Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
Motto | Dedicated to producing highly-desired graduates and generating knowledge that drives business thought and practice. |
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Type | Business School |
Established | 1957 |
Endowment | $41 million |
Dean | Dr. Bill Hardgrave |
Academic staff |
157 full-time 142 part-time |
Undergraduates | 4,292 |
Postgraduates | 739 |
Location | Auburn, Alabama, United States |
Campus | College Town |
Website |
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The Raymond J. Harbert College of Business (Harbert) is the business school of Auburn University located in Auburn, AL. The Harbert College of Business offers several Master of Business Administration programs (full-time MBA, part-time MBA, international MBA, physicians executive MBA and online MBA); several other master's degree programs; and several Ph.D. programs, including in accountancy, finance, marketing, international business, entrepreneurship, management of information systems, risk management and insurance, strategic management, and sports. The business school has over 5,000 students, 73 full-time faculty (157 total full-time staff), and over 44,000 graduates. It is one of the largest business schools in the state of Alabama and one of the largest in the Southeast.
Established in 1957, it was named in honor of Raymond J. Harbert and renamed the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business in June 2013.[1]
Notable Faculty and Alumni
- Donald J. Boudreaux (1986), economist
- John Brown (1957), former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Stryker Corporation
- Timothy D. Cook (1982), CEO of Apple Inc.
- Joe Forehand (1971), former Chairman and CEO of Accenture
- John M. Harbert (1946), businessman and founder of Harbert Corporation
- Raymond J. Harbert (1982), founder, Chairman and CEO of Harbert Management Corporation; trustee; namesake of the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
- Don Logan (1966), former CEO of Time Inc.; former chairman of Time Warner Cable
- Mark Spencer (1999), President and CEO of Digium, creator of Asterisk PBX
- Mark Thornton (1989 Ph.D.), economist
- Jimmy Wales (1989), co-founder of Wikipedia
- Arthur L. Williams, Jr. (M.S.), insurance executive
See also
References
- ↑ "CEO Giving $15M for New Building at Auburn University.: Raymond J. Harbert". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
External links
Coordinates: 32°36′12″N 85°29′10″W / 32.603374°N 85.486078°W