The Charles F. Dolan School of Business is a graduate and undergraduate business school

Business school

A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...

 and one of the professional schools of Fairfield University

Fairfield University

Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...

 located in Fairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...

. The school offers fully accredited graduate and undergraduate programs, according to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...

 (AACSB) and is ranked among "Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Business" according to the Fiske Guide to Colleges. The Accounting Program is ranked one of the top 15 accounting programs in the country according to Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools"

The Dolan School of Business is known for its innovative teaching methods, its aggressive placement of students into internship programs in New York City

New York City

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 and surrounding Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...

, and its high faculty to student ratio. The school is named after Charles F. Dolan H'04

Charles Dolan

Charles F. Dolan is an American billionaire and founder of Cablevision and HBO.-Biography:A John Carroll University drop out, Dolan is married and has six children, including Cablevision Systems Corporation and Madison Square Garden, Inc. chairman James L. Dolan.The Charles F...

, founder of HBO, Chairman of Cablevision and Fairfield University trustee, in recognition of his landmark $25 million donation in 2000. The Dolan School of Business is committed to the Jesuit tradition of educating the "whole" person to be a socially responsible professional

Professional

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, who is prepared to serve others.

History

• 1947: The Department of Business Administration established within the College of Arts and Science.

• 1978: The School of Business established as separate and distinct school from the College of Arts and Sciences.

• 1981: The School of Business introduced the Master of Science in Financial Management Program. This Program is now known as the Master of Science in Finance Program (MSF).

• 1984: The Certificate for Advanced Study in Finance was introduced.

• 1994: The School of Business introduced the Master of Business Administration
  Master of Business Administration
  The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
  
  (MBA) Program which now has concentrations in Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems & Operations Management, International Business, Marketing, and Taxation.

• 1997: The School of Business received full accreditation of its graduate and undergraduate programs by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
  Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
  The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...
  
   on March 6, 1997.

• 1999: The School of Business introduced the Master of Business Administration in Public Accounting Program. This Program is designed to provide students with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with an opportunity to complete a Master of Business Administration degree within a 12- to 15-month period - as well as fulfill the 150-hour criterion to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination
  Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination
  The Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination is the examination administered to people who wish to become Certified Public Accountants in the United States....
  
  , as passed in the State of Connecticut as well as most other jurisdictions. Concentrations available to students in this program are Accounting and Taxation, Finance, and Information Systems & Operations Management.

• 2000: The School was named the Charles F. Dolan School of Business in response to a very generous gift of $25 million from Charles F. Dolan
  Charles Dolan
  Charles F. Dolan is an American billionaire and founder of Cablevision and HBO.-Biography:A John Carroll University drop out, Dolan is married and has six children, including Cablevision Systems Corporation and Madison Square Garden, Inc. chairman James L. Dolan.The Charles F...
  
  , founder and chairman of Cablevision Systems Corporation and long-time friend and trustee of the University.

• 2005: The Dolan School of Business introduced the Master of Science in Taxation Program (MST). This program is geared toward industry managers and executives, financial services and public accounting professionals, and others seeking a specialized education in taxation.

• 2005: The Dolan School of Business initiated the Dolan Advisory Council led by John O'Neill '71 (Partner and America's Director of Private Equity at Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
  
  ) and consisting of seventeen top business executives charged with advising and assisting the Dean in the advancement of the Dolan School of Business.

• 2006: The Dolan School of Business introduced a Master of Science in Accounting Program (MSA). This full-time one-year cohort program is designed to prepare individuals for a career in accounting. The MSA degree fulfills the 150-credit hour requirement in most states to take the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination
  Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination
  The Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination is the examination administered to people who wish to become Certified Public Accountants in the United States....
  
  .

Undergraduate Programs

• Bachelor of Business Administration
  Bachelor of Business Administration
  The Bachelor of Business Administration is a bachelor's degree in Commerce and business administration. In most universities, the degree is conferred upon a student after four years of full-time study in one or more areas of business concentrations; see below...
  
   in
  • Accounting
  • Finance
    Finance
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  • Information Systems
    Information systems
    Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
    
    
  • International Studies / International Business
    International Business
    International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
    
    
  • Management
    Management
    Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
    
    
    • Entrepreneurship
      Entrepreneurship
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       concentration or minor
  • Marketing
    Marketing
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Graduate programs

