Illinois Tech History

Illinois Tech was created in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute and Lewis Institute. Located on the west side of Chicago, Lewis Institute, established in 1895 by the estate of hardware merchant and investor Allen C. Lewis, offered liberal arts as well as science and engineering courses for both men and women. At separate meetings held by their respective boards on Oct. 26, 1939, the trustees of Armour and Lewis voted to merge the two colleges. A Cook County circuit court decision on April 23, 1940 solidified the merger.

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Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Awards winners and presenters, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
NROTC member with boy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1949
Illinois Institute of Technology exhibit at the Chicagoland Fair, Chicago, Illinois, 1957
W.A. Kerr, Harriet C. Shurrager, R.A. Dykman, Dr. Phil S. Shurrager, and Dr. David Boder, Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950
Illinois Tech March Song
I.I.T. Loyalty Song
The Blue Flame, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 1970
Bernard "Sonny" Weissman and Arthur Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1974
President Henry T. Heald at microphone addressing V-12 unit, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1943
Gas Sphere, Green Bay, Wisconsin, ca. 1940s
IIT 1956-1957
CBS News interviews Ralph Peck  in lab, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Gwendolyn Brooks receiving an honorary degree at from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1968
Tree planting on campus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980s
Tree planting on campus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980s
IIT logo with model of Chicago, Illinois, 1980s
Binaural research experiment, Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1946-1960
Assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized arm prothesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s

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