Looking for a fun way to engage club members during an event? Host a quick round of Wharton trivia! Send your own trivia facts to [email protected].
Round One – Wharton History
- What year was Wharton founded? 1881
- What was the name of Joseph Wharton's company? Bethlehem Steel
- When was the name of the school changed to "The Wharton School"? 1972
- What was the name of The Wharton School, immediately prior to it being named the “The Wharton School?” The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
- Who was the first female faculty member? Professor Dorothy Swain Thomas
- In which year did the first students enroll in the Wharton MBA program? 1921
- When was Wharton San Francisco opened? 2001
- In what year did the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies begin, making it the world’s first MBA/MA program in international management? 1983
- A new center opened in 1973, making Wharton the first business school to offer a fully integrated program what subject? Entrepreneurial Studies
- Who was the first woman to receive a Wharton MBA?
- Alma Katherine Ledig
- Ann Elizabeth Kaufman
- Eleanor Catherine Hann
- Dorothy Swain Thomas
Round Two – Wharton by the Numbers
- How many students attend Wharton (all degree programs)? 5,063
- How many living Wharton alumni are there? 99,000+
- How many alumni clubs are there in the Global Clubs Network? 79
- How many faculty members are there at Wharton? 241
- In what year did Wharton move to Dietrich Hall? 1952
- When was the first Wharton Global Forum? 1993
- Wharton issued its first student email addresses in what year? 1992
- How many traditional degree programs are there at Wharton? 4
- International students represent what percent of Wharton’s MBA class of 2022? 19%
- Women represent what percent of the Wharton Undergraduate class of 2024? 45%
BONUS: In what year was the Student Federal Credit Union established at the University of Pennsylvania? 1987
Round Three – General Knowledge
- Who is the Dean of Wharton? Erika James
- Which Wharton dean was also the special commissioner for the Panama Canal? Emory Johnson
- What Wharton joint-degree undergraduate program was the first of its kind? The Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, or a joint business and engineering degree
- Which Wharton professor won the Nobel Prize in Economics? Professor Lawrence Klein
- This alumna is the CFO of Alphabet Inc. Ruth Porat
- Where was the first Wharton Global Forum? Manila
- Wharton was the first university to create what degree program in legal studies and business ethics? Doctoral
- Wharton was the first to create this type of program that can be found on Sirius XM. Business school radio station.
- This alumnus was the first African American to go into space. Guion Bluford
- In the 1920s, there was a proposal to change the Quaker Mascot to this animal. Penguin