• Master of Business Administration
  Master of Business Administration
  The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
  
   in
  • Accounting
  • Finance
    Finance
    "Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
    
    
  • Information Systems
    Information systems
    Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
    
    
  • International Studies / International Business
    International Business
    International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
    
    
  • Management
    Management
    Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
    
    
  • Marketing
    Marketing
    Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
    
    
• Master of Science
  Master of Science
  A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
  
   in Accounting
• Master of Science
  Master of Science
  A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
  
   in Finance
  Finance
  "Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
  
  
• Master of Science
  Master of Science
  A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
  
   in Taxation
• Certificate Programs for Advanced Study

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Academic achievement

• Alexander Dean '05, MSF'07 won the 2006 Global Forex Trading Competition.
• A team of DSB students placed third in the national finals of the 2007 Chevrolet College Marketing Challenge.
• A team of DSB students won the 2008 Global Forex Trading Competition.
• Finance department ranked in top 20 percent of 923 institutions nationwide for amount of published research.

McGowan Scholars

• Fifteen Dolan School of Business students selected McGowan Scholars in recognition of their academic achievement in the study of business.

Rankings and Ratings

• Distinguished among "Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Business" by The Fiske Guide to Colleges
• Ranked one of the top 15 accounting programs in the country by Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools"
• Ranked among the "Best 237 Business Schools" by The Princeton Review
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BEST Classroom

The Business Education Simulation & Trading (BEST) classroom provides Dolan School of Business undergraduate and graduate business students the opportunity of working on a financial markets trading floor

Trading room

A trading-room gathers traders operating on financial markets.The trading-room is also often called the front office.The terms dealing-room and trading-floor are also used, the latter being inspired from that of a open outcry stock exchange....

. The 2300 square feet (213.7 m²) high-tech BEST classroom provides students with the experience of dealing with real-world financial market trading situations ranging from case studies and contact with other companies to discussion of current economic and business events. The BEST classroom is equipped with a stock ticker and a data wall displaying real time quotes and 34 workstations loaded with financial software including: RITC (Rotman Interactive Trader) for market trading simulations; Bloomberg Professional

Bloomberg Terminal

The Bloomberg Terminal is a computer system provided by Bloomberg L.P. that enables financial professionals to access the Bloomberg Professional service through which users can monitor and analyze real-time financial market data movements and place trades on the electronic trading platform...

 with up to the minute business and economic news and data; Research Insight including Compustat

Compustat

Compustat is a database of financial, statistical and market information on active and inactive global companies throughout the world. The service began in 1962....

 and Global Vantage containing financial information on every publicly trading company in the world; and CRSP with stock returns for all U.S. companies.

Business Plan Competition

The Business Plan Competition provides all Fairfield undergraduate students the opportunity to work in groups from across campus to develop and submit a proposal for a business venture, which are judged by an expert panel of entrepreneurs and business executives in the spring of each year. After submitting their proposals, each team of students is assigned a faculty advisor and an outside entrepreneur who advise and mentor the team through the process. The winners of the competition receive prize money totaling $12,000 which is divided among the winners.

Fairfield Investment Group

The Fairfield Investment Group, a Fairfield University club, provides an experiential learning

Experiential learning

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 opportunity in the world of finance. The Group received a generous investment of $100,000 from an anonymous private investor in 2010. With about 40 students researching stocks and making investment decision, the group is an opportunity for them to strengthen trading and analysis skills, prepare for future jobs, and connect with students and alumni. The club is run by students—most from the Dolan School of Business—and has a management team that includes a chief executive officer, a position held by a senior finance major. The student club assigns members to research companies using Bloomberg terminals, which provide business and economic news and data. Students then work in teams deciding which stocks to invest in or divest from. They submit reports and recommendations to fellow student members serving as portfolio managers and executive leaders, who vote on whether they should buy, sell, or hold.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides Dolan School of Business undergraduate and graduate accounting students hands-on experience by working for the Bridgeport Campaign of the Internal Revenue Service's National Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is an IRS program designed to help low and moderate-income taxpayers complete their annual tax returns at no cost. The program was originally founded 1971 by Gary Iskowitz at California State University Northridge...

. Students typically assist clients in obtaining federal and state income tax benefits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit

Earned income tax credit

The United States federal earned income tax credit or earned income credit is a refundable tax credit primarily for individuals and families who have low to moderate earned income. Greater tax credit is given to those who also have qualifying children...

