This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, Henry Varnum Poor!
December 8, 1812: Henry Varnum Poor was born on this day and would lay the groundwork for the business information industry….
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This Day in Business History: Inventor Garrett Morgan Granted Patent for the Automa ...
November 20, 1923: Patent #1,475,024 was granted to inventor Garrett Augustus Morgan for his automatic traffic signal. Morgan, who had…
This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, Peter Drucker!
November 19, 1909: Peter Drucker, widely considered the inventor of of management, was born on this day in 1909. He described…
Goizueta Faculty Interview: Andrea Hershatter and the Evolution of the BBA Program ...
Andrea Hershatter is Senior Associate Dean and Director of the BBA Program in Emory’s Goizueta Business School. She has led…
This Day in Business History: Charles Van Doren testifies in Congress about TV game ...
Nov 2, 1959: Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he was provided advance knowledge of the questions…
This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, Procter & Gamble!
October 31, 1837: Two European immigrants, William Procter and James Gamble, happened to marry sisters Olivia and Elizabeth Norris in Cincinnati…
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GBL Fall Break Hours
Don’t forget that the library will be operating on a special schedule for Fall Break! – the same as the rest of the Woodruff Library Building. For a list of complete hours during Fall Break, please see below:
This Day in Business History: Henry Ford’s Model-T hits the market
October 1, 1908: Also known as the Tin Lizzie, the Leaping Lena, and the “flivver,” the Model T was designed to be an accessible automobile for the masses. Inventor Henry Ford innovated the car making process by implementing assembly line...
This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, Jim Henson!
September 24, 1936: Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, was born in Greenville, Mississippi. His passion for puppets started in high school, and he would go on to create lovable characters such as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert &...
More Group Study Spaces in the Goizueta Business Library
This summer we add an additional group study area in the business library. Located at the back, right corner of the library, next to Bloomberg Terminal 1, there is comfortable seating for up to 8 students, and a 65” digital monitor using...