 Four students were in the first graduating class of the School of Commerce and Marketing in 1916, and the school has graduated students every year since.On May 5, 2014, Ken Eastman is named Dean of the Spears School of Business following a national search.Eastman has taught at the business school since 1989, serving as an assistant professor (1989-1995), associate professor (1995-2014), director of the MBA program (1999-2003), acting department head (2002-2003), and as the head of the Department of Management (2003-2014).