 (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit

Child tax credit

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 (CTC), tax benefits many working families don't claim.

Center for Microfinance

The Center for Microfinance works to help develop self-sustaining business operations in developing countries. In keeping with the Jesuit mission of Fairfield University, Dr. Winston Tellis

Winston Tellis

Dr. Winston Tellis is the Stephen and Camille Schramm Professor of InformationSystems and Operations Management at The Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was a recipient of a Fairfield University Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award in...

 and Dr. Michael Tucker co-founded the Center in 2001 where they have helped develop self-sustaining businesses in poor rural areas of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

 and Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

. The Center was honored for its work for Haiti's poor by FONKOZE USA (F/USA) which supports Fonkoze

Fonkoze

Fonkoze is Haiti's largest microfinance institution serving poor and ultra-poor women throughout the rural areas of Haiti. It has microfinance institution more than 50,000 borrowers and 250,000 savers...

 (Fondasyon Kole Zepol), Haiti's only alternative bank for the poor. F/USA is one of only five non-profit organizations approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to solicit U.S. investments for foreign organizations.

Universidad Centroamericana Partnership

CMAC is participating in a signed partnership between Fairfield University

Fairfield University

Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...

 and the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), in Managua, Nicaragua. UCA sponsors the largest microfinance

Microfinance

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services....

 institution in Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

, Fondo de Desarrollo Local (FDL). Through that organization Dolan School of Business students spent part of the 2005 winter break working at the FDL's León branch office.

Charles F. Dolan Lecture Series

The Charles F. Dolan Lecture Series features highly accomplished, visionary and internationally recognized business leaders. Former guest speakers include:

• 2001: Jack Welch
  Jack Welch
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   - then chairman & CEO of General Electric
  General Electric
  General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
  
   with Geoffrey Colvin, editorial director at Fortune magazine, moderating
• 2002: C. Michael Armstrong - then-chairman & CEO of AT&T
  AT&T
  AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
  
  , with Charlie Rose
  Charlie Rose
  Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...
  
   moderating
• 2003: Alan C. "Ace" Greenberg
  Alan Greenberg
  Alan C. "Ace" Greenberg is a former Chairman of the Executive Committee of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.He began work at Bear Stearns in 1949 as a clerk. He served as Chairman of the Board of Bear Stearns from 1985 to 2001, and as its CEO from 1978 to 1993. Greenberg serves also as a...
  
   - chairman of the Executive Committee of Bear Stearns
  Bear Stearns
  The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession...
  
  
• 2004: Karen Katen - president, Pfizer
  Pfizer
  Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
  
   Global Pharmaceuticals, executive vice president, Pfizer
  Pfizer
  Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
  
  
• 2004: Anne Mulcahy - president & CEO of Xerox
  Xerox
  Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
  
  
• 2005: Jeffrey R. Immelt
  Jeffrey R. Immelt
  Jeffrey Robert "Jeff" Immelt is an American business executive. He is currently the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric. He was selected by GE's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch following his retirement...
  
   - chairman & CEO of General Electric
  General Electric
  General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
  
  
• 2007: Peter Lynch
  Peter Lynch
  Peter Lynch is a Wall Street stock investor. He is currently a research consultant at Fidelity Investments. Lynch graduated from Boston College in 1965 and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.-Fidelity:Lynch was hired as an...
  
   - vice chairman of Fidelity Management & Research
  Fidelity Investments
  FMR LLC or Fidelity Investments is an American multinational financial services corporation one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world. It was founded in 1946 and serves North American investors. Fidelity Ventures is its venture capital arm...
  
  
• 2007: Abby Joseph Cohen
  Abby Joseph Cohen
  Abby Joseph Cohen is an American economist and financial analyst on Wall Street. She is a partner and——Senior U.S. investment strategist at Goldman Sachs. Prior to that date, she was Chief Investment Strategist...
  
   - chief U.S. investment strategist of Goldman Sachs
  Goldman Sachs
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
  
  
• 2008: Sanford I. Weill
  Sanford I. Weill
  Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill is an American banker, financier and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive officer and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively....
  
   - chairman emeritus Citigroup, Inc.
• 2009: E. Gerald Corrigan '63
  E. Gerald Corrigan
  Edward Gerald Corrigan is an American banker who was the 7th President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Vice-Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee...
  
   - chairman, Goldman Sachs Bank USA; former president & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is located at 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses New York state, the 12 northern counties of New Jersey,...
  
