davis-Blake's tenure, the school broadened its global presence, increasing the number of overseas experiences for students and beginning a partnership with

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. The Desai Accelerator for startup businesses—a joint effort between Ross and the

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—opened in downtown

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in 2014. The same year, Davis-Blake oversaw a large, donor-funded construction project that includes the new Jeff T. Blau Hall, as well as renovations to several older buildings on the business campus. In 2015, Davis-Blake announced that she would step down at the end of her five-year term in 2016 to pursue a broader role in higher education. In 2015, Michigan Ross announced the Alumni Advantage program that offers free lifetime open-enrollment executive education tuition for all its degree alumni and half-price tuition for non-Ross UM alumni. In 2016, the Jeff T. Blau Hall and the renovated Kresge Hall opened.

Scott DeRue era (2016–2021)

In 2016, Scott DeRue became the school's ninth dean. He joined the Michigan Ross faculty in 2007 and has been an associate dean. In 2017, enrollment exceeded 3,000 students, including about 1,600 BBA students and 800 full-time MBA students. Nearly 40% of incoming BBA students are women, and about half are from other states.

Francine Lafontaine – Interim (2021–2022)

Francine Lafontaine stepped in as the business school's interim dean, effective May 24, 2021. Lafontaine began her academic career as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. She joined the Michigan Ross faculty as an assistant professor in 1991 and was promoted to associate professor in 1995 and to professor in 2000. She was the Jack D. Sparks – Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor of Business Administration from 2005–07 and has held the William Davidson Professor of Business Administration chair since 2010. From 2016–20, Lafontaine served as the senior associate dean for faculty and research at Michigan Ross. Prior to that, she served as the director at the Bureau of Economics for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from fall of 2014 to the end of 2015. She also was the chair of the Business Economics and Public Policy group at Ross from 2003–2012. Her research focuses on industrial organization, vertical relationships, contracting and franchising, and entrepreneurship, along with related public policy issues. She has received several research grants, including from the Sloan Foundation and the National Science Foundation. On May 19, 2022, the University of Michigan announced that it had selected Sharon F. Matusik, the culmination of an eight-month-long national search for the next dean. Matusik's term began on August 1, 2022, and ends on July 31, 2027.

Rankings

'' U.S. News & World Report'', in its 2019 ranking of top MBA programs, placed Michigan Ross seventh in its ranking of business schools in the United States; it was tied with the University of California at Berkeley's

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. In the same publication and year's BBA rankings, Michigan Ross was ranked fourth. In the most recent ''U.S. News & World Report'' for 2023, the school ranked 10th. In the most-recent U.S. News & World Report specialty rankings for 2019, Michigan Ross's full-time MBA program was ranked third in the Management and Production/Operations categories, fourth in Marketing and Accounting, fifth in Nonprofit and International, sixth in Supply Chain/Logistics, seventh in Entrepreneurship, and tenth in Finance. In 2023 ''

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'' ranked the MBA program 9th overall. In 2015, ''U.S. News & World Report'' rankings of the best U.S. undergraduate business programs ranked Ross first in the management category. Also in 2015, the BBA program ranked second in marketing, third in finance, fourth in international business and productions/operations management, and fifth in accounting. In the 2015 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, Ross was placed as the eighth-best business school in North America. In 2011, the Masters in Supply Chain program was ranked second in supply chain in the U.S. by

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. In the 2015 ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' rankings of undergraduate business schools, Ross was placed twelfth; in 2016, Ross moved up to eighth place in that list. The Ross School of Business was ranked third worldwide in 2011 for research output, and first in 2013 for sustainability by ''

''.

