Illinois Institute of Technology. Board of Trustees

Description of the Collection

Materials related to Armour Institute of Technology and Armour Mission, mostly published materials: programs, serials, reports, bulletins, and essays. Includes information on student life and events, commencements, courses, and academics. Lesser amounts of administrative materials on budgets, school planning, and board of trustees minutes.

Scope and Contents Records of Elizabeth A. Kaye, Director of Alumni Relations and then Director of the Centennial at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1984 to 1991. Kay served at time of important transition at Illinois Tech, serving under three presidents (Martin, Feldberg and Collens). She was involved in the Campaign for IIT, which sought to strengthen the university's finances. Her involvement with the centennial connected her widely and deeply with Illinois Tech leaders and supporters; her...

Description of the Collection Six ring binders of materials and one spiral bound document from IIT president Lewis Collens, including: 1) Trustee Institutional Planning Committee, December 9, 2005: Agenda and support material 2) Collens Powerpoint presentations, 1999 and earlier: CD-ROM disc and print-offs 3) Collens Powerpoint presentations, 2000: print-offs only 4) "2010 Plan" documents, ca. 2006 5) "2010 Planning Mission & Vision" 6) "2010 Planning" 7) "2010 Plan Progress Meeting, January 19, 2006: Agenda and...

Abstract Records of the Lewis Institute was a technical and professional college that served the greater Chicago area from 1896 to 1940. In 1940 it merged with Armour Institute of Technology to form the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Includes financial and property records from the original bequest up to the founding of the school, and Board of Trustees minutes. Materials reference some other Chicago are colleges, including University of Chicago and Armour Institute of Technology. Student...

Description of the Collection Biographical materials assembled from internal and external sources about various people related to Illinois Institute of Technology. Those included may be faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, and others who were the subject of publicity activities by the IIT Department of Communications & Marketing. The collection includes material related to the following names: Banda, Joe Bauer, Charles R. Beci, Donald Bonthron, Robert J. Caldwell, Alfred Calero, Thomas M. Cassissi, Jeffrey Caudill, Eve...

Description of the Collection

Four folders contain the texts of sixty-nine oral reports, speeches, addresses, and press conferences made by Thomas L. Martin, Jr. as president and president emeritus of IIT to IIT committees, deans, trustees, faculty, students, alumni, boards, professional and civic organizations, and the press. Organized chronologically with a title page for each speech with specific details about the occasion.