We invite you to learn more about our history by reading the many historic “firsts” at Stanford GSB.
| Year | First | |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | First location | Jordan Hall |
| First dean | Willard Hotchkiss | |
| First faculty | Eliot Mears, Victor Pelz, Edward Strong | |
| First day of school | October 1, 1925 | |
| 1926 | First female students | Christine Isabelle Ricker, Etta Howes Handy |
| 1927 | First MBA degrees awarded | Charles Harold Overfelt, Melvin Stephen Sanguinetti |
| 1930 | First women awarded MBA degrees | Gertrude Benedict, Helen Carpenter |
| First student from Asia | Sau Man (from Canton, China) | |
| 1931 | First PhD awarded | Harrison Val Hoyt |
| 1933 | First day of Stanford GSB library | April 3, 1933 |
| 1946 | First emeritus professor | George Dowrie |
| 1953 | First African American awarded MBA degree | Andrew J Howard III |
| 1958 | First Sloan class | Class of 1958 |
| 1965 | First alumni director | Paul Johnson |
| 1966 | First JD/MBA students | Initially titled LLB/MBA program |
| 1968 | First computer course | Taught by Norman Nielsen and William Massy |
| 1977 | First “View From The Top” speaker | Ron Daniels, CEO of McKinsey & Company |
| 1984 | First tenured female professor | Joanne Martin |
| 1987 | First student trip | To Japan, led by Prof James Patell |
| 1990 | First Nobel Prize winner | William Sharpe |
| 2018 | First female Stanford GSB advisory council chair | Sandra Horbach |