  
• 2011: Brian Moynihan
  Brian Moynihan
  Brian Thomas Moynihan is an American lawyer, businessman and the President and CEO of Bank of America. He also joined the Board of Directors, following his promotion to President and CEO. He resides with his family outside of Boston, Massachusetts.-Early life:Moynihan was born in Marietta, Ohio...
  
   - president & CEO of Bank of America
  Bank of America
  Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
  
  

Endowed Faculty

• Dr. Arjun Chaudhuri (Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., Professor of Marketing)
• Dr. Lucy Katz
  Lucy Katz
  Lucy Katz, J.D. is the Robert C. Wright Professor of Business Law, Ethics, and Dispute Resolution at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut....
  
  , J.D. (Robert C. Wright Professor of Business Law, Ethics, and Dispute Resolution)
• Dr. Gregory Koutmos
  Gregory Koutmos
  Dr. Gregory Koutmos is Gerald M. Levin Professor of Finance and Chair of the Finance Department of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut...
  
   (Gerald M. Levin Professor of Finance)
• Dr. Winston Tellis
  Winston Tellis
  Dr. Winston Tellis is the Stephen and Camille Schramm Professor of InformationSystems and Operations Management at The Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was a recipient of a Fairfield University Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award in...
  
   (Stephen and Camille Schramm Professor of Business)

Notable Dolan Alumni

The Dolan School of Business boasts a long list of notable business alumni in current and former executive leadership positions.

Dolan graduates with an Accounting degree include:

• Nancy A. Altobello — Americas Vice Chair of People at Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
  
  
• Michael G. Archbold — president & COO of The Vitamin Shoppe
• Joseph Berardino
  Joseph Berardino
  Joseph F. Berardino is an American businessman, Certified Public Accountant, and managing director at Alvarez & Marsal. Beradino was formerly managing partner and CEO of Arthur Andersen and chairman and CEO of Profectus Bioscience....
  
   — managing director at Alvarez & Marsal and former CEO of Arthur Andersen
  Arthur Andersen
  Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
  
  
• Christopher Cardell — former president & COO of Jupitermedia
  Jupitermedia
  WebMediaBrands Corp. a U.S.-based corporation, established in 1971, headquartered in New York, is a leading Internet media company that provides content, education, and career services to media and creative professionals through a portfolio of vertical online properties, communities and trade...
  
  
• Susan Coffey — senior vice president, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  Founded in 1887, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national professional organization of Certified Public Accountants in the United States, with more than 370,000 CPA members in 128 countries in business and industry, public practice, government, education, student...
  
  
• Gavin G. O'Connor — chief administrative officer, Goldman Sachs
  Goldman Sachs
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
  
   Investment Management
• Rick Pych
  Rick Pych
  Rick Pych is an American professional sports executive. He is the President of Business Operations of Spurs Sports & Entertainment which runs the NBA San Antonio Spurs, WNBA San Antonio Silver Stars, AHL San Antonio Rampage and AT&T CenterSpurs owner Peter Holt promoted Pych to his current...
  
   — president of Spurs Sports & Entertainment
  San Antonio Spurs
  The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
  
  
• Robert Stefanowski — chairman and managing partner of the 3i Group, North America and Asia

Dolan graduates with a Finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

 degree include:

• David H. Chafey, Jr.
  David H. Chafey, Jr.
  David H. Chafey, Jr. was the Chief Operating Officer of Popular, Inc. and former President of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. Chafey is a member of the Caribbean Business Hall of Fame in recognition of his being named one of Puerto Rico's Top Ten Business Leaders for the fifth year in row in...
  
   — former president of Popular, Inc.
  Popular, Inc.
  Popular, Inc., is a financial services conglomerate that has been operating in Puerto Rico for almost 115 years and in the United States for over 52 years. In recent years, it has expanded into other areas of the Caribbean and Central America. It is better known as Banco Popular, but it is also...
  
   named to Caribbean Business Hall of Fame
• Robert Cascella — president & CEO, Hologic
  Hologic
  Hologic corporation is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic and medical imaging systems related to women's health. It develops digital imaging technology for general radiography and mammography applications...
  
  
• Joseph DiMenna
  Joseph DiMenna
  Joseph A. DiMenna, Jr. is an American hedge fund manager and Managing Director of Zweig-DiMenna Associates with total assets under management exceeding $3.5 billion. He has been the Head Portfolio Manager of the Zweig-DiMenna partnerships and funds since he co-founded the first Zweig-DiMenna...
  
