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The university began as a result of an 1891 merger between Rochester Athenæum, a struggling literary society founded in 1829 by Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and associates, and The Mechanics Institute, a Rochester school of practical technical training for local residents founded in 1885 by a consortium of local businessmen including Captain Henry Lomb, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb.
Rochester Institute of Technology people (5 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Rochester Institute of Technology" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Rochester Institute of Technology has had 10 presidents since it was founded in 1829. [1] List of presidents. Carleton B. Gibson (1910–1916)
In 1944, the university adopted its current name of Rochester Institute of Technology. At this point, the RIT campus was still in downtown Rochester, and the engineering college was still in the original Mechanics Institute buildings. In 1968, the RIT moved to a combined campus in Henrietta, New York. The college remains there today and is ...
Also in 2005, the college established nation's first lab for social computing as part of a new research initiative, the Center for Advancing the Study of Cyberinfrastructure. In addition, McAfee donated more than $1 million in technology to the college to be used as part of a new master's degree program in computer security and information ...
One of the biggest advantages of the new stadium for spectators will be the ability to get closer to the action. The old field was inside the track.
Rochester Institute of Technology has over 145,000 alumni from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries. [1] This is a list of some notable alumni. RIT Alumni Association logo
Mark Ellingson (1905 – 1993) was the 5th president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, succeeding John A. Randall, from 1936 to 1969. [1] He rose from a teacher at the institute to the presidency, which he held for longer than anyone before or since, and in many ways he brought the institute into its modern form.