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The David Eccles School of Business is located on the campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school was founded as the "School of Commerce & Finance" in 1917 and subsequently changed its name to "School of Business" in 1927 although business classes were taught through the Economics & Sociology department at the university starting in 1896. The David Eccles School of Business is located on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school currently offers eight undergraduate majors, four MBA programs, five other graduate programs, a PhD program, and executive education offerings.〔http://www.business.utah.edu/〕 The Eccles School is home to over 31,000 alumni in all 50 U.S. states and many countries. The School is also home to several prominent centers and institutes including the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, the Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing, and the Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center. == History == In 1896, University of Utah business education was part of the Economics and Sociology Department. The need to expand academic offerings lead the University of Utah to establish the School of Commerce and Finance in 1917. In its first year, 126 students enrolled, over the next 80 years the enrollment figure increased over 25 times. Today, the David Eccles School of Business educates over 4100 students in six departments of study. In 1927,〔http://www.business.utah.edu/page/history〕 the name of the school was changed to "School of Business" and course divisions included Accounting, Distribution and Production, Finance, and Economics. In 1933, the first graduate degrees were awarded. The School of Business was officially accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business in August 1936. In 1955, the MBA program was instituted at the School of Business.〔http://www.business.utah.edu/page/history〕 The School's first MBA degrees were awarded in 1957, and its departments were reorganized to Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing. In 1991 a $15 million endowment was given by Eccles’ youngest daughter, Emma Eccles Jones,〔http://www.business.utah.edu/page/namesake〕 to honor the legacy of her late father, David Eccles. With that gift, the school was renamed to the David Eccles School of Business.〔http://www.deseretnews.com/article/201939/U-DEDICATES-DAVID-ECCLES-SCHOOL-OF-BUSINESS-IN-HONOR-OF-15-MILLION-GIFT-FROM-PIONEERS-KIN.html?pg=all〕〔http://www.deseretnews.com/article/187003/U-SCHOOL-OF-BUSINESS-WILL-ADD-ECCLES-TO-NAME.html?pg=all〕 David Eccles was a leading pioneer industrialist who in the latter part of the 19th century founded 48 businesses in various sectors throughout Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Eccles School of Business」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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