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W.
Allen Wallis
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Former
GSB Dean
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| W. Allen Wallis served as Dean
of the GSB from 1956-1973. Dean Wallis and associate Dean James
Lorie formulated a philosophy known as the "Chicago Approach
to Business Education", which emphasized teaching underlying
scientific knowledge and procedures as a basis for solving problems.
Since then, the 'Chicago Approach" has become a dominant
mode of graduate business education. An economist and statistician
with a BA in Psychology from Minnesota and a graduate University
Fellowship in economics from the University of Chicago, Wallis
joined the faculty of the GSB in 1946. Prior to the GSB he served
as director of research for the US Office of Scientific Research,
economist and statistician for the National Resources Committee,
and professor at Yale, Columbia, and Stanford Universities.
After the GSB, Wallis accepted the presidency of the University
of Rochester. Wallis also served in various advisory capacities
under the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations. |
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