In 1901, James B. Millikin founded Millikin University. He envisioned "an institution where the scientific, the practical, and the industrial shall have a place of equal importance, side by side with the literary and the classical." Business played an early role in Millikin's history.

Millikin University formed the School of Commerce and Finance in 1909, in response to a growing demand for young professionals skilled in administration and management. In 1982, the business school at Millikin University became
known as the Tabor School of Business.

The name was in honor of a $3.5 million gift from the late Purvis F. and Roberta Tabor. Mr. Tabor was an enterprising businessman, whose Tabor Grain & Feed company merged with Archer Daniels Midland in 1975.

Today, over 100 years later, the Tabor School of Business still plays an integral role in both the Millikin and Decatur communities.

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