The , better known as the '''Haas School of Business''' or simply '''Haas''', is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University Of California, Berkeley .
The was founded in 1898, making it the third oldest collegiate business school in the United States and the first at a public university. The Department of Business Administration was established in 1942. In 1943, the '''School of Business Administration''' was established to replace the College of Commerce. It was renamed in 1989 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.
The school runs a range of internationally reputed programs and are 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.
- 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, President, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
- Barbara Desoer , MBA 77, President, Consumer Products, Bank Of America
- Stephanie DiMarco , BS 79, Chairman, Advent Software
- 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, Sr. , BS 10, President and Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co .
- Walter A. Haas, Jr. , BS 37, President, CEO, and Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co .
- John Hanke , MBA 96, Founder and CEO of Keyhole, Inc. , Product Director of Google Earth
- 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.
- 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 , and Co-inventor of Hot Pockets
- 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
- Shantanu Narayen , MBA 93, President and COO Adobe Systems
- Sung Nak-Yang , MBA 96, former CEO of Yahoo! Korea
- Douglas Ose , BS 77, Congress man
- Paul Otellini , MBA 74, President and CEO Intel
- Rodrigo Rato , MBA 74, IMF Managing Director, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Spain
- Rha Woong-Bae , PhD 68, former Finance and Economy Minister, Republic Of Korea
- John Riccitiello , BS 81, CEO of Electronic Arts , Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners
- 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)
- Paul Stephens , BS 67, MBA 69, founder of Robertson Stephens
- Pete Stark , MBA 60, Congressman
- 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
- Donald Wurster , MBA 80, President, National Indemnity Co.
- #3 ''U.S. News & World Report'', 2007 {Link without Title}
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- #3 ''BusinessWeek'', 2007 {Link without Title}
- #3 About.com Guide to Business majors, 2005 {Link without Title}
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- #5 ''The Wall Street Journal'', 2006 {Link without Title}
- --- #2 for Excellence in Social Responsibility
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- --- #3 for Hiring of Women
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- --- #5 for Hiring of Minorities
- --- #5 for Graduates with High Ethical Standards
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- #6 Princeton Review Selectivity rating, 2006 {Link without Title}
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- #7 (US), #10 (International) Economist Intelligence Unit, 2005 {Link without Title}
- #11 (US), #16 (International) Financial Times, 2006 {Link without Title}
- #13 Forbes, 2007 {Link without Title}
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