Marshall School of Business
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The Marshall School of Business (also known as USC Marshall School of Business) is the business school at the University of Southern California. It is the largest of USC's 17 professional schools. Its Dean from April 2004 until February 2006 was Yash Gupta, formerly of the University of Washington. It was named after alumnus Gordon Marshall, who gave $35 million in 1997 to name the school.
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Backgound
The USC Marshall School of Business was established in 1920, it is the oldest AACSB accredited school of business in Southern California. The Entrepreneur Program, the first of its kind in the United States, was established in 1972.Campus
The main building is $20 million, 55,000 square feet Popovich Hall (named after alumni J. Kristofer Popovich and Jane Hoffman Popovich ’65, with their $5 million gift) which opened in 1999 as the most technologically advanced business school building in the United States with eight case study rooms with audio-video teleconferencing, thirteen Experiential Learning classrooms with the ability to transmit lectures and presentations throughout the building, more than 1,100 data hookups throughout the building and courtyard and more than 15 miles of fiber-optic and cable wiring in its Modern Career Resource Center. In addition, seven story Hoffman Hall (an eight story I.M. Pei designed building named for Leslie Hoffman, father of Jane Hoffman Popovich that opened in 1973) nearby houses the Crocker Business Library and Computer Services.Marshall is related to the Leventhal School of Accounting, which was named after Elaine and Kenneth Leventhal after their $25 million gift. Ph.D. degrees in accounting are offerred. Accounting classes are offerred in a renovated historic building.
In 2004, the Executive MBA (EMBA) program was available in Shanghai, China. Additionally, MBA.PM program (part-time) students can take first year classes at the Orange County campus in Irvine. In 2006, Marshall will open a San Diego satellite campus for the EMBA program.
Rankings
The part time program is a top six program and the school is considered a top 30 business school by both U.S. News & World Report and BusinessWeek (at times it has been a top 20 in both publications). Leventhal's accounting program is ranked in the top 5.The degrees offerred are multiple. In addition to the undergraduate (ranked 9th by U.S. News & World Report, 2006) and Ph.D. programs, there are:
- Marshall MBA (full-time) - ranked 29th by U.S. News & World Report, 2006, 27th by BusinessWeek
- MBA.PM (Part-time program) - ranked 5th by U.S. News & World Report, 2006
- EMBA (Executive MBA) - ranked 9th by U.S. News & World Report, 2006, 6th by BusinessWeek
- EMBA in Shanghai
- IBEAR MBA (International) - ranked 10th by U.S. News & World Report, 2006
- Master of Business Taxation - ranked 8th by U.S. News & World Report, 2006
- Master of Accounting - ranked top five by Public Accounting Report
- Master of Medical Management
- Master of Science in Business Administration
- Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization
Alumni Network
The number of alumni is over 67,000 worldwide in 44 countries. USC has the largest population of foreign alumni of any university in the U.S., and all are united as members of the "Trojan Family Network."Notable alumni
See also: List of University of Southern California people
- Marc Benioff (B.S. ’86) Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
- David Bohnett (B.S. ’78) Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
- John Campbell (M.B.T. ’77) United States Congressman
- Henry Caruso (B.S.) Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
- Yang Ho Cho (M.B.A. ’79) President and CEO of Korean Airlines and Chairman of the Hanjin Group
- Chris DeWolfe (M.B.A. ’97) Co-founder and CEO of MySpace
- Charles Elachi (M.B.A. ’78) Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Pat Gillick (B.S. ’58) General manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
- Steve Goodall (B.S., M.B.A.) President of J.D. Power and Associates
- Henry C. Gordon (M.B.A. ’66) X-20 Dyna-Soar astronaut
- Lloyd Greif (M.B.A. ’79) President and CEO of Greif & Co.
- Bradley Wayne Hughes (B.S. ’57) Founder and CEO of Public Storage
- Lenny Krayzelburg (B.S. ’98) Olympic gold medalist
- Terrence Lanni (B.S., M.B.A. ’67) Chairman and CEO of MGM MIRAGE
- General William Lyon (B.S. ’46) Chairman and CEO of William Lyon Homes
- Gordon S. Marshall (B.S. ’46) Founder of Marshall Industries and benefactor of the Marshall School of Business
- Bob McKnight (B.S. ’76) Chairman and CEO of Quiksilver
- Anthony Munoz (B.S. '76) Former National Football League Offensive Lineman
- Patricia Nixon (B.S. ’37) Former First Lady
- Paul Orfalea (M.B.A. ’71) Founder of Kinko's
- Andrall Pearson (B.S. ’44) Founder of Yum! Brands, Inc.
- Mark Prior (B.S. ’04) Major League Baseball pitcher
- Edward P. Roski (B.S. ’62) Chairman and CEO of Majestic Realty Co., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
- Steve Saleen (B.S.) Founder and CEO of Saleen Performance, Inc.
Notable faculty
- Warren Bennis - Distinguished Professor of Business Administration; named the "dean of leadership gurus" by Forbes magazine
- Sarah Bonner - USC Associates Professorship in Accounting
- Tim Campbell - Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise
- Richard Chase - Justin Dart Professorship in Operations Management
- Harry DeAngelo - Charles E. Cook/Community Bank Chair in Banking
- Linda DeAngelo - Kenneth King Stonier Chair in Business Administration
- Mark DeFond - Joseph A. DeBell Professorship in Business Administration
- Shantanu Dutta - Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing
- Valerie Folkes - USC Associates Chair in Business Administration
- Thomas Gilligan - E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration
- Gary Frazier - Richard and Jarda Hurd Chair in Distribution Management
- Lawrence Harris - Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance
- William Holder - Ernst & Young Professorship in Accounting
- Edward Lawler III] - Distinguished Research Professor of Business and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations
- Thomas Lin - Accounting Circle Professorship in Accounting
- Deborah Macinnis - Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Professor of Business Administration
- Kenneth Merchant - Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair in Accountancy
- Ian Mitroff - Harold Quinton Distinguished Chair in Business Policy and Professor of Management and Organization
- Theodore Mock - Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professorship in Accounting
- Kevin Murphy - E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration and Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance
- C.W. Park Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration
- Nandini Rajagopalan - Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Entrepreneurship
- David Stewart Robert E. Brooker Chair in Marketing
- Gerard Tellis Jerry and Nancy Neely Chair in American Enterprise
- Allen Weiss Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing
- Randolph Westerfield - Charles B. Thornton Professorship in Finance
- S. Mark Young - KPMG Foundation Professorship in Accounting, Marshall School of Business.
- Fred Zufryden - Ernest Hahn Professorship in Marketing, Marshall School of Business.
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