Facilities and institutes

University of Michigan Central Campus-Ross School of Business

Upon its establishment in 1924, the business school was located in Tappan Hall, the oldest extant classroom building on campus. The original 1894 wing was designed by the Detroit firm Spier & Rohns, and the south wing was designed by Luckenbach / Ziegelman & Partners. The school moved to its current site in 1948. Authorized by the Regents in July 1945, the site was in the northern half of a block surrounded by Monroe Street, Tappan Street, Hill Street, and Haven Street. It was purchased at the time construction was begun. Ten private dwellings were demolished for to make way for the construction, which began in August 1946. The business school was the first skyscraper on campus and was designed by architects Lee and Kenneth C. Black, of Lansing, Michigan. New York City real estate developer Stephen M. Ross (BBA '62) gave a gift of $100 million to the business school, the second largest donation ever to a U.S. business school and the largest gift to the university in its history. In recognition, the Board of Regents met in special session on September 9, 2004, to rename the school the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. New York-based architecture firm

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(KPF) designed the 270,000-square-foot building. In 2013, Ross announced a second gift to the school of $100 million. The second gift was used for facilities upgrades, including high-tech classrooms, a new career services space, and additional areas for practical research; as well as student scholarships. KPF designed this second phase, as well, including the new-construction Blau Hall, renovated Kresge Hall, and recladded Wyly Hall. In September 2017, Ross donated an additional $50 million to the school.

The William Davidson Institute

The William Davidson Institute (WDI) is a not-for-profit, independent, research and educational institute that was created in 1992 when Guardian Industries made a 20-year financial commitment to establish an institute at the University of Michigan Business School. The institute was named for Guardian Industries' chairman, president and CEO William Davidson. WDI supports international activity at the University of Michigan by funding research, hosting visiting scholars, organizing seminars and speaker series, sponsoring summer internships, and creating dynamic and current teaching materials. Since 2006, more than 1,800 MBA students have participated in more than 450 international projects. WDI's publication initiative houses a collection of international business and social impact teaching materials. A publishing subsidiary named WDI Publishing was founded in 2007.

The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise

Created in 1996 by a donation from Frederick A. Erb (BBA '47) and his wife Barbara, the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise is a partnership between the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) to provide education and opportunities for research into business sustainability. The Erb Institute's Dual-Degree MBA/MS Program, in which students earn a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School and a Master of Science from SEAS in 2 1/2 to 3 years, has received many accolades. In 2013, Michigan Ross (Erb Institute) received the top ranking for MBA programs with a Sustainability specialty
Bloomberg Business MBA Rankings

The Joel D. Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Joel D. Tauber donated $5 million in 1995 to establish the Joel D. Tauber Manufacturing Institute, which trains graduate engineering and business students in operations management. The program is run jointly with the University's College of Engineering. In 2007, the institute was renamed the (Joel D.) Tauber Institute for Global Operations to recognize increased interest from service, healthcare, IT, and retail organizations. In 2012 the institute was awarded the first UPS George D. Smith Prize from

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for its effective and innovative preparation of students to be practitioners of operations research, management science or analytics.

The Zell–Lurie Institute

The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies provides the curriculum, program initiatives, community involvement, and alumni outreach activities that provide resources for graduates of the Ross School of Business. In 1999, a $10 million donation from Samuel Zell and Ann Lurie on behalf of her husband Robert H. Lurie established the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Business School.

The Wolverine Venture Fund

The Wolverine Venture Fund (WVF) is a multimillion-dollar venture capital fund operated by the Ross School of Business. The fund was started in 1997 by Karen Bantel. The fund invests with the active involvement of MBA students, faculty assistance, and an advisory board composed of professional venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. It invests in early-stage, emerging growth companies. The Fund typically provides US$50,000 to $200,000 in seed and first-stage funding rounds with other venture capital funds and

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s. The Wolverine Venture Fund, the oldest such U.S. venture, earned $1 million when Intralase, a U-M spin-off technology company, went public.

The Center For Positive Organizations

Founded in 2002 as the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, the center's mission is "to inspire and enable leaders to build high-performing organizations that bring out the best in people". It researches topics such as positive leadership, meaning and purpose, ethics and virtues, and relationships and culture in an organizational setting. Starting in 2014, it sponsors an annual Positive Business Conference.

The Sanger Leadership Center

The Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross was named for a gift by Steve and Karen Sanger in 2015, The center offers leadership development programming for all University of Michigan students. Its signature initiatives open to U-M students include the Leadership Crisis Challenge, Impact Challenge, Story Lab, and Legacy Lab. Sanger uses leadership development theories and tools developed at Michigan Ross, such as the Michigan Model of Leadership.

