Yash Gupta inducted as first dean of Carey School

By: Ming Wen

Posted: 5/1/08

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has officially acquired a dean a year after initially opening.

Yash Gupta was initiated as the first dean of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School last Friday.

Principal members of the administration, along with William Carey, whose $50 million donation made the founding of the business school possible, attended in full academic regalia.

The opening speech, given by Pamela Flaherty, chair of the Board of Trustees at Hopkins, traced the history of business at Hopkins and touched on the impact Hopkins could have in the world of business education.

Flaherty praised trustee emeritus Carey for his exemplary service.

She focused on introducing Gupta with a lengthy enumeration of his credentials, which include previous positions as the dean of schools of business at the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Washington and most recently, the University of Southern California.

"Yash Gupta is a remarkable man. He has boundless energy, passion and enthusiasm for the challenging task ahead," Flaherty said.

"He is a man of high principle. He is a visionary, an optimist who believes completely in the opportunities."

Gupta took the stage amid thunderous applause and outlined the interdisciplinary approach Hopkins would take towards business education.

He also described a broad business vision of empowering change throughout the world.

"The power and the possibilities of business to change the world for the better enthralled me as a young man, and it continues to excite me today," Gupta said.

"Business is the engine that transforms the world," he added.

According to Gupta, the value of ethical business practices should be instilled in Hopkins students, as well as growth fostered by a transparent and stable society.

"If we educate our students in business without grounding them in value, we will have provided them a ticket without a clear understanding of where they are going," Gupta said.

The ceremony ended with the presentation of the business school's first dean's medal to Carey.