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Founding of St. Procopious College in Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago
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Rev. Eldephonse Wittman, O.S.B., bookkeeping instructor, succeeds Fr. Neuzil as rector
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St. Procopius Abbey purchases Morris Neff farm, 104 acres, in Lisle, Il
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Groundbreaking for Lisle campus
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Benedictine Hall is dedicated
Two programs were offered: a classical and a commerical (the earliest form of the business program -
Commercial program integrated into college prep (classical) program
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First English language catalog printed
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Enrollment at St. Procopius reaches 205 students
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First typewriter on campus
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St. Procopius Alumni Association formed
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School faces losses in enrollments and income due to Great Depression
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Fr. Francis Sindelar travels over 9000 miles throught U.S. to solicit alumni support for school
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5 instructors added to faculy; bookkeeping added to seminary courses
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First Economic Club meeting
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State of the art charts and maps purchased for Economics classes
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New class added: Accounting and Dynamics
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Students promote investing in defense bonds to help war effort
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Enrollment reaches 201, first time over 200 since before WWII
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Groundbreaking for first freestanding residence hall, Jaeger Hall
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College reoorganizes to gain accreditation from North Central Association
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New Economics professor hired
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First computer on campus acquired by Richard Shonka
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Institute for Management conducts first classes.
This program for managers is supported by sponsoring corporations who enroll students in the four year evening school -
Groundbreaking for Scholl Hall
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SPC goes fully coeducational
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Abbey members vote to accept BOT recommendation to change name to Illinois Benedictine College
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discussions about adding Business Economics major being
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Test for graduate studies in business offered
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First evening classes for business and economics offered
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Business and Economics becomes newest, largest department
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Accounting major approved
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New Business Club formed
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First graduate program, an MBA, announced
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Institute for Management at IBC becomes credit granting institution
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New Economics club formed
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First MBA classes begin
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Accounting career awareness program started
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4 new Economics concentrations offered
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teaching shortage in Eoncomics
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Department name formally changed from Economics to Economics and Business
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First graduate degrees, through MBA program, conferred
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Economics Department expands
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Business Economics plans to add International course
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2nd Annual Business Bangquet held
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Business and Computer Science become most popular majors
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Graduate programs in Management and organization behavior, organizational development added
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Marketing course added
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New majors in business and econ added
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Mgmt Information Systems confers first graduate degree
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Grant received for new institute for international marketing
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Course in Japanese business and culture added
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IBC Small Business Institute wins 2nd award
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European exchange program for Business majors
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Dual degree program for International Business with German university
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MBA program goes online
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MBA program expands to China
