Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)

Organization

Staff Only

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 1 Collection or Record:

Office of University Relations Photo Files collection, 1959-1964

Collection

Identifier: 036.03.17

Description of the Collection These log sheets compile negative numbers for photographs taken or managed by the Office of University Relations. The photographs are divided them into three major categories: IIT PhotosARF/IITRI Photos, and Color Slides. Within these major categories the images are subdivided into various academic and operational areas represented on campus. The IIT Photos are subdivided by number, the ARF/IITRI Photos are subdivided by letter.The negatives and contact prints listed in the...

Dates: 1959-1964

Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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