Student life

Ross School of Business students publish a newspaper called the '' Monroe Street Journal'' and houses the ''Michigan Journal of Business'', the first undergraduate-level academic journal in the field of business. A Ross MBA community tradition is the Ross MBA college football tailgate, which takes place before and after every home game at "The Bus", a 1985 Ford school bus that is painted in maize and blue, Michigan's colors, and is decorated with a dance floor, a DJ on the roof, and couches in the interior. On game days, The Bus is parked in a nearby Lumber Yard for an event called the Ross MBA tailgate, which attracts over 500 students, alumni, and friends. As of 2013, this tradition had been intact for the last decade. After the bus "died" in 2013, a group of MBA students started a crowdfunding campaign on Tilt.com to purchase a new mobile tailgate bus.

''Michigan Journal of Business''

''Michigan Journal of Business'' is a biannual,

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that is published by undergraduate students at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business (

). It was established in 2007 by William Moon and publishes theses, empirical research, case studies, and theories relating to accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, operations management, information systems, business law, corporate ethics, and public policy. The editorial staff is composed of students of the University of Michigan. The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCO's Business Source Complete database. Archival issues are available at the MJB's website.

Notable alumni

Activists

* Shereef Akeel (BUS: BBA), lawyer notable for pursuing human rights and civil liberties cases * Terence A. G. Davis (BUS: MBA 1962), member of the

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for 28 years, now Secretary General of the

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and human rights activist * Rachna Dhingra (BUS: BBA), social activist working in Bhopal with the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy * Jesse Hill Jr. (BUS: MBA 1949), Chairman, President and CEO (emeritus) of Atlanta Life Insurance Co.; businessman and civil rights leader who was named the recipient of the 2006 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service * Jerry White (BUS: MBA 2005), co-founder and executive director of the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) * Hao Wu (BUS: MBA 2000), documentary filmmaker and blogger

Advertising/marketing

* John M. Fahey, Jr., (BUS: MBA 1975), president and CEO of the

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; former chairman, president and CEO of Time Life Inc * Stephen Sanger (BUS: MBA 1970), CEO of

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Arts and entertainment

* William Davidson (BUS: BBA 1947), founder of the William Davidson Institute at the Ross School of Business; chairman of Guardian Industries; owner of the

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, and

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sports teams * DJ Graffiti (BUS: BBA), Michigan-based DJ, producer and manager * Gary Gilbert (BBA), Oscar-nominated producer; founder and president of Gilbert Films, a motion picture production and financing company based in Los Angeles, California * Lynn Isenberg, author, producer, and screenwriter; best known for her trilogy of comedy novels: ''The Funeral Planner'', ''The Funeral Planner Goes to Washington'' and ''The Funeral Planner Goes Global'' * Tusshar Kapoor (BUS: BBA),

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actor * Steve Richardson (BUS: MBA), puzzle creator and founder of Stave Puzzles *David Shayman, more widely known as Disco D (BUS: BBA 2002) - producer of

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* Vienna Teng,

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pianist and singer-songwriter

Athletics

* Red Berenson, (BUS: BBA 1962, MBA 1966), former head coach of the

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team *

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(BUS: MBA 2007), General manager of the

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; former professional

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* Bill Frieder (BUS: BBA 1964), former Michigan basketball coach *

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, (BUS: BBA 1969), former NFL football player; named by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF), as its chairman in 2006 * Tom Lewand (MBA 1996), named president of the

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on December 29, 2008 * Harshvardhan Joshi (MBA 2025), mountaineer, leader of first carbon-neutral expedition to

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* William C. Martin, (BUS: MBA 1965), President (emeritus),

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* Robert Pelinka (BUS: BBA 1993, LAW: JD 1996), lawyer, sports agent and former college basketball player *

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, (LAW: JD 1961; BUS: MBA 1961), former publisher-editor of '' The Ring'' and ''Boxing Illustrated'' * Zoltan Mesko (BUS: BBA 2009), punter in the NFL

Banking/financial

* William S. Demchak, (BUS: MBA), President and Chief Executive Officer of PNC Financial Services Group. * Haluk Dinçer (BUS: MBA), President of the Retail and Insurance Group of Sabancı Holding, one of the two largest industrial and financial conglomerates of Turkey * David Kellermann, (BUS: BSBA), Chief Financial Officer of

Freddie Mac The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), commonly known as Freddie Mac, is an American publicly traded, government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), headquartered in Tysons, Virginia.Shailesh Kumar (BUS: M.B.A.), writer, entrepreneur, private investor, and founder of Value Stock Guide, a financial website providing information about investing * Herbert "Bart" H. McDade III, President and COO of

Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1850. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merril ...

at the time of its bankruptcy *

Euh Yoon-Dae Euh Yoon-Dae (; born 22 May 1945) is a South Korean professor, financier, and advisor for the South Korean government. He served as Chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea. Childhood and Educati ...

