| 1851 |
Santa Clara College established, the first institution of higher learning in California |
| 1854 |
Courses in commercial education offered for the first time |
| 1877 |
Amid faculty controversy, a new two-story commercial building is constructed. The classrooms are intended to be "the commercial world in miniature." Cost: $10,000 |
| 1923 |
William H. Pabst named first dean of the new College of Commerce at Santa Clara University. The name would be changed in 1925 to "School of Business and Administration" |
| 1929 |
Edward J. Kelly named second dean of the business school. The college catalog describes the business program as "studies in ethics, logic, psychology, history, and science provid[ing] the student with the broad principles necessary for dealing with industrial system in its social relationships." |
| 1941 |
Charles J. Dirksen named third dean of the business school. With the beginning of World War II, faculty and students enlist and are drafted. University enrollment drops to 91 and just six business faculty remain. |
| 1947 |
Dean Dirksen admits women to the evening undergraduate business school program. |
| 1953 |
Business School accredited by AACSB; Santa Clara becomes the 64th university in the country to be awarded a Beta Gamma Sigma scholastic honor society. |
| 1959 |
MBA program introduced; the first eight candidates graduate in 1961 |
| 1967 |
Kenna Hall, a former men's dormitory, is remodeled for the business school. Cost: $863,000. |
| 1970 |
First two Ph.D.s in business awarded by business school |
| 1973 |
Both undergraduate and graduate programs are re-accredited by AACSB. The Santa Clara - Fairchild cooperative MBA program is established |
| 1977 |
Hewlett-Packard in Santa Rosa established as first off-site campus for MBA program |
| 1979 |
Andre Delbecq named fourth dean of business school. First graduate commencement held for 335 MBA graduates in the next academic year. |
| 1983 |
Dorothy and Thomas Leavey School of Business and Administration dedicated. International Business Studies program launched |
| 1987 |
First international graduate faculty exchange: SCU and Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Rouen |
| 1990 |
James L. Koch named fifth dean of business school; San Ramon off-site campus for MBA established the following year |
| 1993 |
$1.5M remodel of Kenna Hall begins. Undergraduate and graduate business curriculum re-designed in following year. |
| 1996 |
Barry Z. Posner named sixth dean of Leavey School of Business ("Administration" is dropped from official name) |
| 1999 |
Donald L. Lucas provides $15M to launch "Building for the Future" campaign |
| 2007 |
Construction begins on new business school building at the edge of campus along Franklin Street. Cost: $49M |
| 2008 |
September 14: Dedication of Donald L. Lucas Hall |
| 2010 |
Interim dean S. Andrew Starbird named as seventh dean of Leavey School of Business |
