The Wharton School

Wharton creates the first doctoral program in legal studies and business ethics. Today Wharton offers nine PhD programs in every business discipline. Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School begins presenting 40 hours weekly of unique live programming on Sirius XM satellite radio as the first business school radio station. The Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) launches as a non-partisan honest broker at the intersection of business and public policy providing rigorous analysis without policy advocacy. The pioneering vision of Joseph Wharton creates the world’s first collegiate business school. Wharton’s vision: to prepare graduates with the breadth and depth of knowledge to become “pillars of the State, whether in private or in public life.” Wharton establishes Securities Industry Institute, the first and longest running custom executive program among business schools. Wharton launches the first MBA program in Health Care Management, considered one of the world’s best. Offering more course electives in health care than any other business school-based program, Wharton introduced undergraduate and PhD programs in health care management in the mid-1980s. With the creation of the Wharton Entrepreneurial Center, Wharton is the first business school to offer a fully integrated program in entrepreneurial studies. Wharton and Penn Engineering launch a new joint-degree program, now the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, the first undergraduate program of its kind. Wharton launches LEAD (Leadership, Education, and Development Program), introducing talented minority high school students to the world of business. The program now serves 500 students a year at seven top universities around the U.S. The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies offers the world’s first MBA/MA program in international management. Wharton is the first business school to establish International Executive Advisory Boards, today advised by senior business leaders on three boards — Asia; Europe, Africa and the Middle East; and Latin America. Wharton and the College of Arts and Sciences create the first integrated undergraduate global business program, now the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business. Wharton creates the first doctoral program in legal studies and business ethics. Today Wharton offers nine PhD programs in every business discipline. Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School begins presenting 40 hours weekly of unique live programming on Sirius XM satellite radio as the first business school radio station. The Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) launches as a non-partisan honest broker at the intersection of business and public policy providing rigorous analysis without policy advocacy. The pioneering vision of Joseph Wharton creates the world’s first collegiate business school. Wharton’s vision: to prepare graduates with the breadth and depth of knowledge to become “pillars of the State, whether in private or in public life.” Wharton establishes Securities Industry Institute, the first and longest running custom executive program among business schools. Wharton launches the first MBA program in Health Care Management, considered one of the world’s best. Offering more course electives in health care than any other business school-based program, Wharton introduced undergraduate and PhD programs in health care management in the mid-1980s. The pioneering vision of Joseph Wharton creates the world’s first collegiate business school. Wharton’s vision: to prepare graduates with the breadth and depth of knowledge to become “pillars of the State, whether in private or in public life.” Wharton’s global network begins with the first five graduates, among them Shiro Shiba, who returns to his native Japan for a career in the Japanese parliament, and Robert Adams, Jr., who later becomes U.S. ambassador to Brazil. Through a Wharton fellowship, W.E.B. DuBois undertakes his classic study