(BUS: Ph.D.), Chairman of

KB Financial Group KB Financial Group Inc. () is a financial holding company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The Group and its subsidiaries provide a broad range of banking and financial services. It is one of the domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) ...

and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea

Consulting/accounting

Gary Hamel Gary P. Hamel (born November 9, 1954) is an American management consultant. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago. Education Hamel was born on November 9, 1954, in St. Joseph, Michigan. He ...

(BUS: MBA PhD 1990), co-author of ''The Core Competence of the Corporation''; selected "Number One Guru" by

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British newspaper published weekly in printed magazine format and daily on Electronic publishing, digital platforms. It publishes stories on topics that include economics, business, geopolitics, technology and culture. M ...

magazine in 2003

Education

* Charles E. Bayless (BUS: MBA), former President of West Virginia University Institute of Technology * Söhnke M. Bartram (BUS: Ph.D.), professor in the Department of Finance at Warwick Business School * Vivian Carpenter (BUS: MBA), accounting, academic, and business executive * Wynne Chin (BUS: MBA, PhD), information systems, academic, and consultant * James Danko (BUS: MBA), president of

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study within six colleges in the arts, business, communic ...

(since 2011) * Joseph William Dellapenna (BUS: BBA), professor of law at Villanova University School of Law * Joel Demski (BUS: MBA), accounting researcher and educator * Ole-Kristian Hope (BUS: MBA), Norwegian economist; professor of accounting at the Rotman School of Management, known for his work on accounting standards and disclosure practices * Carl Lygo (BUS: MBA), British barrister, academic, and Vice-Chancellor of BPP University, a division of the Apollo Group * Douglas A. Shackelford (PhD 1990), dean of the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School * B. Joseph White (BUS: PhD 1975),16th President of the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

; former dean of the Ross School of Business * Lynn Perry Wooten (Ph.D. 1995), 9th President of

Simmons University Simmons University (previously Simmons College) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a ...

; former dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Entrepreneurs

Sam Belnavis Samuel Francis Belnavis Sr. (August 8, 1939 – July 14, 2021) was an American executive in automobile racing. Belnavis, an African-American, was one of a handful minorities to have owned a NASCAR racing team. He was the head of Roush Fenway Raci ...

(BUS: MBA), executive in automobile racing; as an African-American, one of the few minority persons to have owned a NASCAR racing team * Shailesh Kumar, businessperson; founder of Value Stock Guide * Frank Legacki, former president and CEO of Kaepa, Inc., an athletic footwear company based in San Antonio, Texas. * Sam Wyly (BUS: MBA 1957), serial entrepreneur; owner of the Bonanza Restaurants chain; founder of computer companies acquired by

Computer Associates CA Technologies, Inc., formerly Computer Associates International, Inc., and CA, Inc., was an American multinational enterprise software developer and publisher that existed from 1976 to 2018. CA grew to rank as one of the largest independent ...

SBC Communications AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the ...

, and Datran; chairman of

Sterling Software Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transacti ...

Federal Reserve/FDIC/OCC/Treasury

* L. William Seidman (BUS: MBA 1949), former 14th Chairman of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a State-owned enterprises of the United States, United States government corporation supplying deposit insurance to depositors in American commercial banks and savings banks. The FDIC was cr ...

(FDIC); vice chairman and CFO of the

Phelps Dodge Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export firm by Anson Greene Phelps and his two sons-in-law William Earle Dodge, Sr. and Daniel James. The latter two ran Phelps, James & Co., the part of the ...

Corporation (1977–1982); managing partner of Seidman & Seidman (1968–1974); Chief Commentator of

CNBC CNBC is an American List of business news channels, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning, Day ...

