Dean Emeritus Bob Bruner, who retires at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, leads one final case discussion at Darden Reunion Weekend.
Robert F. Bruner holds the titles of University Professor at the University of Virginia, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Dean Emeritus of the Darden School of Business. He has also held visiting appointments at Harvard and Columbia Universities in the United States, INSEAD in France and IESE in Spain. He is the author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books on finance, management and teaching and has won several teaching awards As Dean of the Darden School from 2005 to 2015, Bruner chartered or led a series of initiatives that prompted the revision of Darden's residential MBA program, launched Darden's EMBA and GEMBA programs, raised the profile of admitted students, led the top talent hiring of many new faculty and staff, improved the diversity of the Darden community, raised over $165 million in new funds, and saw Darden's rankings rise to the Top 10 of U.S. schools. In 2012, Poets & Quants and CNNMoney/Fortune named him "Dean of the Year."