There was a whisper around campus about it today. I was told that the Wall Street Journal wrote up a piece about it. In retrospect, I suppose I first heard about it when it was alluded to by a visiting alum giving a lecture series to a roomful of students on the Integrated Learning Community for Global Business, henceforth ILC-GB, because that's a handful to type. (Now you know why here at Fordham, we live and swear by acronyms.) But I suppose it was only when, after a long morning of classes and an early lunch, that I opened my inbox and finally discovered the official news: the College of Business Administration is going to be renamed the Gabelli School of Business.
Now, just who is Mr. Gabelli, and why does he get an entire college named after him? Mario J. Gabelli was born and raised in the Bronx. He attended both Fordham Prep and Fordham University, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1965. He founded various asset managing funds, and was named in Barron's All-Century Mutual Fund Team. You can see him on CNBC and CNN, or read about him in Forbes, Fortune, and Business Week. And just this month, Mr. Gabelli has donated $25 million dollars to Fordham.
Excited? Yes! So here's an early eulogy to a well-used and well-served acronym: CBA. Now that the college of business administration is the Gabelli School of Business, we, the Fordham community, are going to miss you very much. Even so, we know that sooner than later, we are going to have a new acronym in our midst.
(The formal announcement will be given during Homecoming this Friday, September 25th. Enjoy your weekend, everybody!)
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