Government and judiciary

* Roger W. Baker (BUS: MBA), Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology for the

United States Department of Veterans Affairs The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers an ...

* John E. Braun (BUS: MBA), Republican State Senator, representing the 20th district of Washington * Lawrence E. Butler (BUS: MBA), United States Ambassador to the Republic of

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

(2002–2005) * Thomas Cane (BUS: BBA), former Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals * James Paul Churchill (BUS: BBA),

United States federal judge In the United States, a federal judge is a judge who serves on a court established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. Often called "Article III judges", federal judges include the chief justice and associate justices of the U.S. S ...

* Peter D. Clark (BUS: MBA), Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton (1991–1997) *

Howard Flight Howard Emerson Flight, Baron Flight (born 16 June 1948) is a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician in the United Kingdom and a member of the House of Lords, ''ePolitix'', 19 November 2010 who was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) ...

, (BUS: MBA), British Member of Parliament * David Hermelin, (BUS: BBA 1958), entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former

United States Ambassador to Norway The United States ambassador to Norway (formally the ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway) is the official representative of the President of the United States, president and the government of the United States of America to ...

; Ross School benefactor * John Carl Hinshaw (BUS), former

United States Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

from California *

Pete Hoekstra Cornelis Piet Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who is serving as Ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra had served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member ...

, (BUS: MBA 1977), Congressional Representative from Michigan; * H. Russel Holland (BUS: BBA 1958),

United States District Judge The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district. Each district covers one U.S. state or a portion of a state. There is at least one feder ...

* Mark Kennedy, (BUS: MBA 1983), former member of the

U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both ...

from

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

* David McKeague (BUS: BBA 1968, JD 1971), United States federal judge * Donald R. McMonagle (BUS: MBA) (Retired Colonel, USAF), Manager of Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida * Glenn Everell Mencer (BUS: BBA 1949), United States federal judge * Herizo Razafimahaleo (BUS: MBA), former politician in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

, three-time presidential candidate, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (1997–98) *

Ronald Weiser Ronald N. Weiser (born July 7, 1945) is an American businessman, philanthropist, diplomat, politician, and political fundraiser. He is the founder of McKinley Associates Inc., a real estate investment company. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Unite ...

(BUS: BBA 1966), former Ambassador to

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

Healthcare

* Ragavendra R Baliga (BUS: MBA 2004), Director of Cardiology at

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

Hospital East; co-founder of NextServices * Mahendra Bhandari (BUS: MBA), Indian surgeon * Nancy E. Dunlap (BUS: MBA), physician, researcher, and business administrator; dean of the

University of Virginia School of Medicine The University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA SOM or more commonly known as UVA Medicine) is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to The Lawn, ...

* Scott Ransom (BUS: MBA 1997), physician, consultant, researcher, investor and healthcare management expert; past President of the University of North Texas Health Science Center

Hospitality

* Cameron Read (BUS: MBA 2002), Chief Financial Officer, US & Canada, Marriott International

Industrials

* H. David Burton (BUS: MBA), the thirteenth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1995 to 2012. * Charles "Chuck" Conaway (BUS: MBA), businessman best known for having been the CEO of Kmart; former President and Chief Operating Officer of CVS Corporation *

John DeLorean John Zachary DeLorean ( ; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motor ...

(BUS: MBA 1957),

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

Group Vice President and Designer of the DeLorean * Dave Deno (BUS: MBA), former CEO of Quizno's and former COO of Yum! Brands * John V. Faraci (BUS: MBA 1974), CEO of

International Paper The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 39,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. History The company was incorporated January 31 ...

* Frederick Henderson (BUS: BBA 1980), former Chairman of GM Europe and a GM group vice president; named GM Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer in 2005 * Archie McCardell (BUS: MBA), American business leader; former chief executive officer, president, and chairman of the board at the International Harvester * Michael Roney (BUS: MBA 1981), CEO of Bunzl * Roger B. Smith (BUS: 1947, MBA 1953), former chairman and CEO of

* David N. Weidman (BUS: MBA 1980), CEO of

Celanese Celanese Corporation, formerly known as Hoechst Celanese, is an American technology and specialty materials company headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a Fortune 500 corporation. The company is the world's leading producer of acetic acid, pr ...

