Since 1937, Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School has profoundly affected the lives of our students and society at large.
Trustee John Griffin and President Gleason L. Archer founded what would eventually become the Sawyer Business School as a department within the College of Liberal Arts.
The school’s first class had just two part-time faculty members and eight students. Today, it has over 100 faculty members, 3,000 students, and 27,000 alumni worldwide. Named after University benefactor and entrepreneur Frank Sawyer, Sawyer Business School remains committed to his goal of providing access to quality education in a supportive environment.
Leadership of the Sawyer Business School*
* and its preceding units
| Donald Grunewald | (1967 - 1969) |
| Robert C. Waehler | (1969 - 1974) |
| Richard M. McDowell | (1974 - 1990) |
| John F. Brennan | (1990 - 2001) |
| William J. O'Neill, Jr. | (2001 - 2020) |
| Amy Z. Zeng | (2020 - Present) |