Dean of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University, Dr. Sybil Mobley was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She earned a master’s in business administration from the prestigious Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia in 1961 and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1963.
She began her career with FAMU that year, developing a Leadership Program with students who rank in the top five percent nationally. While mothering three children, she also served on the boards of such prominent businesses as Hershey Foods, Anheuser-Busch and Sears.
The Sybil C. Mobley School of Business and Industry was created in 1974 by founding Dean Sybil C. Mobley. She started her career at FAMU in 1963 when there was no business school, established an accredited program, gathered educated and experienced staff and faculty and shaped a business school that occupies more than 130,000 square feet. Her dedicated service spanned 40 years.
“She put SBI on the map alongside Yale, University of Chicago, and University of North Carolina,” said Associate Professor Clyde Ashley Ph.D., who worked in the business school with Mobley. “Harvard has been around since 1637 and according to corporate America, FAMU’s business school is equal to theirs.”
Dr. Mobley has received an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development in a number of African countries.