College of Business, Edgar Speer

This image shows Chancellor Herbert Walter Wey (1969-1979) standing with Richard Sorensen, dean of the College of Business, and Edgar Speer, chairman of the board of U.S. Steel from 1973 to 1979, at Appalachian State University (1967-current). The College of Business was established in 1970-71 with four distinct departments, including accounting, business administration, business, economic and occupational education, and economics. It occupied Smith-Wright Hall, built 1940, from 1970 to 1976, when John A. Walker Hall, built 1975, was opened.

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General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 9, College of Business F2, C14.2.2.3.

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Appalachian State University. College of Business

Wey, Herbert Walter, 1914-1999

1970-1979

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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