Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Biography
Armour Research Foundation (ARF) was one of the first private, not-for-profit contract research laboratories in the United States. Begun in Chicago in 1936 by Armour Institute of Technology (AIT), ARF was acquired by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1940 when IIT was created by the merger of AIT and Lewis Institute. Re-named Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, it was later reorganized as the IIT Research Institute (IITRI). Under all its iterations, the laboratory conducted research for commercial and government sources, expanding to an international operation. Per IIT President John L. Anderson's April e-newsletter to the campus community, "In 2002, Alion purchased the non-life-science assets of IIT Research Institute.... IITRI remains an IIT-controlled company and is led by David McCormick, who is also professor of biology at the university.... [In March 2010] the university received a cash payment...in exchange for our final holdings of bonds and warrants in Alion...." Source: IIT Archives (Chicago)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Armour Research Foundation color transparencies, 1965
Building Reference files, 1896-2013
Gilbert Force correspondence, 1943-1948
John P. Makielski papers, 1940-1950
Various printed materials from John Makielski, who served as Assistant to John Rettaliata and as Registrar. The materials relate to the development of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus including booklets, reprints, photographs, and campus plan images documenting concepts of an emerging campus.
Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
127 boxes of photographs of Illinois Institute of Technology campus, events, and people. Most photos are presumed to be taken by Communication and Marketing Office for various campus publications. Subjects and photographers are sometimes identified. The photos are in various formats: prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and some slides and transparencies. Most images are in black and white and most date from 1980 and before.
Real Estate and IRS records, 1918-1977
Technology News slide collection, 1955-1960
35 mm slides apparently produced by or acquired by Illinois Tech students for use in Technology News, the student newspaper. Images document people, buildings, and activities at Illinois Institute of Technology. Slides were found in boxes as shown in the index; slides have been transferred to 3-ring binders as follows: Vol. 1 contains boxes 1 and 2 Vol. 2 contains boxes 3 and 4 Vol. 3 contains boxes 5 and 6.
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