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The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is the birthplace of two other Georgia universities: Georgia State University and the former Southern Polytechnic State University. Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce, established in 1912 and moved to the University of Georgia in 1931, was independently established as Georgia State ...
The school was founded as the Georgia School of Technology as part of Reconstruction efforts to build an industrial economy in the Southern United States after the Civil War. Initially, it offered only a degree in mechanical engineering. By 1901, its curriculum had expanded to include electrical, civil, and chemical engineering.
The University of Chicago was an entirely new university founded in 1891, using the same name as a defunct school founded in the 1850s which closed in 1886. See Old University of Chicago. Supporters of a new university raised money, selected a new campus in Hyde Park, and opened its doors in 1890.
In February 1899, Georgia Tech opened the first textile engineering school in the Southern United States, [5] with $10,000 from the Georgia General Assembly, $20,000 of donated machinery, and $13,500 from supporters. [6] The school was named the A. French Textile School, after its chief donor and supporter, Aaron S. French. [7]
Georgia Tech's business school began in 1912 with the creation of the School of Commerce. In 1933, it was moved to the University of Georgia during the newly created Georgia Board of Regents' decision to consolidate Georgia's system of higher education. [4] It would later become Georgia State University. [5]
Ronald Yancey was rejected twice from Georgia Tech in the 1960s, and he and his family were told he “did not fit the Tech model for success,” according to a 2015 news release from the university.
The Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District is situated on and around the crest of "The Hill," the highest elevation of the school's original nine-acre campus. Comprising 12 buildings, the Old Campus is a landscaped cluster of mixed-period classroom, dormitory and administrative brick buildings.
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech is a 130-year rivalry that has well-earned the moniker "Clean, ... Georgia, however, has dominated recent history, winning 18 of the two teams' 22 matchups since 2000 (the ...