![A black and white photo of former Yale SOM dean Burton Malkiel in the classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-07/Malkiel_September%201983_2_crop.jpg.webp?itok=PvzjXw_f)
July 02, 2024
Historian's Notebook
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The Historian’s Notebook: When Burton Malkiel, Author of a Finance Classic, Led Yale SOM
Best known for his book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, which introduced many readers to passive investing, Malkiel was also a Yale SOM dean who helped build the school’s faculty and curriculum.
![A black-and-white photo of the first class of Yale SOM graduates](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-06/Charter%20Class%20Commencement2400a.jpg.webp?itok=9kuAJu9s)
June 10, 2024
Historian's Notebook
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The Historian’s Notebook: The First SOMers
This edition of the Historian’s Notebook looks at the Charter Class, the first cohort of students to matriculate at Yale SOM.
![A group of Yale deans in academic regalia attending the opening of Yale SOM in Sprague Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-05/Inaugural%20ceremony%209%2013%2076%20wide%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=2MF8kDIq)
May 28, 2024
Alumni
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The Historian’s Notebook: Different from Day One
The first edition of the Historian’s Notebook looks back at Yale SOM’s origin story.
![A historic view of the Yale SOM campus](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-05/HN1.jpg.webp?itok=2YuuDRnK)
May 13, 2024
Alumni
Blog
The Historian’s Notebook: 50 Years of Business & Society
Gear up for a landmark Yale SOM anniversary with a new blog series from resident historian Michelle Spinelli.