Crummer Graduate School of Business Celebrates 50 Years

March 19, 2007

In honor of the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business’s 50th anniversary, more than 200 people recently attended a luncheon for Rollins MBA alumni, staff and past and present faculty members.

(From left to right) Rollins Trustee Bill Bieberbach '70 '71MBA, Crummer School Dean Craig McAllaster and Margarita Davis, '68 '69 MBA, the first woman to graduate from the Crummer School, celebrate at the Crummer School's 50th Anniversary Luncheon on March 14 in the Alfond Sports Center.

At the luncheon, alumni votes decided the awards given to past and present Crummer School professors for "The Most Enthusiastic Professor," The Most Challenging Professor" and "The Professor Who had the Greatest Impact on Students' Lives." And the winners are...

The Most Enthusiastic Professor
1957-1982
Robert Pew

The Most Challenging Professor
1957-1982
A. Ross Evans 

The Professor Who had the Greatest Impact on Students' Lives
1957-1982
Charles Welsh 

The Most Enthusiastic Professor
1983-2006
David Currie
           
The Most Challenging Professor
1983-2006
Sam Certo       

The Professor Who had the Greatest Impact on Students' Lives
1983-2006
Rick Bommelje

On June 6, 1957, the Rollins College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a proposed graduate program in business administration leading to the granting of MBA degrees. “The College recognized a need for business management education in the Central Florida community and responded in a profound way,” said Craig McAllaster, dean of the Crummer School. 

In 1964, former Winter Park businessman, Roy E. Crummer, made a $1 million gift to Rollins College for the construction of a building to house the graduate business program.  Crummer Hall was completed in 1965 and continues to house the MBA classes. Today, more than 5,400 students have graduated from the Rollins MBA program.

The Crummer Graduate School of Business was founded in 1957 at Rollins College. Today, the Crummer School offers four personalized MBA programs that are fully accredited by the AACSB International, the premier accrediting agency for business schools. Because of the Crummer School’s high admission standards, focus on real-world experience, curriculum tailored to meet today’s business needs, small classes and rigorous instruction by a distinguished senior faculty, graduates of the Crummer School consistently receive job offers with the most prestigious national and international organizations. 

Click here to read more about the history of the Crummer School.