Eastern entrance

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The College of Commerce was founded in 1898, making it the third oldest collegiate business school in the United States and the first at a public university. The College of Commerce was transformed into the Department of Business Administration in 1942, and the following year, in 1943, the department was renamed the School of Business Administration. In 1989, the school was renamed in honor of Walter A. Haas, Sr. The Haas family has donated $23.75 million, which at the time was the largest donation in Berkeley's history, to Haas School of Business. As of 2003-2004, it has 160 faculty members and 1680 students in six academic degree programs. Dean Tom Campbell, a former Congressman and California State Senator, has recently returned from his stint as the state's Director of Finance. Prof. Richard Lyons was the Acting Dean. Walter A. Haas, Sr. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The school runs a range of internationally reputed programs and is consistently ranked among the very best in the country. Its programs include

• Full-time MBA program
• Evening/Weekend MBA program
• Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
• Ph.D. program
• Master's in Financial Engineering Program
• Undergraduate program
• Executive development

The school is situated in three connected buildings surrounding a central courtyard on the southeastern corner of the central campus. The final design of architect Charles Moore, the mini-campus was completed in 1995. The school is planning to expand its facilities, with a new commons building shared with the Boalt School of Law. Piazza dItalia, New Orleans Charles Willard Moore (October 31, 1925 in Benton Harbor, Michigan – December 16, 1993 in Austin, Texas) was an American architect, educator, writer, and winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991. ...

Notable faculty

Central courtyard

• David Aaker - named one of the top ten marketers by the Marketing Executives Network Group, an elite group of marketing executives, along with Seth Godin and Steve Jobs
• Henry Chesbrough - coined the phrase Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology
• John Harsanyi - Economics Nobel Laureate, 1994, Died - August 9th 2000
• Mario Rosati - Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
• Mark Rubinstein - a noted financial engineer and International Association of Financial Engineers Man of The Year in 1995.
• Carl Shapiro - former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1995-1996)
• Philip Tetlock - MacArthur Fellow, Russell Sage Scholar, winner of Woodrow Wilson Award, Robert E. Lane Award, and Grawemeyer Award for his recent book, Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
• Paul Tiffany - author of Business Plans for Dummies
• Laura Tyson - Dean of the Haas School of Business (1998–2001) and the London Business School (2002-2006), Chair, President's Council of Economic Advisers, National Economic Council
• Hal Varian - fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the Econometric Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Oliver Williamson - seminal researcher on transaction cost economics.
• Janet Yellen - President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2004-present); Chair, President's Council of Economic Advisors (1997-99); Member, Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

