1st business school in US

Wharton School

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The 1st business school in the United States is the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Founded by Industrialist and financier Joseph Wharton, who provided an initial $100,000 gift to establish it. Its original name was The Wharton School of Finance and Economy. The curriculum was designed to prepare young leaders for careers in business and public service during a rapidly growing industrial era.

Established, 1881

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1881 -When the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was founded, it did not have its own dedicated building. Instead, it was originally housed inside Logan Hall (originally built in 1873–1874 as Medical Hall and later renamed Claudia Cohen Hall, located between 36th, Locust, and Spruce Streets on the University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia campus).

1952-The school remained in Logan Hall until 1952, when it moved into Dietrich Hall, which was Wharton's first-ever dedicated, exclusive building.

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1830 - Medical Hall and College Hall

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