History
The Sloan Program was founded in 1957 under a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. That year the industrialist approached Stanford University President Wallace Sterling with the idea of setting up a course of study for business executives who lacked advanced management training. The foundation provided the funds for six businessmen and six doctoral students to begin studies in the 1957-58 academic year under the leadership of Paul E Holden, who served as the first Stanford Sloan director. In the mid 60's the program was again enlarged to include foreign executives and participants from government and private organizations.