UD MBA program celebrates 50th anniversary

12:39 p.m., March 17, 2004--Activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the University of Delaware’s MBA program will culminate in a celebration March 25-26 in Alfred Lerner Hall.

The event will be the highlight of a series of activities throughout this academic year that have celebrated the program’s longevity, its quality and growth, the continuous changes to remain contemporary and the professional success of alumni.

Hundreds of the program’s alumni and guests are expected to join the celebration, which will begin with a reception from 6:309 p.m., Thursday, March 25, in the Chaplin Tyler Atrium.

Festivities will continue with an alumni brunch and networking forum from 10 a.m.-noon, Friday, March 26, in Lerner Hall, followed by a walking campus tour.

Among the alumni and VIPs planning to attend the celebration are Charles Anderson, ’03, CEO, United Way of the National Capital Area; U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper, ’75; Charles Carroll, president and CEO, W.L. Gore & Associates; Howard Cosgrove, ’70, retired chairman and CEO of Conectiv and chairman of UD’s Board of Trustees; Kevin Finn, ’02, owner, Iron Hill Brewery; Bruce Hammonds, president and CEO, MBNA America; and Leonard Quill, ’65, retired chairman and CEO, Wilmington Trust Co.

UD’s MBA program has more than 2,600 graduates throughout the U.S. and 39 other countries.

For further information on the celebration, visit [http://www.mba.udel.edu/MBA50/].

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