History
With more than 5,700 students, The Fox School is the largest, most comprehensive business school in the region and among the largest in the world.
The School traces back its formal roots to 1907 when Temple’s Department of Commerce first offered a curriculum in commerce. In 1918, the School itself was founded as the School of Commerce. In 1943 it became the School of Business and Public Administration; in 1963, the School of Business Administration; in 1987, The School of Business and Management and in 1999, it was renamed the Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management. In 1934, the School was accredited by the AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.
The School of Business got its own building, Speakman Hall in 1967, which was endowed by Frank Speakman, a prominent public accountant and consulting actuary who taught insurance and business economics at The Fox School.
In 1998, Temple University established a School of Tourism and Hospitality, which is affiliated with The Fox School.
