Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Othman Bin Yeop Abdullah

The Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB) is named after the late second Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Utara Malaysia, Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Othman Bin Yeop Abdullah. The late Tan Sri was born on 13 September 1941 in Alor Setar, Kedah. He received his secondary education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Setar and went for further studies at the University of Malaya and graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Management. Later he continued his studies at the London School of Economics, United Kingdom, graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Development Administration. Subsequently, he enrolled himself at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1976 for a master's degree in Management. In 1984, he graduated with a Doctorate in Management from the University of California (Irvine), USA.