A plan is made and construction begins on campus buildings. Babson’s request) and John Nolen is retained to design the campus grounds.
Marlowe is hired to design the first buildings (Georgian style, at Mr. The Babsonian is its name for its entire run. The first yearbook, The Babsonian 1920–1921 (pdf), is published.Alice Coleman becomes the first female member of the Babson Institute Board of Trustees.The campus founding date seems to be November 23rd.
Roger Babson purchases 69 acres of Edward Lyon’s farm as a residential base for the campus. The Babson Institute is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. George William Coleman, a prominent Boston civic leader, becomes the second President of the Babson Institute. The building is now known as the Stuart Building. The Institute is housed in the Washington Street (Wellesley) building that was the former home of the Babson Statistical Organization. Cleveland of Plymouth, Indiana, receiving the first Babson diploma. The first class graduated in June received one year Certificates in Business Administration with Arthur M. Wilson was the first employee of the new Babson Institute and Austin Fittz the first member of the faculty. The program presumed some business and/or college experience. The Babson Institute offered a one-year Certificate in Business Administration also called a Certificate in Management. The Institute began with 27 students, high hopes, and Roger W. On September 3rd, the Babson Institute opened its doors at Roger and Grace’s Abbott Road home in Wellesley. The Babson Institute was founded in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1919 by financier Roger Babson to educate the “sons of businessmen” to take over their father’s businesses, the Babson Institute issued certificates until 1947.
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