Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and Finance

at , Hanover , 03755 United States

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The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. Tuck is one of six Ivy league business schools. Founded in 1900, Tuck was the first institution to offer a master's degree in the field of business administration.Tuck is known for its tight-knit community, loyal alumni and residential character and the school places a great deal of emphasis on these attributes. Tuck touts its distinct experience, ability to provide deep personal development and opportunities to build bonds with classmates and faculty. Tuck students, known as Tuckies, number around 560, the smallest student population among elite business schools. Tuck has a full-time faculty of 51, all of whom teach in the MBA Program. Tuck has over 9,600 living alumni in a variety of fields, and the school claims to have the most supportive alumni network, with the highest rate of alumni donation of any business school, at greater than 70%.HistoryAt the turn of the 20th century, Dartmouth College president William Jewett Tucker decided to explore the possibility of establishing a school of business to educate the growing number of Dartmouth alumni entering the commercial world. Turning to his former roommate from his undergraduate years at Dartmouth, Tucker enlisted the support of Edward Tuck, who had since become a wealthy banker and philanthropist. Tuck donated $300,000 in the form of preferred stock shares in a Minnesota railroad company as the capital to found the school. It was named the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, after Edward Tuck's father and Dartmouth alumnus Amos Tuck.

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Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and Finance is Hanover based place and this enity listed in Government Organization category. 03755.