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Benny Goodman receiving the IIT Hall of Fame medal and plaque from IIT Provost Sidney Guralnick, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980
Year:
1980
Contributors
Description
Photograph of Provost Sidney Guralnick presenting the IIT Hall of Fame medal and plaque to Benny Goodman. Goodman attended Lewis Institute in 1923 as a high school sophomore while also playing the clarinet in a dance hall band. The legendary orchestra conductor and jazz musician received an honorary LL.D. degree from IIT in 1968. Photographer unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Mollie Cohen, ca 1960s
Year:
1960 to 1968
Contributors
Description
Photograph of Mollie Cohen, a 1924 graduate of the Lewis Institute, and former professor of English at Lewis and, later, Illinois Institute of Technology. At the time of her retirement in 1965, Cohen initiated the student poetry prize, which is now named in her honor. Cohen was honored at the 1968 convocation, which celebrated Illinois Tech's 75th anniversary. This photograph was used in… more
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Illinois Tech March Song
Year:
1964
Contributors
Laube, William C., Jr.
Description
Sheet music for "Illinois Tech March Song," composed by William C. Laube, Jr. in 1949, when he when he was an undergraduate at Illinois Tech. Laube was not able to publish the song in 1949, but was it was discovered in a music file in 1964 by Illinois Tech music director H.E. Nutt, arranged for the IIT band, and played at that year's Homecoming, and other university events. This… more
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