Bennett S. LeBow College of Business

Bennett S. LeBow College of Business
Motto Learn Here, Lead Anywhere
Established 1891
Parent institution
 Drexel University
Dean Frank Linnehan
Academic staff
 118 full-time; 35 part-time
Administrative staff
 79
Students 3,820
Undergraduates 2,800
Postgraduates 960
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Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus Urban
Affiliations AACSB
Website lebow.drexel.edu

The Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, often referred to simply as LeBow, is the business school of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in business administration to nearly 4,000 students and encompasses an alumni network of more than 30,000 business professionals.[1]

History

The Bennett S. LeBow College of Business traces its origins to the founding of the Drexel Institute in 1891 and the establishment of the Business Department in 1896. Business programs at Drexel underwent a series of transformations throughout the 20th century, which saw the department recast itself as the Drexel Secretarial School in 1914 and the Drexel School of Business Administration in 1922. By 1974, the College of Business and Administration had been formed to house all of Drexel University's business, finance, and economics programs.[2]

In 1999, Drexel University alumnus Bennett S. LeBow donated $10 million to the College of Business and Administration. This donation represented the largest individual contribution to the university in its history, a fact that was recognized by the renaming of the College of Business and Administration in LeBow's honor. That year, the school officially became known as the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business.[3]

A second donation by LeBow, totaling $45 million, became the university's new record-setting donation from an individual donor in 2010. The donation was used for the construction of Gerri C. LeBow Hall, a new, 12-story facility that replaced the aging Matheson Hall and became the central hub of Drexel University's business programs upon its dedication on October 3, 2013.[4]

Rankings

Undergraduate

Graduate

Executive MBA

Part-time MBA

Online MBA

LeBow Hall

Gerri C. LeBow Hall, home to the LeBow College of Business, was dedicated on October 3, 2013. The 12-story, 177,500-square-foot building was designed by Philadelphia's Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP, and New York’s Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP. Its exterior features approximately 67,000 square-feet of limestone and glass.[4]

Academics

Undergraduate programs

Leonard Pearlstein Business Learning Center

Graduate programs

Doctorate programs

Academic centers

LeBow has four "academic centers" that are designed to bring students and industry experts together in an effort to further knowledge and best practices in key areas of business and insustry.[7]

Notable alumni

Alumni of the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business include Raj Gupta, former President and CEO of Rohm and Haas, and Kenneth C. Dahlberg, former CEO of Science Applications International Corporation. Tom Burgoyne '88 might be the most recognizable LeBow alum: He's the man inside the Phillie Phanatic.[8]

See also

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Coordinates: 39°57′19″N 75°11′18″W / 39.95517°N 75.18835°W / 39.95517; -75.18835

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