; member of the Board of Celanese (2004–, as chairman, 2007–); Society of Chemical Industry Chairman

Information technology

David Bohnett David C. Bohnett (born April 2, 1956) is an American philanthropist and technology entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the David Bohnett Foundation, a non-profit, grant-making organization devoted to improving society through social ...

(BUS: MBA 1980), founder and CEO of

GeoCities GeoCities, later Yahoo! GeoCities, was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest, active from 1994 to 2009. GeoCities was started in November 1 ...

* Bharat Desai (BUS: MBA 1981), co-founder, President and CEO, Syntel Inc. * Warren Lieberfarb (BUS), Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC.; serves on the board of directors of Hughes Telematics, Inc.; board member of Sirius Satellite Radio and thePlatform * Paul Saleh (BS, MS; BUS: MBA 1985), CFO,

Nextel Nextel Communications, Inc. was an American wireless service operator that merged with and ceased to exist as a subsidiary of Sprint Corporation, which would later be bought by T-Mobile US and folded into that company. Nextel in Brazil, and form ...

Communications Inc. * James R. Scapa (BUS: MBA), CEO and Chairman of

Altair Engineering Altair Engineering Inc. is an American Multinational corporation, multinational information technology company headquartered in Troy, Michigan. It provides software and cloud solutions for simulation, Internet of Things, IoT, high performance com ...

* Richard Snyder (BA 1977, BUS: MBA with distinction 1979, LAW: JD 1982, Certified Public Accountant), Chairman of the board of Gateway Inc., venture capitalist, and Governor of Michigan (2011–2019)

Journalism

* Mark Bernstein (BUS: MBA), former director of press pool operations during the

Clinton Administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following his victory over Republican in ...

* George Blaha (BUS: MBA), radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the

1976–77 NBA season The 1976–77 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Portland Trail Blazers winning their first NBA Championship in franchise history, beating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the 1 ...

Richard Lui Richard Lui () is an American author, journalist, and filmmaker. He anchors for MSNBC and NBC News. Lui is currently a breaking news anchor for NBC and MSNBC, broadcasting from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. prior to th ...

(BUS: MBA), news anchor for

MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...

and

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

Worldwide *Carol Cain (BUS: MBA 1999),

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award catego ...

Senior producer and host of ''Michigan Matters''

Real estate and infrastructure

(BUS: BBA 1962), real estate developer

Venture capital

* Christopher Ilitch (BUS: BBA 1987), president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. * William D. Johnson (BUS: MBA), principal of In-Q-Tel *

Brad Keywell Bradley A. Keywell (born October 1969) is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and executive chairman of Uptake Technologies, an industrial AI software provider. He is an early investor of Tempus AI, co-founder of Groupon, Ec ...

(BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), Managing Partner of Bristol Ventures LLC * Adam Lilling (BUS), entrepreneur and venture capitalist * Tige Savage (BUS: MBA 1998), co-founder and managing partner of

Revolution LLC Revolution LLC is an American investment firm based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2005 by AOL co-founder Steve Case, after leaving the AOL Time Warner board. The firm seeks to fund entrepreneurs who are transforming legacy industries with inn ...

Professors

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political science, political scientist who served as the 64th United States Secretary of State, United S ...

, WDI visiting scholar and former

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the ...

Kim S. Cameron Kim Sterling Cameron (born 1946) is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He was formerly the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western R ...

, academic *

, co-author of ''The Core Competence of the Corporation'' * Andrew Hoffman, business academic * Paul McCracken, advisor to presidents * Gerald C. Meyers, author and former chairman and CEO of

American Motors Corporation American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the mergers and acquisitions, merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 19 ...

(1977–1982) * Sarah Miller, health economist and winner of the 2022 ASHEcon medal * C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy * Noel Tichy, Director of Global Development at GE's Crotonville under

Jack Welch John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001. His long career at General Electric ( ...

* Marina von Neumann Whitman, Nixon's

Council of Economic Advisers The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a United States agency within the Executive Office of the President established in 1946, which advises the president of the United States on economic policy. The CEA provides much of the empirical resea ...

(1973–74) * W. Chan Kim, co-author of ''Blue Ocean Strategy''

Footnotes

References

External links

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