TIMELINE: A CENTURY OF INCLUSION

1910-1919

1918

Women are admitted to Bentley when enrollment of men drops during WWI. By the early 1920s, enrollment again is all male as the accounting profession was generally closed to women.

1920-1929

1923

Alpha Gamma Pi, a fraternity, is formed by a group of Jewish students.

1933

Francisco Montoya, a student from Colombia, graduates with the class of 1933.

1935

Robert C. Hayden becomes Bentley’s first African-American graduate.

1940-1949

1941

The School publishes a pamphlet encouraging students with “difficult” last names to change them.

1942

Women enroll again because of declining male enrollment caused by WWII. At this time, the school becomes officially and permanently co-educational.

1942

1944

Delta Omega, the first sorority, is established.

1948

Frances Crawley becomes first female instructor at the Bentley School.

1949

The Alumni Bulletin lists 86 total graduates from “21 foreign lands” among a total of 10,349 graduates.

1950-1959

1955

Yap Tuh Ying, a student from Indonesia, enrolls under the sponsorship of the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. He is thought to be one of the first Bentley students born in Asia.

1958

Eldridge L. James, an African-American student, is a member of the Student Council.