Celebrating 60 Years
A lot can happen in 60 years. Since its début in 1947, the Kelley MBA program has assembled a world-class faculty, attracted some of the best students from around the world, and launched the careers of business leaders and innovators in many industries. Today, the Kelley MBA program is one of the country’s top ranked.

Rankings
The Kelley School MBA Program receives consistently high rankings from “Princeton Review,” “Business Week” and other prestigious publications.

• Ranked #6 overall among public universities—Business Week (2006).

• Ranked #1 best classroom experience—Princeton Review (2007).

• Ranked #2 for best professors --Princeton Review (2007).

• Ranked #2 in the nation in Entrepreneurship and #1 among public schools—U.S. News & World Report (2007).

• Ranked #2 for best campus facilities—Princeton Review (2007).

• Ranked #9 overall among public universities—“U.S. News and World Report” (2008).

IU Campus Facts
The campus of Indiana University is widely recognized as one of the nation’s best.

• Recently ranked #1 wired campus among public university in PC Magazine.
• Name one of top 5 most beautiful campuses in the book The Campus as a Work of Art.
• Named one of top 10 places for campus culture by USA Today.
• IU Bloomington is home to Big Red—the largest academic supercomputer in the world.

Remembering E.W. Kelley (1917-2003)
Studying business administration at IU in the late 1930s, E.W. “Ed” Kelley made a name for himself as a young man of extraordinary energy and leadership abilities.

After graduating in 1939, Kelley soon became a rising star in the business world. As president of Fairmont Foods, he helped develop the Klondike ice cream bar, directed the rollouts of Tang and Cool Whip, and brought Grey Poupon mustard to America. As chairman of Steak ‘n Shake, Kelley turned the fledgling chain into a multimillion dollar company.

Over the years, Kelley has generously supported the school where he got his start. He established the first fully funded chair at the School of Business in 1969 and, in 1997, established the Kelley Scholars Program to fund promising business students. In recognition of Kelley’s generosity, the School was renamed the Kelley School of Business in 1997.

Today, we take pride in carrying on Ed Kelley’s legacy of leadership, philanthropy and innovation.

Timeline of Kelley Milestones
• 1947: The MBA degree is created.
• 1966: A new School of Business building is dedicated in Bloomington (today’s undergraduate building) 1971: The Kelley School expands to Indianapolis
• 1982: The faculty approves the Executive MBA Program.
• 1991: The School’s Bloomington campus awards its 10,000th MBA degree.
• 1997: The School is renamed the Kelley School of Business in honor of E.W. Kelley, BS’39.
• 2000: The Kelley Direct online MBA program launches.
• 2002: The state-of-the-art Graduate and Executive Education Center is dedicated.

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