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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Dr. Daniel Graupe and an assistant using a computerized arm prothesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s

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Year: 1980 to 1989

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Description Photograph of Electrical Engineering professor Dr. Daniel Graupe and an assistant demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.

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Assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized arm prothesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s

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Year: 1980 to 1989

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Description Photograph of an unknown assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.

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Dr. Paul Torda, ca. 1960s

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Year: 1960 to 1969

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Description Photograph of Dr. T. Pail Torda. Dr. Torda was Director of Armour Research Foundation's fluid dynamics and propulsion research division from 1959 until 1962. He joined the Illinois Tech faculty in 1962 as a professor of mechanical engineering, at which time he remained an ARF consultant. Torda helped to design the Blue Flame, which held the land speed record from 1972 to 1980, and was… more

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