During the 41st Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Conference, The Wharton African American MBA Association (AAMBAA) honors the legay of Sybil Collins Mobley, Ph.D, CPA, The Wharton School MBA Class of 1961, dean’s list scholar, the only African American and one of few women in her class of 750.
She also holds the record as the fastest person in history to complete the doctorate of philosophy program in Accounting at The University of Illinois, a record she set 50 years ago in 1964 that still stands today.
Dr. Mobley went on to found the School of Business and Industry (SBI) at Florida A&M University, was inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, sat on 2 presidential commissions and a multitude of Fortune 500 Boards of Directors including Anheuser-Busch, Hershey Foods, Sears Roebuck & Co, Champion Int’l Corp, Southwestern Bell Corporation, Dean Witter, Discover Inc., & The First National Bank of Miami.
She has also been bestowed honorary doctorate degrees from Wharton/Upenn, Bishop College, Babson College, Washington University, and Princeton University before retiring in 2003.
