Lee De Forest, a pioneer of wireless communication, served as a faculty member at Lewis Institute during the turn of the twentieth century.... Show moreLee De Forest, a pioneer of wireless communication, served as a faculty member at Lewis Institute during the turn of the twentieth century. During that time he conducted his first long-distance broadcasts from the roof of Main Building at the Armour Institute of Technology. De Forest also invented of the Audion three-element vacuum tube and patented a method of recording sound on film that the movie industry would later adopt. Photographer uknown. Show less
Photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, then Chicago's Poet Laureate, receiving an honorary degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. Photographer... Show morePhotograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, then Chicago's Poet Laureate, receiving an honorary degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. Photographer unknown. Show less
