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Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, The University of Delaware

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Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics is a School of Business at the University of Delaware. The school was named after Alfred Lerner, formerly the chairman of MBNA, one of the largest credit card issuers in the world before being bought out by Bank of America.

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Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, The University of Delaware
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