   — co-founder & head portfolio manager of Zweig-DiMenna Associates named a 2008 Top Moneymaker by Alpha
• John Flannery — president & CEO of GE India and former president & CEO of GE Capital
  GE Capital
  GE Capital is the financial services unit of General Electric, one of five major units. Its various divisions include GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Capital Real Estate, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Money....
  
  , Asia and GE Commercial Finance
  GE Commercial Finance
  GE Commercial Finance is a unit of GE Capital, . Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, it plays a role in over 35 countries and had assets of over US$335 billion at year end 2007....
  
  
• Shawn Matthews — CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald
• Robert W. MacDonald — Managing Partner, Craton Equity Partners; former President, William E. Simon
  William E. Simon
  William Edward Simon was a businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist. He became the 63rd Secretary of the Treasury on May 8, 1974, during the Nixon administration. He was reappointed by President Ford and served until 1977. Outside of government, he was...
  
   & Sons Private Equity
• John Mullin '82 — Venture Partner, Greenhill SAVP
  Greenhill & Co.
  Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a leading independent investment bank focused on providing financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings and capital raisings to corporations, partnerships, institutions and governments. The firm made $298.6m in sales in 2009, with a...
  
  ; former President, Datek Online, acquired by TD Ameritrade
  TD Ameritrade
  TD Ameritrade is an American online broker with over 6 million U.S. customers, and many more internationally, that has grown rapidly through acquisition to become the 746th-largest US firm in 2008. TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation is the owner of TD Ameritrade Inc...
  
  
• Christopher Quick — former CEO of Banc of America Specialist; Vice Chairman, Global Wealth & Investment Management at Bank of America
  Bank of America
  Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
  
  
• Thomas Quick — former president & CEO of Quick & Reilly/Fleet Securities, the leading national stock brokerage firm from 1985 to 1996
• Larry Rafferty
  Larry Rafferty
  Larry C. Rafferty is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC, an investment banking and brokerage services firm headquartered in Garden City, New York....
  
   — founder & CEO of Rafferty Capital Markets

Dolan graduates with an International business

International Business

International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...

 degree include:

• Jorge Figueredo
  Jorge Figueredo
  Jorge Figueredo is the executive vice president of human resources at McKesson Corporation. Mr. Figueredo was named HR "Executive of the Year" by Human Resource Executive magazine in 1999 and was listed among the 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business magazine in 2004. Mr...
  
   — executive vice president of McKesson Corporation and former president of Liz Claiborne International named a 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business.

Dolan graduates with a Marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

 degree include:

• Ken Horne — founder of Madison Avenue Sports & Entertainment and former president of NHL Enterprises
• Joseph D. Macchia
  Joseph D. Macchia
  Joseph D. Macchia is the founder and former president and chief executive officer of GAINSCO, Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company. Macchia founded GAINSCO in 1978 after borrowing $500,000 from a local bank in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1992, he was named entrepreneur of the year...
  
   — founder & former CEO of GAINSCO
  GAINSCO
  GAINSCO is an auto insurance company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The company was founded in October 1978 by Joseph Macchia and currently markets its products through independent insurance agents across the Sunbelt. GAINSCO sponsors the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Daytona Prototype...
  
  
• Christopher McCormick
  Christopher McCormick
  Chris McCormick is the President and Chief Executive Officer of L.L. Bean based in Freeport, Maine. McCormick is the first non-family member to ever to hold this position at L.L. Bean...
  
  , president & CEO of L.L.Bean
• Peter J. McDonald — president & CEO of SuperMedia
• Rob Stevenson
  Rob Stevenson
  Rob Stevenson is an American music executive and currently the Executive Vice President of A&R at Universal Republic Records, reporting to both President/CEO Monty Lipman and Co-President/COO Avery Lipman....
  
   — former president of Virgin Records
  Virgin Records
  Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
  
  
• Matthew "Granimal" Granahan — president of the American Combat Association
  American Combat Association
  The American Combat Association is a small mixed martial arts company founded by Olympic wrestler, world Abu Dhabi champion and UFC fighter Kamal Shalorus and competitive submission grappler, professional mixed martial arts fighter, American professional wrestler and trainer Matthew "The Granimal"...
  
