The Daniels School of Business launched the Dean V. White Real Estate Finance Program in April 2022. The program is named in memory of the late Indiana entrepreneur and in recognition of a $20.8 million pledge from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation.
Dean White was a veteran of World War II, attended the University of Nebraska and was a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, New York. He spent most of his life in Crown Point, Indiana, where he developed a successful entrepreneurial career in advertising and real estate development, eventually becoming one of Indiana’s most prominent philanthropists and successful business leaders. He died in 2016.
Dean, his son Bruce and the White family have been generous contributors to Purdue over the past three decades. Bruce White was a Purdue graduate, a member of the Purdue Board of Trustees, a longtime benefactor of the university and founder and chairman of White Lodging. He passed away in January 2023.
In early 2023, the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation committed $50 million to Purdue to help launch our reimagined business school and name our undergraduate program the Bruce White Undergraduate Institute. This commitment represents the lead gift to establish the Daniels School and the largest monetary contribution ever made to Purdue’s business school.
The Student Executive Board invites guest speakers and plans meetings for the Purdue Real Estate Society. Meetings focus on preparing for careers in commercial real estate as well as social events. The Executive Board also provides input on selection criteria for the Dean V. White Scholars, a group of high-achieving and engaged students who have added one of the real estate minors to their program of study. Dean V. White Scholars have exclusive networking and engagement opportunities.
Filippa Rodriguez
Co President
Sam Stewart
Co President
Colin Budreau
VP of Programming
Avery Huber
Treasurer
Russell Hunt
VP of Student Engagement
Marili Perez
VP of Communications
