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• 1950s

Also in 1951:

• David cites HBS's "definite obligation" to help other business schools develop "a professional approach toward business administration"
• Fritz Roethlisberger begins offering Human Relations Clinic (continues through 1954)
• George Albert Smith, Jr., publishes Policy Formulation and Administration
• Ground is broken for Aldrich Hall
• HBR's circulation reaches 25,000; more than 10,000 requests are received for a single reprint
• HBS begins charging applicants a $15 fee to offset cost of interviewing and reviewing applications
• HBS first considers dropping admissions interviews
• HBS joins with other institutions to help found American Universities Field Staff, which sends correspondents throughout the world
• Keith Butters and John Lintner publish Effects of Taxation on Corporate Mergers
• New "central task force" for training casewriters is created
• Rockefeller Foundation begins funding John Lintner's study of impact of profits on the economy
• With Harvard's permission, and "in the interest of consistency and goodwill," MBA degrees are awarded to 86 "certificate" holders who have completed MBA program but don't hold college degrees

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