  

Dolan graduates with a Management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

 degree include:

• Carlos M. Cardoso
  Carlos M. Cardoso
  Carlos M. Cardoso is an American businessman and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kennametal, a metalworking and tool production company headquartered in Latrobe, Pennsylvania....
  
   — president & CEO of Kennametal
  Kennametal
  Kennametal is a leading producer of metals founded in 1938 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Latrobe, Pennsylvania and still headquartered there. It delivers productivity to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments by providing innovative custom and standard wear-resistant solutions...
  
   named a Best CEO by Institutional Investor
  Institutional investor
  Institutional investors are organizations which pool large sums of money and invest those sums in securities, real property and other investment assets...
  
  
• Frank J. Fanzilli Jr. — former global chief information officer of Credit Suisse First Boston
  Credit Suisse First Boston
  Credit Suisse First Boston was the former name of the banking firm Credit Suisse.-History:In 1978, Credit Suisse and First Boston Corporation formed a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture called the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston...
  
  
• Jim Garrity — former chief marketing officer of Wachovia
  Wachovia
  Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...
  
  
• Carl Gish — CEO, Folica.com
• Joseph D. Sargent
  Joseph D. Sargent
  Joseph D. Sargent is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Sargent joined Guardian in 1959, immediately following his graduation from Fairfield University...
  
   — former president & CEO of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
  Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
  The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is a Fortune 300 company founded in 1860 in New York, New York. It is the fourth largest mutual life insurance company in the United States.-Current business:...
  
  

• See also: Fairfield University Dolan School of Business alumni

Father John Conlisk Irish Scholarship

The Father John Conlisk Irish Scholarship, instituted in 1990, awards free tuition, room and board, and medical insurance every year to a Dolan School of Business MBA or MS in Finance candidate from the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The scholarship is dedicated to perpetuating the Irish culture and strengthening educational and cultural relationships. Kevin Conlisk '66, one of the principal owners of the Alinabal Co. of Milford, Connecticut, is part of a group that instituted the scholarship named for Conlisk's late brother, a 1954 Fairfield Prep graduate who served the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, it has over 650,000 members, selected from over 500 chapters in AACSB-accredited business schools...

 or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Membership is the highest national recognition a student in business can receive at a school accredited by AACSB. The mission of ΒΓΣ is to encourage and honor academic achievement and personal excellence in the study and practice of business. Invitations to join Fairfield University's chapter are extended to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduating master's students, and faculty on the basis of academic excellence and integrity.

Beta Alpha Psi

Beta Alpha Psi

Beta Alpha Psi

ΒΑΨ is a national honors business organization for highly successful accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. It was founded on February 12, 1919 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently headquartered in Durham, North Carolina...

or BAΨ is an honorary organization for accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. The National Honorary and Professional Fraternity for Financial Information Professionals, is an honorary and professional fraternity with chapters at eligible universities accredited by AACSB-International. The fraternity recognizes academic excellence as well as active participation in professional activities. In addition, Beta Alpha Psi fosters lifelong learning, service, and ethical conduct. The national fraternity was founded in 1919. Fairfield's chapter, Iota Psi, was chartered on April 9, 2000. Invitations to join Iota Psi are extended to undergraduate and graduate accounting majors and minors.

JesuitMBA School

The Dolan School of Business is a JesuitMBA member school. Formed in 1996, JesuitMBA is a consortium of 28 Jesuit and Jesuit-friendly schools promoting the many benefits of a Jesuit business education. As a JesuitMBA school students are offered the collective resources of these schools including opportunities for portability of credits, international travel options, Beijing study exchange, powerful alumni connections, career support, and curricula steeped in business ethics and social responsibility.

National School of Banking

Fairfield University is home to the America's Community Bankers National School of Banking ("NSB"). Founded in 1960, NSB is a graduate level program designed to provide an in-depth study of today’s community banking industry and to prepare department or division managers for senior management positions. Dr. Philip J. Lane, Associate Professor of Economics at Fairfield University, is the NSB Academic Director.

External links

• Dolan School of Business Site
• Dolan School of Business LinkedIn site
• Dolan School of Business - Information Systems site
• Center for Microfinance site
• Charles F. Dolan Lecture video - Jack Welch, former Chairman of the Board & CEO, GE
• Charles F. Dolan Lecture video - Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board & CEO, GE
• JesuitMBA Site