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Notable alumni

• Scott Adams, MBA 86, Creator of Dilbert
• Margo Alexander, BS 68, Chairman, Acumen Fund, former Executive Vice President, UBS Paine Webber
• Bengt Baron, BS 85, MBA 88, President, Absolut Vodka
• Richard Blum, BS 59, MBA 59, Founder, American Himalayan Foundation
• Rick Cronk, BS 65, Chairman and President, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (retired)
• Barbara Desoer, MBA 77, President, Consumer Products, Bank of America
• Stephanie DiMarco, BS 79, Chairman, Advent Software
• Noah Doyle, MBA 96, Co-founder of MyPoints (acquired by United Online)
• Tom Fanoe, MBA 69, President, Joe Boxer
• Donald Fisher, BS 50, Chairman & Founder, Gap Inc.
• Michael R. Gallagher, BS 67, MBA 68, CEO, Playtex Products
• Deborah E. Gallegos, MBA 95, CIO, City of New York
• John Garamendi, BS 66, Lieutenant Governor, State of California
• Barry Gilbert, MBA 77, CEO, Smith & Hawken
• Walter A. Haas, Jr., BS 37, President, CEO, and Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co.
• Walter A. Haas, Sr., BS 10, President and Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co.
• John Hanke, MBA 96, Founder and CEO of Keyhole, Inc., Co-creator and Product Director of Google Earth
• Allan Holt, MBA 76, Managing Director, Carlyle Group US Buyout
• Michael Homer, BS 81, Chairman and CEO, Kontiki
• N. W. Jasper, MBA 71, President and CEO, Dolby Laboratories
• Tom Kelley, MBA 83, General Manager, IDEO, and Author of The Art of Innovation
• Linda A. Lang, BS 80, Chairman and CEO, Jack in the Box, Inc.
• Allen J. Lauer, MBA 65, Chairman, Varian, Inc.
• Cathie Lesjak, MBA 86, CFO, Hewlett-Packard
• Robert Lutz, BS 61, MBA 62, Chairman, North America, and Vice Chairman, Product Development, General Motors
• Paul Merage, BS 66, MBA 68, Co-founder, Chef America, co-inventor of Hot Pockets, and benefactor of Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine
• Michael Milken, BS 68, Highly influential in developing the market for junk bonds (a.k.a. "high-yield debt")
• Norman Mineta, BS 53, US Secretary of Transportation
• Jorge Montoya, MBA 71, Present, Proctor & Gamble, Latin America (retired)
• Sung Nak-Yang, MBA 96, former CEO of Yahoo! Korea
• Shantanu Narayen, MBA 93, CEO of Adobe Systems
• Douglas Ose, BS 77, Congressman
• Paul Otellini, MBA 74, President and CEO Intel
• Rodrigo Rato, MBA 74, IMF Managing Director, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Spain
• John Riccitiello, BS 81, CEO of Electronic Arts, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners
• Paul Rice, MBA 96, CEO Transfair USA
• Arun Sarin, MBA 78, CEO, Vodafone
• Thomas Schneider, MBA 62, Chairman, Ansett Worldwide
• Roger Siboni, BS 76, President and CEO, E.piphany
• Ned Spieker, BS 66, Managing Partner, Spieker Partners (real estate)
• Pete Stark, MBA 60, Congressman
• Paul Stephens, BS 67, MBA 69, founder of Robertson Stephens
• Gordon Stitt, MBA 82 - Co-founder and CEO of Extreme Networks
• Hirotaka Takeuchi, MBA 71, PhD 77, Dean, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
• Marcelo Trivelli, MBA 80, President of Regional Council, Regional Government of Santiago, Chile
• Michael Wood, MBA 79, Founder, Leapfrog Enterprises
• Rha Woong-Bae, PhD 68, former Finance and Economy Minister, Republic of Korea
• Donald Wurster, MBA 80, President, National Indemnity Co.

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Undergraduate rankings

• #3 U.S. News & World Report, 2008^[1]
  • #3 for Finance^[2]
  • #3 for Management^[3]
  • #4 for Marketing
  • #4 for Real Estate
  • #5 for Quantitative Analysis/Methods
  • #5 for International Business
  • #8 for Entrepreneurship
  • #9 for Production/Operations Management
  • #11 for Accounting
  • #12 for Management Information Systems
  • #15 for Supply Chain Management/Logistics

• #11 BusinessWeek, 2008 ^[4]

• #3 About.com Guide to Business majors^[5]

MBA rankings

• #2 The Wall Street Journal, 2007 ^[6]
  • #1 for Recruiting in Technology/Telecommunication/Internet
  • #2 for Excellence in Social Responsibility
  • #4 for Hiring of Women
  • #4 for Recruiting in Management Consulting
  • #4 for Entrepreneurship
  • #4 for Information Technology
  • #6 for Graduates with High Ethical Standards
  • #6 for Hiring of Minorities
  • #9 for CEO Material
  • #10 for International Business
• #8 BusinessWeek, 2006 ^[7]
• #7 U.S. News & World Report, 2009 ^[8]
  • #3 for Non-profit
  • #9 for Finance
  • #9 for General Management
  • #8 for Marketing
  • #8 for Entrepreneurship
  • #10 in international
• #6 Princeton Review Selectivity rating, 2008 ^[9]
  • #5 for Best Career Prospects ^[10]
  • #10 for Best Administered^[11]
• #4 (US), #6 (International) Economist Intelligence Unit, 2007 ^[12]
• #9 (US), Financial Times, 2007 Ranking of rankings.^[13]
• #11 (US)^[14], #16 (International) Financial Times, 2006 ^[13]
• #13 Forbes, 2007 ^[15]

See also

• List of United States business school rankings
• List of business schools in the United States

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External links

• Official site
• Haas School of Business MBA Homepage
• Haas School of Business MFE Homepage
• Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program Homepage
• Haas School of Business BASE Homepage
• Paul Goldberger on Charles Moore's campus design

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