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On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 25, 1936
Dr. Robert E. Doherty, Yale dean and electrical researcher, was elected president of Carnegie Tech to succeed Dr. Thomas S. Baker. [Historic Pittsburgh]
The number of graduate students at Carnegie Tech increased from 45 to 369 under Doherty’s tenure. From “Carnegie Tech at 50,” TIME Magazine, in 1950:
Under Presidents Arthur A. Hamer-schlag (1903-22) and Thomas S. Baker (1922-35) Carnegie Tech developed one of the best departments of metallurgy in the U.S., gathered one of the top coal-research staffs in the world. It had a big-time football team, a women’s college, and a topflight drama department capable of turning out Broadway stars (among them: Arthur Kennedy, Robert Cummings). Then, in 1936, Carnegie got President Robert E. Doherty, onetime dean of the School of Engineering at Yale and a protege of the late great scientist and G.E. engineer, Charles Steinmetz.
Old-Line Shudder. Bob Doherty was impressed with Tech, but he was not a man to be easily satisfied. Over the next 14 years he made Tech hum. He raised $4,000,000 to begin the first building program the school had had in years. He boosted the endowment from $17 to $30 million, tripled the size of the library, upped the number of full-time students two-thirds. Instead of a mere 27 advanced degrees a year, Carnegie Tech was soon giving out 200.
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Carnegie Technical Schools, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 25, 1936
Dr. Robert E. Doherty, Yale dean and electrical researcher, was elected president of Carnegie Tech to succeed Dr. Thomas S. Baker. [Historic Pittsburgh]
The number of graduate students at Carnegie Tech increased from 45 to 369 under Doherty’s tenure. From “Carnegie Tech at 50,” TIME Magazine, in 1950:
Under Presidents Arthur A. Hamer-schlag (1903-22) and Thomas S. Baker (1922-35) Carnegie Tech developed one of the best departments of metallurgy in the U.S., gathered one of the top coal-research staffs in the world. It had a big-time football team, a women’s college, and a topflight drama department capable of turning out Broadway stars (among them: Arthur Kennedy, Robert Cummings). Then, in 1936, Carnegie got President Robert E. Doherty, onetime dean of the School of Engineering at Yale and a protege of the late great scientist and G.E. engineer, Charles Steinmetz.
Old-Line Shudder. Bob Doherty was impressed with Tech, but he was not a man to be easily satisfied. Over the next 14 years he made Tech hum. He raised $4,000,000 to begin the first building program the school had had in years. He boosted the endowment from $17 to $30 million, tripled the size of the library, upped the number of full-time students two-thirds. Instead of a mere 27 advanced degrees a year, Carnegie Tech was soon giving out 200.
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![On This Day in Pittsburgh History: January 20, 1938
Fallingwater, Edgar Kaufmann’s country home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was viewed by interested visitors. Wright and the Fallingwater residence were featured in the January 1938 issue of Time magazine. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly13tmts9t1qakblyo1_r4_500.png)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: January 20, 1938
Fallingwater, Edgar Kaufmann’s country home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was viewed by interested visitors. Wright and the Fallingwater residence were featured in the January 1938 issue of Time magazine. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![Carnegie Technical Schools, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 25, 1936
Dr. Robert E. Doherty, Yale dean and electrical researcher, was elected president of Carnegie Tech to succeed Dr. Thomas S. Baker. [Historic Pittsburgh]
The number of graduate students at Carnegie Tech increased from 45 to 369 under Doherty’s tenure. From “Carnegie Tech at 50,” TIME Magazine, in 1950:
Under Presidents Arthur A. Hamer-schlag (1903-22) and Thomas S. Baker (1922-35) Carnegie Tech developed one of the best departments of metallurgy in the U.S., gathered one of the top coal-research staffs in the world. It had a big-time football team, a women’s college, and a topflight drama department capable of turning out Broadway stars (among them: Arthur Kennedy, Robert Cummings). Then, in 1936, Carnegie got President Robert E. Doherty, onetime dean of the School of Engineering at Yale and a protege of the late great scientist and G.E. engineer, Charles Steinmetz.
Old-Line Shudder. Bob Doherty was impressed with Tech, but he was not a man to be easily satisfied. Over the next 14 years he made Tech hum. He raised $4,000,000 to begin the first building program the school had had in years. He boosted the endowment from $17 to $30 million, tripled the size of the library, upped the number of full-time students two-thirds. Instead of a mere 27 advanced degrees a year, Carnegie Tech was soon giving out 200.
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Carnegie Technical Schools, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 25, 1936
Dr. Robert E. Doherty, Yale dean and electrical researcher, was elected president of Carnegie Tech to succeed Dr. Thomas S. Baker. [Historic Pittsburgh]
The number of graduate students at Carnegie Tech increased from 45 to 369 under Doherty’s tenure. From “Carnegie Tech at 50,” TIME Magazine, in 1950:
Under Presidents Arthur A. Hamer-schlag (1903-22) and Thomas S. Baker (1922-35) Carnegie Tech developed one of the best departments of metallurgy in the U.S., gathered one of the top coal-research staffs in the world. It had a big-time football team, a women’s college, and a topflight drama department capable of turning out Broadway stars (among them: Arthur Kennedy, Robert Cummings). Then, in 1936, Carnegie got President Robert E. Doherty, onetime dean of the School of Engineering at Yale and a protege of the late great scientist and G.E. engineer, Charles Steinmetz.
Old-Line Shudder. Bob Doherty was impressed with Tech, but he was not a man to be easily satisfied. Over the next 14 years he made Tech hum. He raised $4,000,000 to begin the first building program the school had had in years. He boosted the endowment from $17 to $30 million, tripled the size of the library, upped the number of full-time students two-thirds. Instead of a mere 27 advanced degrees a year, Carnegie Tech was soon giving out 200.
(Read more)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: January 20, 1938
Fallingwater, Edgar Kaufmann’s country home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was viewed by interested visitors. Wright and the Fallingwater residence were featured in the January 1938 issue of Time magazine. [Historic Pittsburgh]
